Yes, I'm sure they were available in the U.S.  Spectravideo was a U.S.
company and the SV-318 was announced at the winter CES in Las Vagas. (see
)
Just not very visible maybe?
Terry (Tez)
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Martin Goldberg <wgungfu at gmail.com> wrote:
  Not sure what you mean, both Spectravideo and Yamaha
released MSX machines
 in the US. They never caught on, so it wasn't for a significant amount of
 time. But they were here.
 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans <oltmansg at 
gmail.com
 wrote: 
  Very interesting Terry. MSX never made it
stateside, so I was curious to
 see this. In particular I'm a big Coleco Vision and ADAM computer nut, 
 and
  was surprised to see the splash screen and game
options screen on the 
 game
 > that you showed. The game option screen looks identical to the one
 > presented on Coleco Vision cartridge games to the letter. I wonder which
 > came first, because the specifications for the two machines are virtually
 > identical.
 >
 > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Terry Stewart <terry at webweavers.co.nz
 >
 wrote: 
 >
 > > An attention-getting red joystick and superior BASIC makes for an
 > > interesting home computer. My Spectravideo SV-318.
 > > 
http://youtu.be/LwvYpojtr0I
 > >
 > > Terry (Tez)
 > >
 >
 --
 Marty