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THE JOY OF MSX

e’ve heard all sorts of “A bit over 15 years ago, my childhood mate dropped around to say goodbye before moving to a different state in Australia,” he tells us. “He left me a box containing the Atari 2600 and games we both used to play together as kids.” His interest suitably invigorated, Tony dug out his old gaming systems that were packed up in storage and began searching local markets, before discovering four loose MSX cartridges on eBay.

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