[[File:Spectravideo SV-328.jpg|thumb|right|Spectravideo SV-328]]
[[File:MSX Sony HitBit HB-10P.jpg|thumb|right|MSX Sony HitBit HB-10P]]
[[File:MSX2.jpg|thumb|right|MSX2 Sony HitBit HB-F1]]
[[File:MSX2+ Sony HB-F1XDJ.jpg|thumb|right|MSX2+ Sony HitBit HB-F1XDJ]]
[[File:MSX Turbo-R Panasonic FS-A1ST.jpg|thumb|right|MSX Turbo-R Panasonic FS-A1ST]]
[[File:MSX BASIC.jpg|thumb|right|MSX BASIC]]
The machines in Generation 0 are considered the foundational steps toward the creation of the MSX standard. While not officially part of the MSX family, they share significant hardware similarities with MSX1 systems.
Systems: ColecoVision, Sega SG-1000, Sega SC-3000, Spectravideo SVISV-318/328.
Shared Components with MSX1:
* ColecoVision, Sega SG-1000 and SC-3000 feature the same CPU (Zilog Z80A) and Video Display Processor (Texas Instruments TMS-9918 series) as MSX1 machines.
* These systems use the Texas Instruments SN76489 sound chip, which is closely related to the General Instruments AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Generator (PSG) found in MSX1.
* The SVISV-318/328 computers use identical CPU, VDP, and PSG hardware to MSX1, with the SVI-BASIC by Microsoft being very similar to MSX-BASIC.* Sega BASIC (used ASCII's president Kazuhiko Nishi saw the potential in SCthe Spectravideo computer system. He wanted to make a world standard for home computers out of the SV-3000) shares many similarities with 328 design, called the MSXstandard. Spectravideo agreed with this, and ASCII started to make some small changes of the design. [https://www.samdal.com/svhistory.htm Source] <gallery>File:Spectravideo SV-328.jpg|Spectravideo SV-328File:Spectravideo basic.jpg|SVI-BASICFile:Kazuhiko Nishi with Bill Gates.jpg|Kazuhiko Nishi with Bill Gates</gallery>
=== Generation 1: MSX1 ===