Right on! Here it is: round 5 in our quest for the most important MSX news of 2006. Below you will find some very, very, very tough choices. Out of 38 nominees, 8 news posts are still in competition, and only one of them contains the most important MSX news of the year 2006. You can decide which one it is going to be. How? Easy! Help us make a pre-selection for the frontpage poll by casting your votes. It's simple and fun!

Below is a list of 4 pairs. Your job is to divide three points between each pair. So with the pair

option A | option B

the following scores are valid:

3 - 0 ;option A | option B
2 - 1 ;option A | option B
1 - 2 ;option A | option B
0 - 3 ;option A | option B

These are the only valid scores you can cast. Mixing pairs with others is not allowed, only non-negative integers are allowed and the sum of points divided each pair HAS to be 3 points. You will have to make this decision each pair, until you completed the entire list. Mixing pairs with others is not allowed. Only completely valid submissions will be counted.

So all you have to do to vote is join the MRC, log in and fill in the votesheet below. This second round closes February 11th, 23:59 CET

Votesheet with links (click and read if you're unsure!)

MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

Quoteable votesheet (use this one for the actual voting!)

MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

1-2; MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
1-2; Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
2-1; Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
2-1; SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

2-1; MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
1-2; Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
3-0; Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
2-1; SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

3-0; MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
2-1; Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
1-2; Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
0-3; SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

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- MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
- Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
- Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
- SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

3-0; MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
0-3; Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
1-2; Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
0-3; SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

@wolf_: I guess your smileys mean:

= 0 (stupid looking smiley)
= 1 (A little bit happy)
= 2 (smiley saying wow)
= 3 (smiley crying of happiness because the post was so good)

0-3; MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
2-1; Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
3-0; Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
0-3; SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

1-2 MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
2-1 Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
2-1 Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
1-2 SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

0-3 MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
0-3 Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
3-0 Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
3-0 SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

Too bad MSXdev'06 and 1chipMSX MKII have to battle it out in this 5th round. They're both frontpage material.

3-0 MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
3-0 Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
3-0 Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
1-2 SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

3-0 MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
2-1 Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
3-0 Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
1-2 SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

1-2; MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
1-2; Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
3-0; Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
3-0; SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

1-2 MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
3-0 Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
2-1 Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
2-1 SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2

3-0 MSXdev'06 | One Chip MSX MKII
3-0 Manuel Pazos announces MultiROM and new MegaFlashROM SCC cartridges | MSX Unleashed
3-0 Matra and Bitwise to release games on cartridge | Shock the dev! - free ROM cartridge for MSXdev contestants
1-2 SymbOS 1.1 | Waves 1.2