MSX Pac-Man on the RC2014

This is the MSX port of Pac-Man being played on a RC2014 Z80 computer using my MSX Graphics Sound and Joystick module. The module is a single board about the size of a standard RC2014 board which has a TMS9918 F18A on a Tang Nano 9K FPGA. It outputs directly to HDMI with superb quality. The module also has an AY-3-8910 sound chip and the I/O ports on the sound chip is where the joysticks hook up. It’s an all-in-one module for gaming on the RC2014. Details including schematics and Gerbers can be found on my GitHub at "github.com/seb...". The game is played using my CP/M MSX8 game loader which loads and plays MSX games. Link for MSX8 is also on my GitHub.

[@kabuhr]

Looks great!

[@lezanderson1236]

Looks Good...

[@lezanderson1236]

Can you still get the F18A VDPs ??

[@lesbird]

I'm using this project: github.com/lfantoniosi/tn_vdp/tree/main which puts the F18A core on an inexpensive ($25) Tang Nano 9K FPGA. I'm using the V1 boards (9K) but he also has a new version of the boards that use the Tang Nano 20K. I documented it here: github.com/sebhc/sebhc/wiki/F18A-TMS9918-FPGA-EMULATOR

[@lesbird]

But also if you have the RC2014 you may want to grab my Gerbers for the MSX GRAPHICS/SOUND/JOYSTICK module which uses the Tang Nano 9K version of the board running the F18A core: github.com/sebhc/sebhc/wiki/RCBUSMSX

[@lezanderson1236]

Are these MSX boards for sale on Tindie etc ?

[@lesbird]

I believe Shiela Dixon (MIDI IN on Tindie) is planning on putting some pre-assembled boards up on Tindie soon

[@lesbird]

Shiela has some of these assembled and tested if you want to contact her: newstuffforoldstuff.blogspot.com/2024/07/new-msx-graphics-sound-joystick-module.html

[@richardappow6770]

github link not working

[@lesbird]

Ugh.. what the heck RUclips! I edited the link but then RUclips shortens it. See if this works: github.com/sebhc/sebhc/wiki/RCBUSMSX

[@soupwizard]

@@lesbird Yep, link works - thanks, I've been thinking about making a RC2014 MSX system!