A Knight in the Forest

Author:	Igachan Soft
Release:	"Mycom Basic Magazine" Feb. 1991 Issue

Trigger1: Heal your HP using oil.

The game:

Chopo, the robot, went home from the robot kindergarten in good health today.
He was hungry, so he took a shortcut through the forest, but knights in the forest mistook him for a lumberjack and locked him in.
Chopo has to get out of this forest while defeating knights.

...First of all, I would like to tell you.
If you are interested in RPG made by Mr. Igarashi, I highly recommend his later work, "Niwatori Roman".
In this game, how many encounters it takes to get the oil, and how many encounters it takes to make the oil go bad, are all predetermined.
For example, after killing an enemy twice, you will always get oil.
The game claims to be a dungeon game where defeating enemies will open the way, but there is no need to explore.
So even if you have a number of battles at the starting point, you will still get the ending.
If you are fascinated with Mr. Igarashi, then there is no particular reason for me to stop you.

Each checksum is as follows (using version 3.1 coded by the "MSX•FAN" team).

Sorry if there are any typos, however, I've tested my data, including the ending, and had no problems.
For the first time, type following, not "RUN" only.
RUN 1320
"FO-MAPD.BIN" would be created on the same diskette automatically. Then RUN.

My suggestions for English version:

If we modify the code as described above, each checksum will change as follows.

Fully tested!

For CD32+FDD users:
You can play this game with AmiMSX, however, AmiMSX causes graphical issues.
Furthermore, AmiMSX cannot enlarge sprites.

For SNES+AD Adapter users:
Unfortunately MSXAdvance cannot load this game. It doesn't show even the title screen.

For modern emulator users:
It may be hard to control your main character that called "Chopo" if you use "blueMSX" or "yayaMSX" series.
Either redefine Joystick's D-pad to any keys other than directional keys, or delete one of "STICK(0)XORSTICK(1)".
"STICK(0)XORSTICK(1)" is in the line #80.

Bubble Race

Author:	Tacom
Release:	"Mycom Basic Magazine" Aug. 1991 Issue
Program length:	5 screens

"1"~"3" and Return key: Select the level.

Note:

Each checksum is as follows (using version 3.1 coded by the "MSX•FAN" team).
checksum-of-bubble

Sorry if there are any typos, however, I've tested my data, including all the levels, and had no problems.

Joystick support:

"STICK(0)" is found in the line #280.
"STRIG(0)" is found in the line #210. The quickest way is to simply replace each "0" with "1". In addition, it recommends to modify following lines.
joystick-for-bubble

Now you can press D-pad left, up or right to select the level.

City

Author:	Cal Soft
Release:	"Mycom Basic Magazine" Apr. 1991 Issue

Trigger1: OK, Trigger2: Cancel

Original Japanese version:

Each checksum is as follows (using version 3.1 coded by the "MSX•FAN" team).

Sorry if there are any typos, however, I've tested my data, including the ending, and had no problems.

My suggestions for English version:

Note: It seems that Japanese words in the lines #730 & #1505 don't appear in the game, so you may not have to enter them.
In addition, it strongly recommends to modify the line #1280 as below to fix the color of "forest".

If you modify the code as described above, each checksum will change as follows.

I tested this modified data,
including the ending, and had no problems.

How to play:

This game is similar to the original "A-Train", but this time the player can lay the tracks as they wish. There is also an element of fire.
Player becomes the mayor and develops the city during a 21-year term.
The city's budget is initially given as "500", and tax revenue calculated by population is added.
You can use following commands can be used as long as the city's budget is not exhausted.

Command	Cost	Description
Pave the road	50	Attract new housing in the surrounding area.
Railroad tracks	500	Attract new housing in the surrounding area. Your approval rating will increase slightly.
Fire Station	3000	Attract new housing in the surrounding area. Your approval rating will increase. The size of the fire will be smaller.
School	4000	Attract new housing in the surrounding area. Your approval rating will increase.
Station	8000	Attract new housing / buildings in the surrounding area. Your approval rating will increase significantly.

When leveling the ground, the cost will vary depending on where the land is to be leveled.

Where:	Cost	Where:	Cost	Where:	Cost
Road	30	Burnt-Area	50	Forest	200
Railroad Tracks	300	Wasteland	1000	Sea	3000
House	2000	House	2000	House	2000
House	5000	Building	6000	Fire Station	Can't.
School	Can't.	Station	Can't.

Shouting•Karasu!

Author:	M. Kato
Release:	"Mycom Basic Magazine" Mar. 1991 Issue
Program length:	13 screens

Each checksum is as follows (using version 3.1 coded by the "MSX•FAN" team).
checksum-of-karasu

Sorry if there are any typos, however, I've tested my data, including the ending, and had no problems.

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