![]() ![]() ![]() Flipping through the magazine, I got drawn into an article that I had passed over months ago, entitled “Arcade Heaven.” The piece takes a look at gaming on the elusive Sharp X68000 (more about it at Wikipedia) series of computer, a not so well-known machine sold only in Japan.ĭebuting in 1987, the original X68000 was a striking black, dual-tower design based on the 10MHz Motorola 68000 CPU. It seems to have set me in the mood for that type of game, and that may be why an article in issue 12 of Retro Gamer magazine caught my eye, today. I spent a few quarters on Galaga in an arcade at Disney World last weekend, enjoying simplistic shoot-’em-up action. Who outdid the Amiga and Atari ST in the mid 1980’s when it came to gaming performance on a desktop home PC? Sharp did, that’s who. ![]()
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