[openMSX-devel] [ openmsx-Feature Requests-3031331 ] More user-friendly selection of default MSX machines

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Feature Requests item #3031331, was opened at 2010-07-18 17:41
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Category: General/misc
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: FRS (sd-snatcher)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: More user-friendly selection of default MSX machines

Initial Comment:
Currently the default MSX machines selected for the default MSX models is very european-centric:

msx1 -> Toshiba_HX-10
msx2 -> Philips_NMS_8250
msx2plus -> Panasonic_FS-A1FX

But this brings problems of their own:

1) The majority of the MSX games are japanese, designed to run at 60Hz
2) European MSX>=2 games/demos always select 50Hz or allows the user to select between 50/60Hz. On the other hand, most of the japanese games usually leave the fps setting untouched

This means that:

1) An user who don't know specific MSX models will have a wrong MSX experience unless he chooses MSX2+ or an MSX Turbo-R as his desired model.
2) Japanese games will almost always run slower than intented.

As the MSX standard is in fact Japanese, I suggest the following defaults:

msx1 -> National_CF-3000
msx2 -> Sony_HB-F1XD
msx2plus -> Panasonic_FS-A1WSX
msxTurbo-R -> Panasonic_FS-A1GT
msx1_50Hz -> Philips_VG_8020
msx2_50Hz -> Philips_NMS_8250

I changed the msx1_50Hz to the Philips_VG_8020, because when the bug #2552579 gets fixed the Toshiba HX-10 will not be a good default MSX1 for the average user because the games that require the mirroring will fail.
Also, the Panasonic FS-A1WSX seems a more appropriate MSX2+ because the FX model doesn't have the built-in MSX-Music.



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