The last week I've been working on a new version of the F-1 Spirit and A1 Spirit password generator. It was completely rewritten and the following things are changed:

• Displays the passwords for all versions simultaneously.
  In the previous version the user could select which version is to be displayed.
• Displays all F1 races in a list, showing all scores simulateneously. It's possible to select multiple F1 races to change the score.
  The previous version could select only one F1 race to change the score for. It looked similar to the original game that way, but editing scores is a pain.
• Added a password input feature. This allows to quickly convert a password between versions. The password generator detects which version of the game generated the password, and reflects that in the generated password list by regenerating it. Typing the 24 letters of the password will automatically decode the password. If it gets recognized the scores are displayed for all the races and the passwords are regenerated. It'll ignore the entered password if it doesn't get recognized.

In the rare occasion the entered password could match for more versions, a message is generated. If this occurs I'd like to know the password so I can implement the additional required checks to find the correct version.

The password generator works in the Win32 environment.

Yesterday I've added Novalia Spirit's Golvellius English patch to the archive. It would've been added a month after the release anyway, but due to recent developments it was added much sooner. I've helped him out moving the end demo text to a different location in the ROM image so he'd have more room for the complete end demo text.

Also I added a BeTiled! Quick Start patch. It allows you to start the game immediately from the menu with having to choose the option first. This can be done when pressing the B-trigger or GRAPH-key in the menu. It works even when it points at a different selection.

Two weeks ago Infinite's game Montana John and the Templar's Treasure was released. Today a patch was released which allows you to enter the password by simply typing in with the keyboard. All of the selectable characters and commands are now mapped to keys on the keyboard and should be self-explanatory. The ones that might not be so clear are:
"<" and ">" which are mapped to the "<" and ">" keys (not the cursor keys). Also "<" is mapped to the BS key.

The IPS patch is available in the MSX IPS Patch Archive.

Today I've released the updated version of Pointless Platform (called release 2). Later than originally planned, the following things were updated:

• Added hi-score feature
• Added feature to randomly add a platform
• New music
• Several bugfixes

I've fixed a few bugs in SaveROM which caused problems saving ROMs in MSX-DOS2 and incorrectly restore the slot in page 1.