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History
65 related topics
Legacy
20 related topics
Peripherals
29 related topics
Developments for MSX
17 related topics
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
- CPU
- Zilog Z80 or equivalent (MSX1, MSX2, MSX2+) · R800 (Turbo R)
- Developer
- ASCII Corporation
- Discontinued
- 1993 (MSX turboR)
- Graphics
- TMS9918 or equivalent (MSX1) · Yamaha V9938 (MSX2) · Yamaha V9958 (MSX2+ and Turbo R)
- Manufacturer
- National, Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Philips, Canon, Yamaha, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Sanyo, JVC, Fujitsu, Spectravideo, GoldStar, Hitachi, Kyocera, Yashica, Daewoo,…
- Memory
- 8–64 KB maximum (MSX1) · 64-512 KB, expandable to up to 4 MB via memory mapper cartridge (MSX2 and higher)
Topics to explore
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Overview
History
- NEC PC-6001
- PC-8000
- Fujitsu
- FM-7
- FM-8
- Hitachi
- Microsoft BASIC
- ROMs Read-only memory
- Canon Canon Inc.
- Casio
- Yamaha Yamaha Corporation
- Pioneer Pioneer Corporation
- Sanyo
- Mainframe computers Mainframe computer
- 1964 Summer Olympics
- Microcomputer revolution
- NEC
- Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture
- R&D Research and development
- Kobe
- Spectravideo
- Hong Kong
- Videotape formats Videotape format war
- Nobuyuki Idei
- SMC-70 Sony SMC-70
- Video cassette recorders Video cassette recorder
- GoldStar
- Philips
- SV-328
- Off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf
Similar systems
Localization
- Hardcoded
- Character set
- Algorithm
- Firmware
- AGE Labs' GR8BIT kit MSX
- Kanji
- RTC Real-time clock
- NVRAM Non-volatile random-access memory
Developments for MSX
- Famicom
- Arcade games
- Programmable sound generator
- Kagemasa Kozuki
- Toshiba
- Bit
- Memory mapping Bank switching
- F-1 Spirit F-1 Spirit (series)
- Nemesis 2 Nemesis 2 (MSX)
- Salamander Salamander (video game)
- Parodius Parodius (1988 video game)
- King's Valley II
- Contra Contra (video game)
- Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
- Space Manbow
- Quarth
Games
- Antarctic Adventure
- Penguin Adventure
- Aleste
- Zanac
- FDS Family Computer Disk System
- Bomberman
- Eggerland
- Parodius
- Puyo Puyo
- Castlevania Castlevania (1986 video game)
- Vampire Killer
- Dragon Quest Dragon Quest (video game)
- Dragon Slayer Dragon Slayer (series)
- Final Fantasy Final Fantasy (video game)
- Gradius
- R-Type
- Wizardry Wizardry (video game series)
Manufacturers
Legacy
- Emulator
- Copyrights Copyright
- Europe
- D4 Enterprise
- One chip-MSX 1chipMSX
- Altera
- FPGA
- C-One
- MSX-MUSIC Yamaha YM2413
- SD/MMC-flashcard Memory card
- Disk drive Disk storage
- MSX-DOS
- VHDL
- USB
- PS/2 PS/2 port
- HDMI
- Zemmix
- Raspberry Pi
- Crowdfunding
- Game Boy
Peripherals
- Multiplexed Multiplexing
- Matrix Keyboard matrix circuit
- Microcontroller
- ATTiny Atmel AVR
- Microchip
- Edge connector
- Audio cassette Cassette tape
- Bee Card Bee Card (game cartridge)
- EAGLE EAGLE (program)
- QuickDisks QuickDisk
- HBI-55
- Floppy disk
- NMS-8250
- Disk operating system
- Binary compatibility Binary code compatibility
- CP/M
- FAT File allocation table
- File system
- MS-DOS
- Personal computers Personal computer
- File undeletion Undeletion
- Boot sector
- Subdirectories
- Yamaha Y8950
- Music Module NMS-1205 Philips NMS-1205
- FM Frequency modulation synthesis
- ADPCM
- Hardware acceleration
- Zemina
Emulation
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.MSX
Nodes210
Edges209
Triples316
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009524
Components1
How this topic connects Entity context
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MSX
Top relations
related to Konami SCC · 38
MSX → Before, Contra, Destruction, Due, F-1 Spirit, Famicom, February, Fifteen, Formula, In, Japanese, Kazuhiko Uehara, King's Valley II, Konami, Konami SCC, Konami Software Club, Konami's Large Scale Integration, Konami's MSX, Metal Gear, Nemesis
related to 2001 · 33
MSX → Altera Cyclone EP1C12Q240C8 FPGA, August, Bazix, C-One, Commodore, D4 Enterprise, Due, Dutch, English, Europe, FPGA, In, In Japan, It, Japanese, Kazuhiko Nishi, MSX Association, MSX-DOS, MSX-MUSIC, MSX2
has impact · 27
MSX → Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arab, Argentina, Atari, Before, Brazil, Classrooms, Commodore, Commodore Business Machines, Cuba, Europe, However, In, In Japan, It, Japan, MSX's, Netherlands, Plus/4
related to Similar systems · 24
MSX → ColecoVision, CPU, Due, In, It, Memotech MTX, MSX BIOS, MSX's, MSX1, Porting, RAM, Since, Spectravideo, Spectravideo SV-328, Spectrum, SV-328, SVI-728, Taiwan, Tatung Einstein, The
related to Localization · 16
MSX → AGE Labs, BASIC, BIOS, By, In, In AGE Labs' GR8BIT, International, It, Japanese, Kanji-ROM, Language Pack, Portuguese, RTC NVRAM, Russian, The, While MSX
related to MSX-Audio · 16
MSX → ADPCM, AudioROM, FM, Hardware, KB, MSX FM-synthesizer Unit HX-MU900, MSX-Audio BIOS, MSX-Audio FS-CA1, Music Module NMS-1205, Panasonic, Philips, RAM, SampleRAM, Toshiba, Yamaha Y8950, YM3526
related to 2014 · 13
MSX → By, Daewoo Electronics' Korean-made MSX2, Even, IQ-2000, It, Japanese, Korean, Mini IQ3000 Cutie, MSX-compatible, Multi Language Support, Scan Line Generator, Some, Zemmix Neo
related to MSX-Music · 13
MSX → FM, FM Sound Stereo, FM-PACZemina, FM-Stereo-PakDDX, FMXTecnobytes, MSX TurboR, MSX-Music, MSX2, Music BoxCheckmark, OPLL, Panasonic, U3567, Yamaha YM2413
related to 2019 · 12
MSX → C64 Mini, Connecting, HDMI, In, It, MSX Mini Replica, MSX Player, MSX2, Philips VG-8020, ROM, TurboR, USB
related to Emulation · 12
MSX → Early MSX, Fayzullin's Z80, Japanese, Kazuhiko Nishi, Many, Marat Fayzullin, MSX Association, MSXPLAYer, On December, Somewhat, The, Windows
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
computer also standard computers released nishi home panasonic system japan keyboard games microsoft used japanese software systems sony cartridge ascii
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSX | CPU | Zilog Z80 or equivalent (MSX1, MSX2, MSX2+) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | CPU | R800 (Turbo R) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Developer | ASCII Corporation | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Discontinued | 1993 (MSX turboR) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Graphics | TMS9918 or equivalent (MSX1) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Graphics | Yamaha V9938 (MSX2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Graphics | Yamaha V9958 (MSX2+ and Turbo R) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Manufacturer | National, Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Philips, Canon, Yamaha, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Sanyo, JVC, Fujitsu, Spectravideo, GoldStar, Hitachi, Kyocera, Yashica, Daewoo,… | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Memory | 8–64 KB maximum (MSX1) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Memory | 64-512 KB, expandable to up to 4 MB via memory mapper cartridge (MSX2 and higher) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Operating system | MSX BASIC, MSX-DOS | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Released | October 21, 1983 (MSX) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | Type | Home computer | 1.00 | infobox |
| MSX | is a | standardized home computer and video game system architecture | 0.90 | text |
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