What is MSX Games World?

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MSX Games World (msxgamesworld.com) is an online database of MSX software. It is built for people who want to discover, browse, and keep track of MSX games and related titles in one place. The site describes itself as "the forever growing MSX software database," so the collection is meant to expand over time rather than stay fixed. If you are looking for a single reference point to find MSX titles, check ratings and likes, or follow what has been added recently, this site fits that purpose.

What the site contains

The homepage surfaces several categories of information:

  • Recently Added – new entries such as Odyssey, Berzerk, Cue Brick, Yoomp!, Doom, Psy-Kongs - Attack of the Giant Gorillas, The Secret of Monkey Island, Niwatris, Uchotos City MSX, YokoXevi, and Strawberry Milk World.
  • Last Updates – entries that have been revised or updated, including Kong ate my City, En busca de Mortadelo, and others.
  • Top Rating – games ranked by user score, for example Aleste 2 (88.8 from 3 votes), Penguin Adventure (84.5), Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2 - The Emperor Yie-Gah (84.5), Elevator Action (84.5), Knightmare Gold (84.5), and Niwatris (84.0 from 2 votes).
  • Top Likes – games ranked by likes, such as Konami's Soccer, Lotus F3, Aleste, Castle Excellent, Knight Lore, Warroid, Lazy Jones, Bank Panic, Exerion, and EMU Editor de Músicas.
  • Latest Comments – user comments and links, including references to X (Twitter) posts and a detailed walkthrough for La Abadía del Crimen.

How it works as a reference

Each game entry can carry a rating, a like count, and comments. Ratings are shown with the number of votes, so a high score from a single vote is less reliable than one from several votes. The comments section can include external links and long-form content, such as the La Abadía del Crimen solution written by Carlos Mesa for issue 42 of MSX Club magazine (July 1988), which walks through the game day by day.

This combination makes the site useful for two different tasks:

  1. Discovery – browsing Recently Added or Top Rating to find something new to play.
  2. Tracking – following Last Updates to see which entries have changed, or reading comments for tips and solutions.

What it is not

The available page evidence does not show pricing, payment platforms, or login requirements. It also does not describe a download service or an emulator. Treat it as a catalog and community reference rather than a storefront or a place to play games directly. If you need to know whether a specific feature requires an account or payment, that information is not present in the source material and would need to be checked on the site itself.