MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture created by Microsoft during the early 1980s and was a Microsoft-led attempt to create unified standards among hardware makers. The first of these computers appeared in autumn 1983, and were popular in Asian and South American countries as well as in Europe and the former Soviet Union. However, despite Microsoft's involvement, the MSX system was virtually unknown in the USA.

I first discovered MSX when I bought a Yamaha CX5M shortly after leaving Music College in 1984. My intention was to use it to write music and gain work within the television/film industry as a composer. However, it was not long before I started reading the excellent Yamaha MSX-BASIC manual and began to learn programming.

The CX5M was upgraded to a CX5M II (128KB version) in 1986, and a Toshiba HX-22 (with HX-F101GB micro floppy disk unit and HX-P550 dot matrix printer) followed in 1987. My interest in home computers turned into a 17 year IT career in 1988 (albeit in Mainframe and AS400 form) and my addictions to 8-bit and 16-bit computing (after the purchase of an Amiga 500, 500+ and A1200 during the 1990's) have remained ever since.

The information on these pages has been assembled from books, online documentation and various websites, while any downloadable games and utilities were programmed by me. It is hoped that more software will be made available for download over the next few months.