Rankings
Rankings drawn from print and disk magazines and game development competitions — spanning decades of MSX history through to active contests like MSXdev.
| Source | Description | Years | Lists | Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Login | Login magazine software ranking (1983-1992) | 1983–1992 | 149 | 4484 |
| MSX FAN | MSX FAN software ranking (1987-1992) | 1987–1992 | 62 | 660 |
| MSX Magazine | MSX Magazine software ranking (1984-1992) | 1984–1992 | 103 | 2907 |
| MSXdev ↗ | MSXdev is a long-running annual game development competition for the MSX platform, running continuously since 2003 — more than two decades, which makes it one of the cornerstone events of the modern MSX homebrew scene. Each yearly edition challenges developers to create new, original games for MSX hardware (everything from bare MSX1 systems up through MSX2 with sound expansions like SCC, MSX-Music, and OPL4), with entries submitted, reviewed, scored, and ranked by a jury panel. | 2004–2025 | 22 | 336 |
| Ouendan | MSX Ouendan (Support Group) software ranking (1987-1988) | 1987–1988 | 16 | 437 |
| Popcom | Popcom magazine software ranking | 1985–1986 | 17 | 620 |
| TAKERU | TAKERU software ranking (1988-1992) | 1988–1992 | 44 | 440 |
