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Here you'll find some exclusive content written for this site by Journalists and people actually involved in the Konix project in one way or another.

Craig Vaughan - Author of the excellent (darn him!) Retrogamer article that recently piqued peoples interest once again in the Multisystem.

Craig has written an article just for us describing how and why he came to write about the Multisystem and has described the efforts he went to to find the information. It spookily parallels my efforts (but he got paid for it - where did I go wrong? ;)
He has also very kindly provided the full text of his article which included segments that had to be cut for brevity. They get their public release here for the first time. One of the most interesting omissions is an interview with John Matheison one of the 3 members of Flare and a very significant figure in the development of computers and games machines of the era.

Craig's Konix adventure

Retrogamer Konix Multisystem article - the missing paragraphs

Simon N Goowdin - Programmer, Author - what doesn't this man do? Simon wrote the clever technical stuff in the ACE article that really went to town on the Multisystem, he produced the diagrams that show as effectively as a thousand words could how the Multisystem worked. He has a very strong technical background and as such is immensely qualified to comment on the architecture of the machine. Here are his very in-depth thoughts and memories of the machine.

Simons technical analysis of the Multisystem

Kevin Williams - A veteran of the amusement and video games industry and past Walt Disney Imagineer. Kevin is the founder and director of the out-of-home interactive entertainment consultancy KWP Limited, and writes columns for a number of the leading trade publications in the amusement and parks sector. He also presents a number of papers and seminar workshops on amusement and attraction development. KWP is the owner of the leading out-of-home interactive entertainment eNewsletter The Stinger Report.
Kevin has an insiders view of the trials of developing a game for the Konix Multisystem and has kindly recorded his recollections for us.

Kevin's comments on managing the Konix development at DeGale

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August 18th, 2010:
Forum!
I have now created a Forum specifically for this website. Please feel free to register and start talking, asking questions and sharing opinions. Just click the Forum link on the navigation panel, or follow this link

August 9th, 2010:
What happened to the Multisystem after the collapse of Konix might be more interesting than I first thought. When Konix became MSU it started to get really interesting. I've been talking to former Employees and they weren't happy Bunnies, and I think I've uncovered a picture (an MSU mock-up) of what the Multisystem 2 would have evolved into and it's quite sad! For the moment, head on over to the MSU page for a quick look, I will try to develop the MSU pages a bit more as it's not just a footnote to the story; it's a whole new soap-opera in its own right!

August 2nd, 2010:
I was kindly given a scan of a proposal for a the Sailing game by ODE on the Multisystem, I thought you might be interested to read it to see how games companies were pitching their ideas to Konix for the right to develop on machine. Download the PDF

July 21st, 2010:
Time for a bit of a revamp, I've looked back in horror at all the typos and will do something about them.
Also, what with Sony Move and Microsoft Kinect, the whole world is going crazy for new ways to interact. I wonder if Wyn is thinking of a comeback?

February 17th, 2009:
Don't get too excited - no major news I'm afraid. I have been contacted by a former employee of MSU who gave me some interesting information about the company Wyn formed after Konix. I'll massage the info into the site when I have some time. I'd also like to say that I'll be tweaking the site a little, hopefully fixing up some of the embarrassing spelling mistakes and maybe making it a little more organised. I'll also re-write some of the stuff that's now out of date.

April 4th, 2008:
Sorry for the outage, my hosting account lapsed while I was away on business. All fixed now.

April 4th, 2008:
No news to report on trying to contact Jeff Minter for an interview, although I have recently been contacted by one of the developers from Bellfruit who offered his assistance where possible

Recommended links

View all 23 Multisystem Videos

Wyn Holloway - creator of the Multisystem Interviewed

Download the actual Multisystem technical reference document
Warning, it's 25Mb click here to start the download