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On The X68000's Obscure Majesty

Posted by simoniker on from the catchy-name dept.

Thanks to NFG for its newly published in-depth feature on the Japanese X68000 computer/games system. The author explains: "The X68000 is an unheard-of gem from Japan. Released around the same time as the Amiga and Atari ST, it was leagues ahead of them both in terms of design and capability. Originally released in 1987 with a 10MHz 68000 CPU and 1MB RAM, the series finished six years later with a 25MHz 68030, 4MB RAM and a 80MB HD." The piece ends with a gallery of X68000 game screenshots, often near-perfect arcade conversions, as well as referencing the previously mentioned X68000 floppy disc game warnings.

3 of 40 comments (clear)

  1. Y'all feelin me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Growing up just north of san fran there was always some lucky kid in the neighborhood who had one of these fancy import devices. I'd salivate over its spot-on arcade ports........and he'd never let me play it.

    bastard.

  2. Re:Gallery Page two has 1 NSFW pic by B1LL_GAT3Z · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and traffic to the site immediately quadruples.

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  3. How much blacker could the image be? by Dr.+Smeegee · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the answer is none: None more black.

    I have scoured the links and can find no actual clear images of this supposedly beautiful hardware.

    Anyone know of a nice shot of one of these devices?