MSX

MSX
Designer	ASCII Microsoft
Manufacturer	Canon, Casio, Daewoo, D4 Enterprise, Dragon Data, Fujitsu, GoldStar, Hitachi, Kyocera, JVC, Mitsubishi, National, Panasonic, Philips Pioneer, Radofin, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Spectravideo, Sony, Toshiba, Yamaha, Yashica
CPU	MSX, MSX2, MSX2+ 3.58 MHz Zilog Z80 MSX TurboR 7.16 MHzR800 3.58 MHz Zilog Z80
Graphics	MSX TI TMS9918 MSX2 Yamaha V9938 MSX2+, MSX TurboR Yamaha V9958
Memory	MSX 8 kB minimum MSX2, MSX2+ 64 kB minimum MSX TurboR 256 kb or 512 kB
Media	ROM cartridge, Cassette tape, Floppy disk
Released	1983-1993
Added to Museum	Not yet

The MSX was a video game hardware architecture concieved by and marketed by Kazuhiko Nishi, Microsoft's former Vice President of Sales for Far East.

Name

Kazuhiko Nishi stated that MSX was named after the United States MX missile (Missile-eXperimental).

It stands for "Machines with Software eXchangeability".

Manufacturers

Microsoft never produced their own machine, but the architecture was licenesed and sold by Canon, Casio, Daewoo, Dragon Data, Fujitsu, GoldStar, Hitachi, Kyocera, JVC, Mitsubishi, National, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Spectravideo, Sony, Toshiba, Yamaha, and Yashica.

In all, Twenty-two different companies sold MSX-compatible machines worldwide from 1983 to 1993.

Legacy

The legacy of the MSX remains, even after its heyday. Independent games continue to be produced for the system to this day.

In addition, the MSX trademark holders licensed the hardware for computers in the 21st century, such as the 1chipMSX which was released in 2006.

Emulated MSX games owned by the WEC Museum

Title	Developer	Release	Added to Museum	Notes
Voidrunner	Llamasoft	1987	February 8, 2022	Video game included on Llamarama.