Konami's creative MSX team: From Pippols to Metal Gear 2
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 Published On Feb 1, 2023

Konami's PC/MSX division: a group of talented developers with their own work-flow, challenges and opportunities. Their creative concepts and know-how of the MSX resulted in an expansive library of excellent games. Being responsible for massive MSX hits like The Maze of Galious, Penguin Adventure, Metal Gear and the unique Gradius sequels. This made them the most prolific developers on the platform.

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Narration by Steven Kelly
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//Music and Sources
For the complete track-listing with time-codes skip to the end of the video. Sources used for this video are also listed there.

//Chapters
00:00 MSX
00:49 Pippols & Popolon
03:38 A true Nemesis for the NES
06:10 Vampire Killer
09:16 Metal Gear?!
12:16 Penguin Adventure
15:26 The Maze of Galious
19:21 Snatcher
21:59 Metal Gear 2: A Solid sequel
26:34 The bad ending
27:47 The good ending

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