Today I did some work on the archive. The following changes were done:

• updated Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake English translation patches to version 1.4
• fixed very old patch error in the Hai No Majutsushi DA converter patches
• location-tweaked the difficulty fix patch for the Aleste 2 Demodisk
• fixed old patch error in the Woomb Golvellius MSX2 and Xak 1 translations
• fixed old patch error in Aleste 2 difficulty fix
• added Aleste 2 intro demo fix to difficulty fix patch
• added Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake slot fix patch, the game will work from any slot without limitations

Today I've released an update of the MoonBlaster v1.4 driver.

Changes in this version:

• fixed lock-up in sample ram detection
• fix bug disallowing filenames without extensions in DOS1

The first fix caused the driver not to complete loading at all, which makes this a pretty important bugfix.

The driver can be downloaded from my Home Page or MSX Banzai!.

This is how it would look when finishing the game in 1 second:

Today I've released an update of the MoonBlaster v1.4 driver.

Changes in this version:

• disallow AUD?OPLL string as MSX-MUSIC detection
• reset R#19 to hardware defaults
• add sample ram detection

Also the official assembly sources updates are available. The changes are:

• disallow AUD?OPLL string as MSX-MUSIC detection
• reset R#19 to hardware defaults
• fix bug in the MSX-MUSIC detection

The driver can be downloaded from my Home Page or MSX Banzai!.

Today we've released the English translation of Hinotori - Hououhen, now Firebird - The Phoenix Saga. Added to it some optional patches are released which can be applied to the original Japanese version as well.

Changes:

• Full translation of all texts in the game.
• Bigger text window to accomodate the larger English texts.
• Translation of title screen and end demo screens.
• Translation of special passwords.
• Tweaked built-in Game Master menu.
• Kanji icons are updated to more explanatory icons.
• Minor improvements in existing English texts such as the demonstration run texts.
• Increased the system requirement for MSX2 to 128 KB VRAM.

Optional patches:

• Turbo patch. The game will switch between screens faster and no slowdowns in crowded areas when running on MSXturboR machines.
• Force 60 Hz interrupt frequency as the game is supposed to run at that speed.
• Boss 4 tablet fix patch. The tablet you'll get when defeating Insane Demon will be correct instead of mainly white.
• The title screen will be restored when starting the game from the built-in Game Master menu.
• King Kong 2 SRAMdisk save patch. Will use the Game Master 2 SRAMdisk feature to save the game situation. Up to 8 saves are possible.

The translation patch comes with a manual which explains the newly designed icons.