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Lilly's Saga by Fabulous 8bit is MSX2 platformer action game depicting the story of a little girl, who needs to retrieve some stolen gems while exploring strange new worlds. The game is eloquent, maps filled with all information of hidden secrets, smooth folded colorful screens and aspiring soundtrack are all placed in the size of 1 MB.
Dehydrated has been developed for the PICO-1K Jam 2022 by rostok. It's an adventure, walking simulator mini-game.
Shoot Rock by Jakub Wasilewski is an entry to the PICO-1K Jam 2022. The whole game fits in 1024 bytes of compressed PICO-8 code. It is a space arcade shooter.
The goal of the game is to shoot rocks. Hold Z to charge the laser, when the laser is charged, release Z to shoot the rocks. When you shoot the rocks, different gems fall out, collect these gems to score points. When you reach 10,000 points, you become the master of the game. Easy, right? But those rocks will not let you take advantage and will dodge you most of the time. So take your aim, attentively!
Dice by Mi-Chi and Def Danny is a classic dice tournament game for MSX1. As said by the MSXdev team, "A unique gaming experience with plenty of entertainment in this 26th entry for MSXdev22. German MSX mates Mi-Chi and Def Danny made sure there’s hours of fun to have in this colorful game. The in-game tutorial alone is extensive and will cover all details for the next 30 minutes."
1k Among Fish by SkyBerron is a colorful, action game. Built up on incredible graphics and presentation, for PICO-1K Jam 2022.
Nono 1k by NuSan is a simple number puzzle game, developed for the virtual console Pico-8 as part of the 2022 PICO-1K Jam.
Bouncy Blob by NuSan is one button tiny physic based platformer made for PICO-1K Jam 2022. The style of the game is rather simple, oriented with a touch of arcade.
You can use any button (like c, v or arrow keys) to jump, you have infinite double jumps and have to reach the end of the randomized tunnel in each level. The number at the top is a timer which shows how much time you have taken to finish each level.
MSXmas is MSX2 game by Brazilian developer André Baptista. It is a classic catching action game where you play as Santa, catching gifts. You move around with left/right arrow keys and space/fire to control him. If you don't catch your gifts of the day, you can't go on your night tour.
1937 by joesg is a multi-lingual MSXdev game with both, an English and a Spanish edition. The background of the game is inspired from the Spanish Civil War, in the year 1937.
You play the game as a kid, who is lost and alone in an infernal bombardment hell. With his hometown being demolished all around him, all you need to do is make him run. Run through each level, watch out for the bombing and bullets constantly dropping on you, save your life by surviving each destructive stage.
The Tower Of Gold by Kirem is an adventure game developed for the MSXdev22 competition. This MSX1 game has the option to save your progress to the disk, however for one slot only.
