Awesome piece of games hardware - predates the NeoGeo Home console by 3 years. And of the two I know which dream console I would have preferred to have - the X68000 had a huge variety of Hit arcade game ports/conversions from all the big arcade companies. NeoGeo mainly had games developed by SNK themselves.
Big shame it was never released outside of Japan - but then again I could never have afforded the extravagant cost of such a luxury back then.....though now I can afford anything, LOL.
motorola was once the dominant cisc processor conductor through 80s. until x86 came along and knock motorola out of mainstream market. when pentium release in 1993 it had announce demise of company in cpu market....until it start made cell phone. but now iphone come out and knock it off the market....poor motorola...
X68000 similar to ST? Man, it is much much better and more powerfull system than Amiga+ST altogether! It can easily run RYGAR arcade version.... as it does in fact...
The conversions were really good due to the fact that the custom chipset was similar to arcade machines and the conversions were performed by companies like Konami. The problem with the Amiga was that someone else had to buy a license and they did not have access to as much info on the games, often the games turned out half assed... Street Fighter II on the Amiga was a good example of how not to do a conversion.
you right sharp x68000 was the same system as capcom cps1 arcade machines of the time,it was the ultimate system with arcade conversions that were identical because they were runing on same hardware,like naomi and dreamcast,st and amiga were nowhere near this,
Awesome piece of games hardware - predates the NeoGeo Home console by 3 years. And of the two I know which dream console I would have preferred to have - the X68000 had a huge variety of Hit arcade game ports/conversions from all the big arcade companies. NeoGeo mainly had games developed by SNK themselves.
Big shame it was never released outside of Japan - but then again I could never have afforded the extravagant cost of such a luxury back then.....though now I can afford anything, LOL.
makd1234 5 months ago
This machine was nothing more than arcade machine hardware stuffed in a tower with a floppy drive.
Nothing more than a game machine
Pinman1973 6 months ago
motorola was once the dominant cisc processor conductor through 80s. until x86 came along and knock motorola out of mainstream market. when pentium release in 1993 it had announce demise of company in cpu market....until it start made cell phone. but now iphone come out and knock it off the market....poor motorola...
hanrinch 1 year ago
I would love to get that system someday...a treasure to collect really!!
ChikikyoKONAMI 1 year ago
x68000 still give us a lot of fun! Much more than overclocked PC
corsairabit 1 year ago
I have never heard of "the Sharp X68000", it seems amazing! that seems better than jamma cps2!
lordofzeapes 1 year ago
369000yen?! That was insane even for prices back then.
reivenlocke 1 year ago
Ok, so what system was better, the Sharp X68000 or the Fujitsu FM Towns? I see that both had awesome ports of the best games of their time.
depatta 2 years ago
I'm guessing that the FM Towns was superior, but I also think it was released later. Not sure.
InvisibleSandwichTM 2 years ago
X68000 similar to ST? Man, it is much much better and more powerfull system than Amiga+ST altogether! It can easily run RYGAR arcade version.... as it does in fact...
maiki60fps 3 years ago 11
The conversions were really good due to the fact that the custom chipset was similar to arcade machines and the conversions were performed by companies like Konami. The problem with the Amiga was that someone else had to buy a license and they did not have access to as much info on the games, often the games turned out half assed... Street Fighter II on the Amiga was a good example of how not to do a conversion.
Commodorian 3 years ago 6
you right sharp x68000 was the same system as capcom cps1 arcade machines of the time,it was the ultimate system with arcade conversions that were identical because they were runing on same hardware,like naomi and dreamcast,st and amiga were nowhere near this,
skunkkey666 2 years ago
@maiki60fps lol I think they meant similar as in using the same family of Motorola CPU's. That's about all they had in common.
JayArgonaut 1 year ago
@JayArgonaut YES, the only thing they had in common is 68000
maiki60fps 1 year ago
course it is simuler
Cresantstar 3 years ago
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tosgem 3 years ago
System cost 369k yen, it means 3.332 $.
juazha 4 years ago 2
Okay, I would have totally freaked out if I had seen this machine back in 1987. They actually improved on the Amiga's OCS graphics core.
Deadly!
nebby6 4 years ago
Cool thx man! :)
2PeteShakur 4 years ago