i don't know if it is a bug from OpenMSX (version 0.9.1 on Linux, Crunchbang "Jessie" and Lubuntu 13.10 ) emulator - from almost all entries from MSXDEV'13, the keyboard controlled sprites goes to the top left edge, while from http://www.boriel.com/forum/wishlist/download/file.php?id=74 ( http://www.boriel.com/forum/wishlist/started-msx-version-help-needed-as-well-t811-15.html?sid=38308af54375c6fd38fca7b3849b0de9 - a .rom file coded on Boriel's ZX-Basic Compiler ) we can move the sprite to all directions - and the keymap used from snsmat bios routine seems correct ( http://map.grauw.nl/articles/keymatrix.php )

weird is that those very popular Konami games (Nemesis, Majou Densetsu, etc.) are also behaving weirdly, just like MSXDEV'13 entries - i also tried on MESS emulator, which is behaving in the same way...

should i try other emulators on Linux? is this only happening to me? :S

thanks!
from stick(0) it vary between 0 and 8 as expected - stick(1) is always 8, and stick(2) is 0
maybe is there some way to disable joystick somehow? since it is happening on both OpenMSX and MESS, and on both Lubuntu and Crunchbang, i imagine that is some kind of misconfiguration on some Linux config file or something like?