| Manufacturer: | Sharp Corporation |
| Developer: | Sharp Corporation |
| CPU: | Hitachi HD68HC000 10 MHz |
| Memory: | 12 MB |
| Graphics: | 256 × 240 |
| Sound: | Yamaha YM2151, OKI MSM6258 |
| Medium: | Floppy |
| Controllers: | 2 |
The X68000 is a home computer created by Sharp Corporation, first released in 1987, sold only in Japan. In terms of hardware, it is very similar to arcade machines of the time, and serves as the Capcom CPS system development machine. It supports separate text RAM, graphic RAM and hardware sprites. Sound is produced internally via Yamaha's then top-of-the-line YM2151 FM synthesizer and a single channel OKI MSM6258V for PCM. Due to this and other similarities, it played host to many arcade game ports in its day. Games made for this system include Parodius Da! －Shinwa kara Owarai e－, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Strider, Final Fight, Alien Syndrome, Street Fighter II Dash, Akumajo Dracula (Castlevania in other regions, the X68000 version was ported to the PlayStation as Castlevania Chronicles), Cho Ren Sha 68k (which has a Windows port) and many others. Many games also supported the Roland SC-55 and MT-32 MIDI modules for sound as well as mixed-mode internal/external output.
Latest Releases on Sharp X68000
A-Jax
In this arcade port shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting ...
Undead Line
Undead Line is a top-down arcade shooter with scrolling screens, like Commando and other games. The player controls a character (from a selection of t...
The New Zealand Story
One day, a kiwi tribe was having fun and games outside the zoo, only to be kidnapped by the evil-minded Leopard Seal, who plans to sell them at the bl...
The Fairyland Story
The Fairyland Story is a platform arcade game developed and published by Taito in 1985. In the game, the player controls the witch Ptolemy, with the o...
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
Fighters entrusted with the battle for fate have come together once again. What do they see in this perpetual battle? Whate do they hope to achieve? T...
Strider Hiryu
Strider Hiryû (ストライダー飛竜) for the Sharp X68000 is a port of the original coin-op game onto the aforementioned system, a Japan-exclusive home computer w...
Street Fighter II DASH
In the name of destiny, they continue their fight. That glimmer in their eyes - is it the glow of victory or the brutal ember of defeat? Following ...
Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star
Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star recreates the final battle from "Star Wars", putting the player at the controls of an X-Wing starfighter in full 3...
Sol-Feace
Sol-Feace (ソルフィース) is a shoot 'em up developed by Wolf Team. Players pilot the Sol-Feace in a fight against strategic enemy fighters. Players use a d...
Scorpius
Scorpius is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up in which the player can choose to control one of the three available spaceships on their way through ...
R-Type
R-Type for the X68000 is a close port of the coin op, but to be fair I was expecting a little more. We are not in the territory of arcade-perfect conv...
Parodius Da!
One day, our octopus friend gets into a fight to the death with his old rival, the bug. Our octopus wins and people start to call him Mr. Parodius. On...
Pac-Mania
You know Pac-Man, that world-famous, dot-munchin', maze-runnin' yella fella who's full of fun and frenzy. Now you can play Pac-Man like you've never p...
Overtake
Overtake (オーバーテイク) is a 1992 Sharp X68000 Formula One arcade racing video game produced by ZOOM Inc. and licensed by FOCA to Fuji Television.
Nostalgia 1907
Horror strikes as you board the ship Nostalgic and have to diffuse bombs and avoid disaster on the open sea.
Nemesis '90 Kai
This is the official updated of the MSX game of Gradius II unlike 'Nemesis 94 Gradius 2' MSX which was a fan based hack. This game has some very good ...
Naious
Set in a futuristic sci-fi 2143 setting, the players assume the role of fighter pilot Manami Katagiri taking control of the ASP space fighter craft in...
Mugen Senshi Valis II
Rogles, the tyrant who wanted to gain control over the three worlds in the universe, was defeated by Yuko, an ordinary Japanese teenager who was chose...
Moon Cresta / Terra Cresta
Compilation release of the two "Cresta" games, bundled together for the X68000.