The history of MSX computers

From their inception to technological evolution, MSX computers have left an indelible mark in the world of retrocomputing. Enjoy the video and don't forget to leave a comment with your memories and thoughts on the history of MSX. 🕹️
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[sebastian]

MSX is the best 8-bit computer in my opinion. I had C64, then Spectrum and then MSX (a Sony Hit-Bit). The ease of use of MSBasic, the wide software library, the floppy that was quick and able to transfer files between MSX and PC, the ability to make custom extensions boards was what conquered me.

[midwestguy]

Your appreciation for vintage electronics as well as your videos is a huge inspiration for others to watch and learn to restore yesterday's marvels!!

[excessionary]

It's impressive that you have all of these machines in your collection, in lovely condition too. It would be nice to see a video demonstrating your favourites, and some of the best software and games.
Excellent work. 😊

[fabulaattori]

Although Commodore dominated the home computer field in Finland, MSX also had a very strong foothold. Especially regarding Spectravideo's models. There were also some Sonya, Yamaha, etc. Thanks for the video, and hopefully there will be more of these. :)

[girlie_mac]

Awesome video! And this is like a trip down memory lane, because MSX was my first computer when I was a kid in Japan. I had one by Canon!

[Pai]

The MSX was very well known here in Spain. Maybe not all games were released for it and the spectrum conversions were insulting to the computer owners. However... The cartridges... Ooooohhh the cartridges ❤❤ They were on another level.

[lexluthermiester]

You showed off an interesting collection of MSX units! Very cool!

Ciao! Gotta love those Sony spectrometer stickers! What a blast from the past, they truly were awesome back in the day! Thanks for another great video

[AnciaoNerd]

In Brazil, the design of the National CF-3000 was copied to produce the MSX Expert by the company Gradiente. Three models were released, namely the Expert in gray, the Expert Plus in black, and the Expert DDPlus, the latter featuring a built-in disk drive.

[cruiserusa]

MSX? you just got my subscription. I had a MSX from Gradiente from 1987 to 1994 in Brazil.

[Darth_eVader-SW]

Thank you so much for covering MSX machines. I recently acquired and fixed up a couple that needed repair. The Mitsubishi ML-F120 with 32k of RAM was mostly working except for cosmetic and broken casing and a couple of keycaps with missing pieces. The other is a National FS-4000 with built-in word processor and and embedded thermal transfer printer. Condition was better but I had to remove lots of rust mostly from the printer section. Both work great now and I'm just saving up to pay for shipping of a NEC PC-8801mkII (not an MSX machine) and PC-DR321 data recorder which I recently won the bidding on. I wouldn't mind watching a longer version so that we can enjoy your videos more. Looking forward to what you have in store for us. Love from Philippines.

[AnthonyElsom]

This channel gives me retro nostalgia ..I've still got my speccy, but use emulators these days when I feel the nostalgia calls..

[ericbrennemann]

I just heard of these because of me trying to play all the old metal gear games and 2 is just for the msx platform. i got an emulation of it running under retroarch on my rg35xx and its awesome. so now im very curious about your video and the history of the msx. thanks for your work!

[techslfink]

Nice comprehensive story about the MSX! I knew the computers from my youth, but never heard so much about them!

[aselvais]

Gosh this is so refreshing !!!! I remember the MSX ! ... and you reviving this memory makes it really cool...
I wrote comments like that in your previous videos, but really, this is so nice you are keeping the history of home computing alive. Thanks for that !
Plus being young, smart and cool makes Us (the early adopters of home computers) validated :)

[kaomasbruce]

I am from Brazil and my father had a Gradient MSX expert

[fhwolthuis]

Around 1985, me and a friend where thinking about buying an MSX, we even went to some club meetings. Eventually, he did buy a Philips MSX and I bought a stereo system 😅 Still, we played games together on his machine.

[workingorder]

I enjoy learning about PCs that were popular outside the US. I hope you get your hands on a Yamaha CX5M.

[kenny]

I got my first MSX (Philips VG-8010) back in 1985 at the age of 8 and it influenced me and my future gaming career so much. I absolutely love the Konami games, especially Penguin Adventures. In my opinion, one of the best 8-Bit games ever made. You should absolutely do a review of all the Konami games. That would be nice. Keep the good work going and all the best for you!

[futureskeletons]

My first home system - Toshiba HX10 MSX. I learned to code on it. The Konami carts for the most part were amazing with the exception of Green Beret which was my favourite arcade game at the time, so that conversion was very disappointing. The former director of Konami UK actually apologised for that some years later in an interview on a Spanish MSX blog.
It's easy to discount the cassette based games since most of those were very lazy ZX Spectrum ports, but Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg and Sweet Acorn were great.