Sharp X68000 Megathread

edited March 2011 in Chit chat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_X68000

i dont own one, nor do i speak japanese but ive played a fair few games on emulator......awesome, prolly the closest arcade ports on any machine

ive played
pacland
pacmania
xevious
new zealand story
among others
Post edited by mel the bell on
Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling

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  • edited March 2011
    You're posting a lot of these aren't you?

    Have you had a couple of lines of Charlie Sheen or a bottle of Tiger Blood?
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited March 2011
    You're posting a lot of these aren't you?

    Have you had a couple of lines of Charlie Sheen or a bottle of Tiger Blood?
    theres a lot of machines out there :P
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • fogfog
    edited March 2011
    pacland.. the pc engine did a very nice port.. and another few games which were near arcade perfect
  • edited March 2011
    theres plenty of youtube vids featuring the sharp x68000

    heres super street fighter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV6_zNI4q58

    and a jap commercial lol
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlgEY7ZX30I
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • edited March 2011
    fog wrote: »
    pacland.. the pc engine did a very nice port.. and another few games which were near arcade perfect

    Splatterhouse being one of them, the differences are noticable if you have the PC Engine and Arcade versions handy, but otherwise the PC Engine version is pretty much spot on gameplay wise and level wise, just a few minor graphical compromises made, but really not that many.
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited March 2011
    OI do you two mind? start a pc engine megathread :P
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • edited March 2011
    theres plenty of youtube vids featuring the sharp x68000

    heres super street fighter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV6_zNI4q58

    I love the music in the Super Street Figher video. It's different to any other version that I've heard.
  • ZupZup
    edited March 2011
    No one mentions Princess Maker / Prostitute Maker?
    I was there, too
    An' you know what they said?
    Well, some of it was true!
  • edited March 2011
    Zup wrote: »
    No one mentions Princess Maker / Prostitute Maker?
    ?? care to elaberate?
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • ZupZup
    edited March 2011
    Not too much to elaborate.

    Princess maker was a game where you were given a girl to raise. In the game you had to fill her daily schedule, and the tasks you gave to the girl determined the ending of the game (her final personality). Eventually she may raise into a princess, or into a crime lord. It seems that it was a very popular game in Japan (a very popular tamagotchi?).

    Prostitute maker seems to be an "adaptation" of that concept, an it was made only for X68000. It can be found on internet, but there is almost no data about it.

    It is one of those things that make more sense for korean or japanese people.
    I was there, too
    An' you know what they said?
    Well, some of it was true!
  • edited March 2011
    I remember reading in Mean Machines and the like about the Sharp X68000 back in the lates 80's. This reminded me that I should have looked up its conversion of Space Harrier as I remember Julian Rignall raving about.

    I can see why:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRw2snCK9eA

    Remember this was before the Megadrive came out.
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