I have 4-5 unrepaired systems (ACE, Expert, ACE HD) that I have listed on Ebay at a discounted cost.
All of them have been taken apart, cleaned, and put back together. I have also cleaned and refurbished the FDDs and the onboard battery replaced. Currently, none of them display video, however none of them have been further troubleshot or recapped yet.

This is a great opportunity to pick one up to repair or add a second.
Please reach out/DM me if you have any questions!

Thanks,

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I've finally "completed" my FAQ for Wolf Team's DinoLand. This guide is focused on the Genesis/MegaDrive version with some details about the other versions available. As mentioned in the introduction, all the essential stuff is done but there could be room for a future update largely relating to the X68K port which is why I am posting this. I cover that version mostly in relation to the controls (I only ever played it emulated on XM68K) and a few minor details on the differences, but more could be added with input from the community. For now, I am taking a rest, and asking if you guys can contribute until I make the next update. The guide is here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/586140-dino-land/faqs/81264

You should be able to apply most of this to the X68K version. I'd like a list of any differences you find, and more importantly, information on whether the ending sequence is anything like the Genesis one and possible codes for the game from some other resource or even within the data of the game files themselves if that's what's necessary to discover if they exist. Would all be appreciated, thanks.

Hi! I am interested in the X68K due to the high quality of its games and the fact that many of its titles were on Genesis or vice versa (thanks to sharing the CPU). What I want to know is: Does anyone have any examples of homebrew on the system in recent years? Specifically by people from outside of Japan? I know E.Hashimoto (Buster) did a good homebrew for it, but I am wondering what it is like to work on the system and what are the best tools, etc.

I also use the XM68K emulator (English update by Jon Najar of MIJET). Is there a better emulator that I should be using for homebrew or just emulation in general? Thanks.

I just wanted to say I had a very positive experience with u/spucci repairing my X68000. Steve was helpful and responsive every step of the way, letting me know what my options were and did everything possible to accommodate me with my upgrades and repairs. He spent a ton of time and put a lot of care into the work, and I can't express how appreciative I am for his help. If you're looking for someone in the US to service your X68000, I definitely recommend checking out Sharp Sales and Repair!

It is called a workstation and I was wondering what software was available for it. I can't find any information that isn't gaming.

Hello and welcome I am recently interested in x68000. I started to like it and decided to emulate it through retroarch via px68k core. here is my progress : Mac os sonoma with retroarch and core installed Firmware files put in "system" dir Emulator boots and works.i put human 68k disk and the command line pops up.however,when I tried to load into sx window,it didn't load.i put the disk in and the hourglass in the corner appeared.but it didn't boot.how can i emulate and dive into sx window ?

Hello, please can you help me figure out the things i need in order to put a Gotek on my x68K cz600, the gray model? I have never used one of these Gotek emulators and it's soo confusing to sort it out everything alone.
Please let me write you some details and questions:
I made the 34pin extension cable by googling on a japanese website. My cable has 3 connectors: the modified end with the male socket extension i made, then a regular middle one and a "twisted" at the end.

I bought a Gotek yesterday on amazon, the grey unit with digits (no screen or dial).
Does this work as-is? I tryed to put on a Fat32 usb stick a single floppy game in xdf but it does not work, the unit flashes and my x68k eject disks and resets.

I have read that you have to flash the Gotek with Hxc or Flash Floppy? the last one i think is free.
Am i using it wrong or do i have to flash the firmware in order this to work?

My final goal is, since both my drives are no longer working, autoboot the scsi driver with a gotek and then use another hdd/emulator thing to have games to play, unless i missi something else, i'm not really have knowledge in this.

I hope you can help me figure it out. Thanks you

So I finally got the X68000 to boot from an SD2SCSI device, now I'm trying to get a Sega Genesis controller to work. I followed this wiring diagram & it still doesn't work right. I'm using Castlevania as the game to test it with. I can use the D-Pad & attack with the B button, but I'm unable to jump. It's wired correctly. Pin 9 is wired to Pin 8, Pin 7 is wired to Pin 6, Pin 6 is wired to Pin 7 & Pin 8 isn't connected at all. I even tried wiring Pin 8 to Pin 9 to see if it would work... of course it didn't.

Because the event I want to bring the X68000 to is next weekend, I'm not going to be able to get an MSX controller or controller adapter in time. Anyone got any ideas?

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Hello I have the xvi and bluescsiv2 running the v2.20 hdd image. When I kill the first boss the computer freezes. This happen to anyone else?

I bought yet another X68000 Pro. I'm trying to get it to play games off of an BlueSCSI V2. I'm trying to load the 3GB HDD Image from the NFG Games Forum.

Long story short, I finally get an external BlueSCSI V2 in the mail & I get to testing it. While it does detect ID 0 as "IPL Boot", I get an error at the bottom that tells me I need to reset the system. Doing so throws me into a boot loop where it won't proceed to loading the HDD Image. So I'm trying to see if there's a way to get it working in time for an event next month.

My bluescsi.ini file is the correct settings for the X68000. Parity is disabled. Here's a copy of my log file if it helps.

Platform: BlueSCSI

FW Version: 2024.05.21-rel May 21 2024 21:21:44

Flash chip size: 2048 kB

=== SD Card Info ===

SD card detected, FAT32 volume size: 7616 MB

SD Name: SD, MID: 0xDF, OID: 0x20 0x11

=== Global Config ===

Reading configuration from bluescsi.ini

Active configuration (using system preset "X68000"):

-- EnableSCSI2 is off

-- Parity is disabled

=== Finding images in / ===

== Opening /HD00 SxSI-SCSI_v220.hds for ID: 0 LUN: 0

---- Image ready

=== ROM Drive ===

Platform supports ROM drive up to 1692 kB

---- ROM drive image not detected

=== Configured SCSI Devices ===

* ID: 0, BlockSize: 512, Type: Fixed, Quirks: X68000, Size: 3073024kB

Initialization complete!

INFO: Pico Voltage: 3.299V.

(Edit): u/incrediblehark graciously sent me his SD2SCSI. After some time troubleshooting, I decided to connect it internally for shits & giggles. That actually worked. Thank you to him.

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Playing let's say castlevania is there a way to save?

I want to know your guys favorite games so I can give them a try. I've been spending a lot of time going through the x68000 library and found a lot of good games.

My favorites so far are #1 final fight (one of my all time favorite games ever made and this port is amazing), #2 Castlevania (huge Castlevania fan, I even enjoyed the n64 releases lol), #3 parodius da! (I know I said I'm not big on shmups but I absolutely love the parodius series. Until now this port, the Gameboy port, and the mobile phone port are the only ports of the first game I havent played. Ps1 and turbografx are my go tos but this is a very good port too), and #4 and probably my favorite game on here is etoile princess and man it's good. Reminds me of a mix of magic knight rayearth on sega saturn and zelda on snes.

Also I'm looking for dark games like Castlevania or ghouls n ghosts (haven't played the x68k port yet but I'm sure I'll like it) but any genre even shmups if it's got big evil looking bosses lol so suggestions would be appreciated

I have a xvi with a fp installed. What does it do? How do I enable it? I have bluescsi, with the v4 image I think?

So recently I've come into the discovery of the X68k and my mind immediately has gone full tech geek: starting to imagine the different things I could tinker with. Not long after that I've discovered there's a mini-console version that's (in theory) easier to get hold off.

With that context out of the way, I do have 2 burning questions I can't seem to find the answer for:

1. Does Zuiki allow non-sanctioned SD cards (and floppy images) to be read? While I'm interested in some games the workstation had - I'm more interested on trying some third party productivity programs that were available.
2. I heard in 1 YouTube video that Zuiki was planning on adding support to HD images to the X68000Z, and I'm wondering if that has been added in a recent firmware update? I would like to try other OSes that were also made available to the X68000.

In regards with the SD card question - I saw in 1 comment on a different post there is some proprietary balderdash they do to their sold ones, so I'm now curious if I would even be allowed to do things as if I had a real X68000! I really dig the X68K's case, so I'm hoping the Z is a good option for my desires... ^^" /gen

Played about 10 or 15 games so far off of the suggestions you guys gave me plus googling the top games and I have to say I'm thoroughly enjoying myself but then...... I booted up final fight..... one of my all time favorite games and a game I'm more nostalgic for than most from playing it with my dad a lot growing up. I had it on snes and beat it about 50 times but this port on x68k...... it's amazing. The graphics are great, the sound is thumping (I always thought final fight cd on sega cd had the best sound but always felt muffled to me but IMO this tops it), and the controls are great. Feels like the closest port to the actual arcade game than any other I've played. I grew up thinking the snes version was the best you could get but now I feel like my childhood was a lie lol. DAMN YOU SHARP FOR NOT BRINGING THIS MACHINE TO THE U.S.!!!!

So first off I have a romset that includes multiple zip files for almost every game. Most are different sets of floppy disk images. I'm assuming the difference between the one not marked as a set and sets 1&2 are just different variations like (Rev a) and (Rev b) in other romsets correct? If so I can just pick one set to use and delete the others right? Then as far as the hdf files is that just all the discs compiled into one rom and does it negate the need for swapping discs? If so is that the better rom to use over the floppy images?

Physical hardware question.... I've been looking for a x68k and on ebay they're running around $1,400 so I've been looking at buyee.jp and found them as low as $200 but not sure what I'm looking at. Is there anything specific to look for when buying a system? I saw somewhere online that someone was using an msx controller which I have one so do those work on the x68k or is there an adapter I need or just buy a joypad for the x68k?

Hey Everyone! Me and the amazing Spucci decided to make a discord server for anything related to the beautiful marvelous Workstation known as the Sharp X68000.

Please feel free to join it and grow the Human68k family 🙌

https://discord.com/invite/9qMWV5aJKw

Little background. I work in retro video games running my own business then joined forces with a retro game store and ran than and now back to running my own business again so I've played almost every console made from old pong and pong clones to cdi to wonderswan to pretty much everything imaginable. I'm a big msx fan, played a lot of pcfx and pc98 as well but I've NEVER played any x68k games before. I don't really even know anything about the x68k but I'm ready to jump in. So send me suggestions! I'm not big on shmups but I do enjoy some, I prefer platformers or beat em ups but honestly I'll play anything and find joy in it.

I'm trying to come up with a "best of" list for the X68000.

Since I'm using emulators, it's kind of pointless to include those arcade ports, even if they look good, as I could play the real arcade version.

So can someone recommend a list of "top games" that is either:

• Not an arcade port

or

• Is an arcade port but with new elements added, making it a unique title.

Many thanks in advance!

Please see attached pictures. I just noticed this today while testing some games.This only seems to happen with the resolutions that are compressed, like in Fantasy Zone or Exciting Hour. This happens on my PRO but not my XVI, wondering what might have happened. Bought the system fully refurbished from Japan so I don't think it is a capacitor issue, but I'm worried something may have happened with the video chip or power supply. Any help diagnosing is appreciated!