What Does TFH Mean on File-Hunter.com and How Does It Relate to Fony and MSX?
TFH is the short name for File-Hunter.com, the personal and hobby site of Arnaud de Klerk. The site combines his professional profile (LinkedIn, industrial/embedded PCs) with a large MSX and AMIGA retro-computing section, and it is also where the Fony / Tyfoon Software MSX legacy is collected. If you arrived here looking for MSX games, Fony demos, or Arnaud's contact details, this page is the hub for all three.
What TFH stands for and what the site actually is
File-Hunter.com is described on the site itself as "Arnaud de Klerk's Personal & Professional page on the Web," containing links to LinkedIn, Facebook, Kiva, and hobby-related information. So TFH is not a company or a product — it is the domain name used as a shorthand brand for one person's site.
The site is organized around a few clear blocks:
- About Arnaud — jobs, education, hobbies, and skills, described as "more or less my curriculum vitae."
- Fony / MSX Legacy — the 8-bit game and demo archive.
- Online play — MSX games and AMIGA games/demos playable in the browser.
- Social and contact links — Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Kiva.
- Hosted sub-sites — a list of MSX-related mirrors and archives (see below).
How Fony and Tyfoon Software fit in
Fony is the label under which the MSX material was produced. The site presents it as "all the cool, funny & impressive stuff FONY has made for our beloved 8-BIT system in the 80's & 90's," and states that all games and demos are free to download, play, use, and watch.
The keyword list associates Fony with Tyfoon Software, which is the fuller name behind the Fony label. In practice, when you see "Fony" on File-Hunter.com, it refers to that MSX-era software output — not to a separate modern company.
Playing MSX and AMIGA games without installing anything
The site offers two browser-based players:
| Section | What it does | Stated requirement |
|---|---|---|
| MSX Games | Play MSX games online, no download or install | Chrome highly recommended |
| AMIGA Games & Demos | Select a game or demo and press START | A very fast PC highly recommended |
Both are described as optimized for phone and tablet use. If you want your own game added to either section, the site asks you to make contact through one of the social media links.
The MSX resources hosted under File-Hunter.com
Beyond the games, File-Hunter.com lists several hosted or mirrored projects. These are useful entry points if you are hunting for MSX software or documentation:
- download.file-hunter.com — "The Complete MSX Library."
- files.techinfo.newmsx.nl — a mirror of download.file-hunter.com.
- MSX.file-hunter.com — MSX Gr8net Server.
- gr8net.file-hunter.com — information about the MSX Gr8net Server.
- help.file-hunter.com — Help Identify Disks.
- hansotten.file-hunter.com — Hans Otten MSX Archive.
- msxscans.file-hunter.com — MSX Scans Project.
- msxrepository.file-hunter.com — MSX Repository.
- bas.file-hunter.com — Bas Kornalijnslijper Files.
How to contact Arnaud de Klerk
The site lists several channels, each with a stated purpose:
- X/Twitter (@ArnaudDeKlerk) — mainly used for the MSX website, and described as "the easiest way to contact me."
- Facebook — a personal profile for people who know him in real life; there is also a separate File-Hunter.com MSX page to like and contact him through for MSX matters.
- LinkedIn — his professional profile; the site invites contact if you need industrial/embedded PCs or other industrial electronics.
- Kiva — his microcredit lending profile, presented as a way to help others build a better future.
So the practical answer: for MSX-related questions, use X or the MSX Facebook page; for business inquiries about industrial/embedded PCs, use LinkedIn.