Lets talk Sharp X68000

Since realisticaly the only way to ever play this beauties games is via an emulator, id strongly recomend the Win68k one

Im sure some of you are familiar with the machine, to those not it can be compared i guess to the Amiga range of computers, along side NEC's PC9X range of home computers, these were the most common home computers in Japan well into the mid 90's, much more so than the now standard IBM/PC compatbles.........

But we dont care about that, we want games.........

First to note is the graphical prowess..........while in terms of format it can be compared to latter day Amiga & Atari computers, the GFX power far exceeds those machines, it can handle many sprites, scroll layers and sprite distortion/rotation/scaling.........

Arcade ports from most top publishers are aplenty, most perfect, Capcoms Final Fight, Strider & of couse SF2:CE are testament to that.........

The rest of the library consists of titles similar to those found on the PC Engine CD,arcade shooters and mech based action games, super gfx n sound, high res art n all, truly class........

Dempa also released a torent of emulated Namco & Taito classic arcade games on it, actually perfect ports, i highly suggest you check this lot out.......and of Course Konamis Dracula X, Gridius 2 Goefer........

http://www.jcec.co.uk/

Is a good place to start, its own BBS opened this week for tech help, etc..........the site also deals with Fujistu/FM towns , MSX and PC98X emulation & games, go go go now, play games

this was a fine platform.
With mame around, there really isn't too much of a need for it tho.

right?

NeoSneth said:

this was a fine platform.
With mame around, there really isn't too much of a need for it tho.

right?

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True for the arcade titles, but its the other titles that are interesting like Dracula, Mad stalker, Genocide 2 , Phalanx and some non mamed games.

Ooooo.......Phalanx

Uploaded some shots of some great games.

Mad Stalker, bit like Genocide, big mech in neo tokyo esque setting with streetfighter moves.


Phalanx, not snes version, a remixed effort with blaziing intro (like most games) GREAT graphics, all layers in the pic scroll


Cha-ren-sha, apart from the repeting background, the sprites are massive, great music and can be played either vertically or horizontally, either way its awsome


Check out more screens http://www.emudek.org/x68000/

Since im on a roll, here are some other choice cuts

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Star Wars, nice music and voice in this interesting version, like the arcade original, perhaps leaning more towards flight simulation, with easy arcade controls

Don't forget the fact that it uses sasi or scsi and have software ejected 5½" floppys. XD

Gotta find one of the later X68000 or X68030 units with scsi. It's one of the most nice looking systems there is to boot. ^^

Pingu said:

Don't forget the fact that it uses sasi or scsi and have software ejected 5½" floppys. XD

Gotta find one of the later X68000 or X68030 units with scsi. It's one of the most nice looking systems there is to boot. ^^

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It is a looker for sure


Exceeded my fucking badwisth for the pics above

I really do like the system and there are loads of great games for it. ^^ The system itself is curently being hunted down in Japan by some friends and it's not even that expensive. ^^

Weee found a system *makes some shipping calculations cringes but decides to go for it*

Pingu said:

Weee found a system *makes some shipping calculations cringes but decides to go for it*

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Yahoo Japan??

Id be interested in seeing how much, btw you can get some info from a few experts at the new Japanese computer emulation centre BBS, they deal the real thing too http://kokorononakani.free.fr/phpBB2/index.php

Not Yahoo auctions but from an old contact.