Traditionally, the industry of game consoles has paid little (if any) attention to their PAL users. These have often get used to late releases, more expensive prices, never-released titles and games that are executed in a slower motion with a distorted display ratio.
In this workshop the reasons of this "discrimination" will be discussed. Also, we will learn how those technical problems can be fixed, using some notions on electronics and a little pacience.

Federico Javier Álvarez Valero is a passionate enthusiast of computers and videogames. He started making his first programs with BASIC in an Spectrum + in 1985. Since then he has enjoyed almost every home platform, be it a personal computer or console. He is currently technical director of 20minutos.es, the third most important digital newspaper in Spain.

Mondo Pixel is a new series of six-monthly books. The world of videogames is seen here not through marks or tips, neither by reviews reproducing the game plot nor by blatantly copying the latest press release.

Mondo Pixel tries to reflect on videogames as ways of communication as well as artistic and entertaining artifacts. Without fanatical or biased poses. Mondo Pixel is a publication from gamers to gamers.

Designed by Eunice Szpillman, Mondo Pixel features such renowned collaborators as Javier Candeira, Jordi Sánchez-Navarro or Nacho Vigalondo, under the coordination of John Tones.

('MSX' is a trademark of
the MSX Association)

A review on the MSX as a standard, from its launch 25 years ago until today, including its commercial age. After the talk, people who has never heard of the standard or even seen any MSX computer, will have a broad vision on why and how this system provoked a big impact, back then and still now.