Editing MSX (section)

==Similar systems==
The system MSX most closely resembled was the Spectravideo [[SV-328]] home computer (Spectravideo even claimed to be "MSX compatible" in advertisements before the actual launch of MSX systems, but it was not completely compatible with it). This led to a new and short-lived kind of [[software cracking]]: ''converting''. Since the MSX games were unplayable on the SV-328 computer, SV-328 crackers developed a method of modifying the (MSX) games to make them work on the SV-328. In most cases, this included downloading the MSX [[BIOS]] to the SV-328 from tape or floppy disk. Spectravideo later launched the [[SVI-728]] which completely adhered to the MSX standard.

The [[Sega SG-1000]], the [[Memotech MTX]], the [[Tatung Einstein]], and the [[ColecoVision]] all have many similarities with the MSX1 standard, but none are fully compatible with it. Porting games between those systems is somewhat easy. It was also very common to port games from the [[ZX Spectrum]] to the MSX, since both have the same CPU, the Spectrum 128 had the same soundchip, and the ZX Spectrum's graphic mode could be easily emulated on the MSX's screen-2 mode.

Many Roland S-series audio/music digital sampler/synthesizer keyboards and rack module units are based on the MSX operating system. This includes the earlier 12-bit sample resolution models S-50, S-330, S-550, W-30, and later 16-bit sample resolution models S-770, S-750, SP-700, and S-760. Most of these models included (or could be expanded with) color video outputs to display monitors, as well as MSX-compatible mouse ports.