STARWARS for X68000 - Opening Demo

The X68000 is many ways similar to the Amiga/ATARI-ST. 68000 based series of personal computers. It was made by Japanese electronics company SHARP.

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[sekigunstyle]

Um, have you seen the Amiga version of this game? Much worse.

Comparing ports of a 1983 vector based arcade game isn't exactly any measurement of what either of the systems can do. And I say this as an Amiga freak.

[inkmagnet]

Wow. Imagine what they'll be able to do with computers in the future!

[10p6]

Along time ago, back in the day when 'Manchester United' had a sponsor that everyone had heard of....

[slade535]

This is madness! The technology is going far away from our hands! What's next? A cordless phone which can be used in any place, with a photo camera on it!? MADNESS

[SinisterSally]

i am quite impressed. i love vector graphics. i wish they would use it more in indie games rather than pixels.

[SamusDrake]

All hail the mighty Motorola 68000 processor!

This seems to be a different game from the Atari arcade game, but closer to the X-Wing game for the PC. Not played it, so I could be wrong. It looks mighty impressive though.

[Stopmotionist]

@poopskinTheLiar

The X68000 IS a computer. It, the Amiga, and the ST all use the same Motorola 68000 processor. So did the Genesis, Neo Geo, and Jaguar consoles. But the CPU has nothing to do with the graphics, sound, memory, or anything else that actually distinguishes the machines, and those aspects are radically different in each.

[Stopmotionist]

@JasonLee215

Definitely the latter. Most Amiga ports could have been much, much closer to the original versions if their developers hadn't been so incompetent and lazy.

[poopskinTheLiar]

@Stopmotionist Ah. I thought they both used x68000s?

[Stopmotionist]

@jci10

You paid $129.00 for a C64? Or did you get yours back in the '80s?

[Stopmotionist]

@poopskinTheLiar

The X68000 is far from "nearly identical in hardware" to the Amiga; in fact, even the ST is a closer match. Then again, trying to find something even remotely like the Amiga is a considerable challenge, if only because the Amiga's one of the oddest computer designs ever. And calling the X68000's graphics "slightly better" than the Amiga's is a bit like calling the PS3's graphics "slightly better" than the Wii's.

[Stopmotionist]

@JasonLee215

Huh? What are you replying to?