The Sharpx68000 is practicaly the "Commodore Amiga of Japan". The Amiga had the same main Prozessor but other co processors and it was way cheeper then the x68000 (around 600$).It had way better GFX from the end of the 80s into the early 90s then any dos based PC back then.

PC also had support for MIDI (especially the Roland MT-32). A lot of games (especially those from Sierra and Origin Systems) supported it.Also, 1987 was when VGA hit the PC market, and the initial specification supported 256 colors at 320x240 (mode 13h). Of course, the biggest downfall of systems like the Sharp x68000 is that they weren't even remotely modular, so any changes to the way the system worked would break things. PCs tended to be weaker in the games department, but the architecture was abstract enough to support things being upgraded easily. Plus, once the 386 hit, it was pretty much over for all competing systems.

@YTCensorsMe Poop Apple IIs weren't a thing in 1987, except the Apple IIGS (which was a 16-bit machine). Everyone was migrating to Amigas, Atari STs, IBM compatibles, or Macs.

@YTCensorsMe Poop The Amiga has a massive assortment of specialized chips and is capable of some things that x68k simply can't do. You can't just compare the clock speeds of the main CPUs and conclude that the Sharp x68000 is more powerful.

You also have to take into account that the Sharp x68000, baseline, was more than twice the price of an Amiga. It wasn't a machine that the common Japanese person owned - it was more akin to owning a NeXT cube or an SGI workstation.

Yeah, but it set you back $2500-3000, it was insanely expensive. while the Amiga 500 released the same year cost $699 and also had amazing looking games. $3000 in 1987 is equal to $8000 today. That is some seriously expensive hardware. What i find very interesting however, is how many quality games was made for the platform, the x68000 sold less tan 200.000 units, tiny numbers compared to the likes of Amiga 500, which sold 6 million. But yet, gaming companies kept making great looking games with awesome gameplay, it's almost unbelievable. Yet, here we are.

***** 1 question: how hard are you trolling right now?

Ok, I had the X68000XVI Compact for couple of years, 1992-1994, and I had a limited games title. So, it was 20 years ago's experiences :), but it still in my memory. Mostly I used to learn MC68000 assembly language, porting GNU and open source programs. I was using it as a 'workstation' more than as an arcade game's computer. Yes, there are Internet, those days, but not widely used as today. The most comman way to sharing was by newsgroup and email. There was also dialup BBS, conntected at blazing 4800baud. :) yes, 4800 baud. Games were sold using floopy discs media. either 5" or 3.5". For certain programs, you stil lcan download precompiled binary with the source code from newsgroup or FTP. We are lucky to have high speed bradband, and much powerful computer. I still able tou use the X68000's games/programs on emualtor, whith IMHO runs FAYSTER than the original hardware. :) Thanks for the comments and questions.

Are there any English resources for programming for it?

***** The internet wasn't even really a thing that it is now until the late 90s early 2000s. It was invented in the 60s-70s, but only connected like... 5 ivyleague colleges and that's it.

***** I have no clue why you don't think a perfectly reasonably answer is the truth. I hate to imagine your thoughts on the more eccentric happenings in reality.

My inner tech support nerd had to muffle a "NOoooo!!" Though I bet the solution at the time was to simply "Copy that floppy". Gotta love the era when it was recommended to make multiple backup copies of your software to keep them from getting damaged.

DEFkon001 ...So that was an actual floppy disk that he folded? I thought it was rubber! XD

TheThatEthanGuy It could've just been a prop, or an already ruined disc.. or maybe Joe took out the magnetic disc thing that spins inside the square enclosure so it would fold easier. But it looked like a "5'n a Half".

It looks like he simply took a floppy cardboard sleeve.

I cringed so hard

That'd be AMAZING!!!

Good idea

Now you have to pay extra...

+JLConawayII Now game cases just seem sooo... empty...

to bad gamesack dont know shit about computers or back story of video games and videogame industry if they did they would be pc gamers and not consolefan boys that constantly bash on pc gaming

Retrogaming Insanity Yeah cos PC gamers know more about the history of gaming...have you been drinking?! lol

we do idiot all console games are made and devolped on pcs n macs dipshit and pc gaming was before consolegaming pc gaming dates back to 1950s that goes before copnsoles were even around dipshit

Oh! Okay that makes sense now! Yeah I remember those old replica motorcycle arcade games now. Thanks for the post. I had literally completely forgot what it was like to play in those things.

yea, Joe reminds me of Mark because they are both huge Sega fanboys. but really, who isnt?

Game Sack has quickly become my favorite gaming show on the Internet. It's introduced me to a ton of great games I otherwise would have never known about.

***** Same here. I'm sad that I binge-watched just about every episode, so I'm re watching them! Love this channel!

pfft then u know nothing watch poushing up roses and lgr there about classic pc gaming and console gaming not just nintendo and sega gaming see this is whyganesack fails in compairson to lgr and pushing up roses and ADG aka ancient dos games also check out metal jesus rocks and john hancock

butthurt because someone doesnt enjoy the same channel as you do?

I'm a collector but some things are just worth emulating to both save money and especially the space.

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#FuckTodayKonami

Old Konami was the best Konami.

Castlevania sequels chronical the deterioration of Konami ... there is still hope, but it is slim.

yeah that’s super neat lol

We need more game systems that light up in sync to the music!

I'm sure it's unintentional social blindness but there are some pretty funny moments where it seems like Joe is just a complete dick to Dave for no reason as though they don't like eachother. We're all weird nerds here I'm sure but it's especially prominent in these older vids.

Lol in the previous episode he said joe had nutz on his chin

I agree. The X68000 had a lot of great music. These days games want to be scored like movies and they're no longer games but instead interactive adventures. That's fine but I like games more.

Well put. That's probably a much better description. I feel like I spend more time watching than playing, which is fine but not exactly what constitutes as a "game" to me.

Game Sack Not enough likes in the world for this comment. That's been my problem with games for years.

The last year I have been playing emulators on my Wii more than anything else! So you are right, to me old games were the best. The only thing I wish I could have is a Roland M32 Midi player!

Well there is an emulator call Munt which emulates the MT-32, but you will need to download the rom files.

Change x68000 to xbox one and it's about the same

X68000 Consumer about the same power as the air conditioner

Jere Aho That was actually fairly reasonable for a fully functioning high-end PC around that time. I remember the first computer we got so my dad could work from home was an IBM that cost $3300. It was before 3D accelerator cards were common too, that would've been several hundred more dollars back when those things first became popular.

Jere Aho This system was your father's PC Master Race. I kinda want one now. :P

+Jere Aho My family's first computer ran for a little less than that. Things were crazy back in the day. And that computer is weaker than my cell phone today. Crazy when you think about it.

+Jason Quinn weaker than a cubic centimetre of your phone

+Jere Aho that's what high end computers cost even today. at the time this was the ultimate console, which is also true of any 3k P.C. today face it 3k worth of P.C. will blow the doors clean off of any current gen console ever since then you know.

There actually are some differences between Life Force and Salamander.

Were they significant changes? I was never very good at Life Force. Liked it though.

More like enhancements than changes. They are similar enough that you recognize one game is based on the other. Salamander is just a more fleshed out version of the same game. I can't remember which came first, though... I wanna say that Life Force was a port of Salamander from the arcades.

+FallicIdol Salamander was the first version (and actually only in Japan appaered and some versions with the name like the C64, MSX and among others) Life Force had 2 versions. 1st is the American Arcade, which more or less is a very bad Salamander edit. 2nd was the Japanese arcade (and where most ports are based off) is a more vivid and very good edit of Salamander with most enemies and sprites totally reworked (except level 4 and 6 which are not really edited) also features a "Gradius Power-up" System, so you need to pick power-capsules just like Gradius, when in Salamander the power-up automatically appaer. Most ports are based off as the Japanese Life Force port (NES for example) but major part of the time are called "Salamander" even if they are not based upon really in the Salamander weapon system (yep, is a mess lol)

Thanks all. You guys rock

Hey! I was trying my hardest.............to be bad.

David White For the sake of your fans, I can only hope that you try even HARDER next episode. ;)

The Sega CD32x, the Sharp x68000, the neo geo cd, doesn't matter what variation of this skit i see, i will still laugh a lot.

That's why your peasant ass grew up on 8-bit nintendo and shitty Dos.

@@ajsingh4545hahahaha Sir you are a moron

You got your wish

Yes it's a big fabrication and we thought we would do our April fools joke super early this year. APRIL FOOLS! Ha! The X68000 is real and it's awesome. I just wish I had the money to own one. Oh and Thanks for watching.

@@tetrisdave 😀

Thanks! And yes Dave is losing weight and I think I might be gaining. :(

Thanks man that's a great compliment. I have lost weight in the past. I've slowly gained a little bit back. I've got to get it in check now! No more donuts!

I Still Is Becuase They Get Every Game Console Before We Got It!!!!

+Segadude 23 except the xbox but who cares about that anyway

Yes

+Thresh The Chain Warden lol they certainly don't buy xboxes hahahah. Microsoft has sold maybe a few thousand since the first in 2001.

they had a rough market in Japan

So far so good! :)

Game Sack Where's Vagrant Fighter FX, Goddess' Blazon, Tatakae! Konyanko Comike 47, Tatakae! Konyanko Comike 46, Tatakae! Konyanko Comike EX, Jotei Senki 1: Queen Edition, Jotei Senki 2: Legend of Heroines, Jotei Senki 3: Queen of Fighters, Jotei Senki 4: Heroines Forever, Megami De Pon and more games for obscure fighting games?

Justin Reynolds yeah or Amiga in general. When it comes to the later life span during the 90s it becomes just insane.