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Machine of the Month: Sharp X68000 (1987)

YOU’LL NEED THIS

32-BIT X86 CPU WITH MMX, WINDOWS 2000, OR LATER

Or you can use a solid version of Wine under Linux.

XM6 PRO-68K

Download it from https://bit.ly/2TjiAF4.

may have had their adherents, but when it comes to gaming, the Sharp X68000 is in a league of its own. Dubbed “The God Computer” by the Japanese, the X68000 (or X68k for short) is perhaps the ultimate in 16-bit gaming. While console makers such as Sega and Nintendo often boasted “arcade-like” graphics, the X68k was the first home machine to provide genuine arcade graphics. The X68000 might not be famous in the West (it was only sold in Japan), but those in the know can expect

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