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The Sharp X68000 was a Japanese personal computer produced between 1987 and 1993. Commonly known as the X68k, it came in a striking double-tower case and was an extremely powerful machine for its time. Unlike its main competitor the [[PC 98]] (as well as being the polar opposite to the [[ZX Spectrum]]), the X68000 was designed to be as much a gaming machine as a business machine; the original model came bundled with ''[[Gradius]]''. [[Capcom]] used the X68000 as the prototype and the basis for its SDK unit for the CPS Arcade board, and many of the X68000's releases were [[Arcade Perfect Port|Arcade Perfect Ports]].

=== Specifications: ===

== Processor ==
* [[CPU]]: Hitachi HD68HC000 running at 10 MHz.
** XVI models: Motorola 68000 running at 16 MHz.
** X68030: Motorola 68300 running at 25 MHz.
** can be over clocked to 100 MHz (Depending on the model).

== Memory ==
* 1-4 MB of main RAM (many later games used 2 MB, most games did not use more then 4 MB, can go up to 12 out of 16 MB, as the rest is used for video).
* [[Video RAM]]: 512 KB of text, 512 KB of graphics, 32 KB of sprites (Can go up to 4 MB shared).
* 16 KB of static RAM.

== Sprites ==
* Sprites are 16x16 pixels, with 16 colors per sprite (later models can go up to 256x256, with no color limit).
* Up to 128 sprites on screen, 16 sprites per line (later models can go up to 1024 spites, with no per line limit).

== Display ==
* Various resolutions; 1024x1024 pixels maximum.
* 256 colors on screen, 65536 total (got rid of the on screen color limit by the 2th moldel in 1988 (the X68000 ACE and the X68000 ACE-HD witch is the hard drive version of the X68000 ACE)).
* Hardware scrolling
* Priority control
* Super-impose

== Audio ==
* FM Synth: Yamaha YM2151, paired with YM3012 DAC
** Up to 8 notes
** 8 channels
** Stereo sound
** Noise generator
* ADPCM: Okidata MSM6258
** 1 channel
** 4 bits
** Mono sound
** Can be extended to 8 channels and updated to run in stereo as well.

== Disk Drives ==
* 5.25 inch floppy disk with soft eject (3.5 inch on special "Compact" models)
* Optional internal hard disk, 20-80 MB

=== Games that appeared on the X68000: ===

== Original titles and [[Multi Platform]] games that started here: ==
* ''Akumajō Dracula'' (an exclusive ''[[Castlevania]]'' game, later remade for the [[PlayStation]] as ''[[Castlevania Chronicles]]'')
* ''Aquales''
* ''Cho Ren Sha 68k''
* ''FZ Senki Axis''
* ''Genocide''
** ''Genocide 2''
* ''Geograph Seal''
* ''Granada''
* ''[[Lagoon]]''
* ''Neural Gear''
* ''[[Phalanx]]''
* ''Sol-Feace''
* ''[[Thunder Force]] II''

== Ports: ==
* ''[[After Burner]] II''
* ''[[Alien Syndrome]]''
* ''[[Bomberman]]''
* ''[[Bonanza Bros]]''
* ''[[Bosconian]]''
* ''[[Bubble Bobble]]''
* ''[[Columns]]''
* ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Daimakamura]]''
* ''Detana!! [[Twinbee]]''
* ''[[Dragon Spirit]]''
* ''[[Drakkhen]]''
* ''[[Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton]]''
* ''[[Fantasy Zone]]''
* ''[[Final Fight]]''
* ''[[Galaga]] '88''
* ''[[Gradius]]''
** ''Gradius II''
** ''Nemesis '90 Kai'' (a port of the MSX ''Gradius 2'')
** ''Salamander''
* ''[[Image Fight]]''
* ''[[Mahou Daisakusen]]''
* ''[[Marchen Maze]]''
* ''[[Mr. Do]]''
* ''[[Super Dodge Ball|Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu]]''
** ''Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen''
** ''[[River City Ransom|Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari]]''
* ''[[The New Zealand Story]]''
* ''[[Parodius]] Da!''
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]''
* ''[[Populous]]''
* ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''
* ''[[R-Type]]''
* ''[[Rygar]]''
* ''[[Space Harrier]]''
* ''Star Force''
* ''Star Trader''
* ''[[Strider Hiryu|Strider]]''
* ''Super [[Street Fighter II]]''
* ''[[Darius|Syvalion]]''
* ''[[Terra Cresta]] & Moon Cresta''
* ''[[Twin Cobra]]''
* ''Undeadline''
* ''[[Valis]] II''
* ''[[Xenon 2 Megablast]]''
* ''[[Xevious]]''
* ''[[Ys]]''
** ''Ys III''

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