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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
=== Specifications
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* [[CPU]]: Hitachi HD68HC000 running at 10
** XVI models: Motorola 68000 running at 16
** X68030: Motorola 68300 running at 25
** can be over clocked to 100
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* 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.
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* 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).
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* 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)).
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* Priority control
* Super-impose
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* FM Synth: Yamaha YM2151, paired with YM3012 DAC
** Up to 8 notes
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** Mono sound
** Can be extended to 8 channels and updated to run in stereo as well.
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* 5.25 inch floppy disk with soft eject (3.5 inch on special "Compact" models)
* Optional internal hard disk, 20-80 MB
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== Original titles and [[Multi Platform]] games that started here
* ''Akumajō Dracula'' (an exclusive ''[[Castlevania]]'' game, later remade for the [[PlayStation]] as ''[[Castlevania Chronicles]]'')
* ''Aquales''
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* ''[[Thunder Force]] II''
== Ports
* ''[[After Burner]] II''
* ''[[Alien Syndrome]]''
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* ''[[Bubble Bobble]]''
* ''[[Columns]]''
* ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins
* ''Detana!! [[Twinbee]]''
* ''[[Dragon Spirit]]''
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[[Category:Videogame Systems]]
[[Category:Sharp
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