X68000 - expensive?

[guyjin]

Was just idly browsing today, and my wanderings led me to search ebay for x68k stuff.
There seemed to be plentiful software availiable (compared to the FM towns), but no systems.
How much do those go for? To those of you who own one, was it worth the purchase?

[Michael Helgeson]

if you get a fully working great condition one with  a good audio card and 2megs of ram at least you will be set. Make sure the PSU is good,and the disk drives have been serviced. yahoo Japan aucts. tend to have them cheap.

[GUTS]

I don't know if they're too good for people who can't read Japanese, I was thinking of getting one a while back but Emerald Rocker said it was kinda tough to navigate, and that 90% of the games are either arcade ports or porn games/dating sims anyway so I might as well just play mame instead.  Plus good luck getting one for less than like $400-$500 shipped, even on Yahoo japan like Michael suggested I couldn't find a decent deal when I was looking.  Plus the games are all f*cking EXPENSIVE, especially any shooters.

[Keranu]

I don't think I will ever come close to getting one. As GUTS said, most of the games are just arcade ports. Granted they're very accurate arcade ports, but I'd rather just play them on MAME if I wanted accuracy of the original. For that money I'd just build a way superior computer.

[Tatsujin]

not to forget, that the x68k only used 5"1/4 flexdiscs which will be outdated soon or later.

[FM-77]

You can get one on Yahoo Japan for about $100, and shipping will be the same. It's not that hard to work with, even without Japanese knowledge. The games are awesome and the music is better on the X68000 than ANY other system in the universe.

Totally get one. Today.

[Keranu]

not to forget, that the x68k only used 5"1/4 flexdiscs which will be outdated soon or later.

Yes that is my other big beef with the system.

[FM-77]

Doods! 5,25" diskettes RULE! Only fools damage them.

[Keranu]

I love diskettes too, but lets face it, they're awful for video game collecting .

[Michael Helgeson]

You can get one on Yahoo Japan for about $100, and shipping will be the same. It's not that hard to work with, even without Japanese knowledge. The games are awesome and the music is better on the X68000 than ANY other system in the universe.

Totally get one. Today.

Yea getting most games to boot is pretty easy and you need no real understanding of Japanese to get them going from my experience on emulation,which requires you to get the games going the same way.

[FM-77]

It's more complicated when you have a hard drive (what with the installations and stuff), but once you get the hang of it - it ROCKS!

[Kitsunexus]

Almost as good as Amiga, except Amiga uses samples exclusively, not the "some samples but mostly FM" of the X68000.

[Michael Helgeson]

The X68000 has a far better selection of quality titles then the Amiga. The arcade ports were spot on,Ys1-2 were awesome,About every Konami and Capcom title on it is a keeper,ect. I don't know about you,but playing Akumajo Dracula,Gradius 3,Chase HQ,Afterburner,Dead in the Brain,Ys1-2,Final Fight,ect are alot more fun then playing Defender of the Crown,Wings,and a bunch of poor arcade ports that only have music,or sound fx. Not saying the Amiga is not fun or didn't have any good games,because it was fun,and had alot of nice original titles if you span the entire library. I just feel its selection pales compared to the X68000s.

[Kitsunexus]

The X68000 has a far better selection of quality titles then the Amiga. The arcade ports were spot on,Ys1-2 were awesome,About every Konami and Capcom title on it is a keeper,ect. I don't know about you,but playing Akumajo Dracula,Gradius 3,Chase HQ,Afterburner,Dead in the Brain,Ys1-2,Final Fight,ect are alot more fun then playing Defender of the Crown,Wings,and a bunch of poor arcade ports that only have music,or sound fx. Not saying the Amiga is not fun or didn't have any good games,because it was fun,and had alot of nice original titles if you span the entire library. I just feel its selection pales compared to the X68000s.

The Amiga is a great game machine, and some of the games do have a slightly more "boring" European flair to them. There's no denying that really X68000 had better, more Japanese games on the system. But if you know me, you know that games aren't the reason I love the Amiga. I love the scene it inspired, I love the creative things you can do with it, hell if I actually HAD an Amiga I'd be too busy with OctaMED Pro to even CONSIDER playing games!

Plus, the Amiga had Apidya, which is almost as Japanese as the real thing.

[guyjin]

what's octamed?