X68000 Games Technical Details

1. HD install indicates whether the game supports installing to the hard disk drive. If it does, the game will almost always require that at least the main system/program disk is present in Drive 0 when booting up. Most games have no install function whatsoever.
2. Most games don’t mention how much RAM is necessary, so presumably they can be run on 1 MB machines.
3. MIDI support generally includes at least MT-32 synths, however some games don’t support them, as noted below.

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Name	No. of Disks	HDD install	MIDI	Required RAM	Default Video Mode	Optional Video Modes	Notes
After Burner	2	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	31 KHz	Mouse/Trackball/ Micom Analogue pad support Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ2) support Mousepad included On machines with 2MB of RAM or more, hold SHIFT while loading to load the entire game into memory
Ajax	3	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold HELP when first booting	Ajax is a three-button game, and can played as such using the keyboard. Using a joystick reduces the number of buttons to two
Akumajou Dracula 悪魔城ドラキュラ	2	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	-	-	Requires either a hard drive or blank disk for saving games. At the music selection screen, press the XF1 and G keys together to enable GM music
Alien Syndrome	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz	-
Argos no Senshi アルゴスの戦士	1	-	-	2 MB	31 KHz	-	The overseas version, Rygar, is also available. Features SRAM backup
Arkanoid Revenge of Doh	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 kHz - hold OPT.1 when booting	Mouse/trackball support
Atomic Robokid	2	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	15 KHz	-	For MIDI support, hold down F1 when booting
Baraduke	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz, 24kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	-
Battletech	3	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Bomberman	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Bonanza Bros.	2	-	-	2 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Bosconian	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	To advance to the next stage, press the Q, E, T and U keys together while playing the game.
Bubble Bobble	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Butasan	1	-	-	2 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	-
Chelnov	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	Megadrive joypad adapter included, as three buttons are required
Chourensha 超連射	1	Install OK	-	1 MB	31 KHz (Narrow)	31kHz (Wide) 15kHz The display can be rotated	Free downloadable doujinsoft
Chuka Taisen 中華大仙	1	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	31kHz – press F1 to alternate	-
Code Zero	2	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	-	-
Columns	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Cotton	2	Install OK	-	2 MB	31kHz (384 x 256)	31kHz (512 x 256) 15kHz (448 x 240) 15kHz (512 x 240)	-
Crazy Climber Crazy Climber 2	1	-	-	2 MB	31 KHz	-	Crazy Climber 2 requies 2 MB and both games can make use of the XPD-1LR joypad (included with Libble Rabble) To load Crazy Climber 2, boot the game from Drive 1
Cybercore	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
D-Return	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
DaiMakaiMura 大魔界村	2	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	31 KHz	-	Japanese title for Ghouls'n Ghosts
Dash Yarou ダッシュ野郎	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ2) support
Detana!! Twinbee 出たな!!ツインビー	2	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – use F2 to select, F1 to revert to 31kHz	Pressing [ESC] in-game and then F3 enables a pseudo-vertical mode. If you have more than 2MB of memory, hold down HELP while booting to load the entire game into memory.
Dig Dug Dig Dug II	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	To load Dig Dug II, boot the game from Drive 1
Dive On	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz (384 x 256)	31kHz (256 x 256) 15kHz (256 x 256) 15kHz (512 x 256)	-
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari ダウンタウン熱血物語	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold down the HELP key while booting	Japanese title for River City Ransom
Dragon Buster	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	24kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	-
Dragon Spirit	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz (256 x 256)	31kHz (512 x 256) 15kHz (256 x 256) 15kHz (512 x 256) The display can be rotated	Some releases includes a flag Try setting the internal clock to between midnight and 1:00 AM
Dungeon Master	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Dynamite Duke	3	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Etoile Princesse	3	-	MIDI OK	2 MB recommended	31 KHz	-	Not MT-32 compatible Requires a blank disk for saving games
Exciting Hour Shusse Oozumou (出世大相撲)	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	To load Shusse Oozumou, boot the game from Drive 1
F-15 Strike Eagle II	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	16MHz highly recommended
Fairyland Story	2	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	31 KHz	To see the staff credits, turn Continue off on the options screen, start a game and when the Game Over message appears, press the A and B buttons on your joystick at the same time.
Fantasy Zone	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	24kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	Fantasy Zone includes the undocumented Fantasy Zone 3D - hold down the Shift, CTRL and HELP keys together when booting to activate it. To fast forward through the super play, hold down the CTRL key.
Final Fight	2	Install OK	MIDI OK	1 MB	15kHz (512 x 256)	31kHz (512 x 256) 31kHz (384 x 256)	Special soundtrack CD included
Full Throttle	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
FZ Senki Axis FZ戦記アクシス	3	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Galaga '88	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Garou Densetsu 餓狼伝説	4	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	31 KHz	-	AKA Fatal Fury Try setting the internal clock to between midnight and 1:00 AM
Garou Densetsu 2 餓狼伝説2	6	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	AKA Fatal Fury 2; Joypad included with game
Garou Densetsu Special 餓狼伝説SPECIAL	9	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	AKA Fatal Fury Special
Gemini Wing	2	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	Infinite continues: on the title screen, hold down the G, E, M, I, N keys at the same time and you'll be told you have 9 continues. In reality, they should be infinite. Gemini Wing also has a vertical mode, hold down F7 while the game is booting. Unfortunately it doesn't allow you to rotate the monitor.
Gempai Toumaden 源平討魔伝	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Some releases includes a flag and flagpole
Genocide	4	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Genocide 2	4	Install OK	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Geograph Seal	2	-	MIDI OK	2 MB recommended	31 KHz	-	Not MT-32 compatible Requires a blank disk for saving games
Gradius	1	Copying possible	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Can be run from a hard disk by simply copying all files to it and running Gradius.x
Gradius II	2	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB recommended	31 KHz	-	-
Granada	3	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Gunship	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Hishouzame 飛翔鮫	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	Japanese title for Flying Shark/Sky Shark
Image Fight	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Jack Nicklaus Golf	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Klax	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
KU2	5	Install OK	MIDI OK	1 MB	15 KHz	31 KHz	-
Kyuukyoku Tiger 究極タイガー	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Japanese title for Twin Cobra Kyuukyoku Tiger can be controlled with the mouse. Hold down F2 while booting to enable it.
Lemmings	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Libble Rabble	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz, 24kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	Includes special joypad (XPD-1LR), which can also be used by Crazy Climber and Crazy Climber 2
Mahou Daisakusen 魔法大作戦	3	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	31 KHz (256 x 256)	31kHz (384 x 256) 15kHz (256 x 240)	Japanese title for Sorcer Striker 16 MHz highly recommended
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen Special めぞん一刻SPECIAL	5	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Marble Madness	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz (384 x 512)	24kHz (336 x 448)	Trackball Support A real marble was supplied with the game
Märchen Maze	2	-	-	2 MB	15 KHz (256 x 224)	31kHz (288 x 224) 31kHz (256 x 224) 15kHz (256 x 224) Press the 登録 key to alternate	On the title screen of Marchen Maze, press Shift and HELP together to access the options screen, allowing you among other things to select the Arcade version Bonus trick: Start the game with Disk B in Drive 0 and Disk A in drive 1 to activate PCM sound.
Metal Sight	5	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	15 KHz	31 KHz	Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ2) support
Mid-Garts	4	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Motos	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz (256 x 256)	31kHz (384 x 256)	On Christmas Eve and New Year's Day different opening music is played. Also, for an arranged soundtrack, instead of loading the game from drive 0, load it from drive 1.
Mr. Do! Mr. Do! V.S Unicorns	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz - press HELP to switch resolutions	To load Mr. Do! V.S Unicorns, boot the game from Drive 1
Naious	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	On the title screen, hold down [CTRL] and the W, I, N, K keys and you can select any stage from 1 to 7.
Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu 熱血高校ドッジボール部	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold down the HELP key when first booting	-
Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu Soccer Hen 熱血高校ドッジボール部・サッカー編	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Nemesis '90 Kai	2	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Overtake	6	Install OK	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz (256)	31kHz (256 SQ) 15kHz (256 Low)	Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ2) support
Pac-Land	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Includes a three-button pad (left, jump, right)
Pac-Mania	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold down the HELP key when first booting	From the Pac-Mania title screen, press F5 to redefine the keys. Redefine them to X,6,8,0,0,0 and make sure to use the numeric keypad. Exit by pressing Esc and you'll automatically enter the hidden options screen Bonus game: The original Pac-Man is included, run the pac.bat batch file in the PACMAN folder.
Parodius	2	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Phalanx	3	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Populous	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Populous The Promised Lands	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Add-on disk for Populous
Populous 2	2	-	-	2 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Powermonger	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Prince of Persia	3	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Pro Soccer 68	1	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	31 KHz - press HELP to switch resolutions	-
Puyo Puyo	1	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	31kHz (Six resolution options to choose from)	To enable Tokoton Puyo Puyo mode, at the title screen push the second player's controller to the bottom left and press F1.
Puzznic	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Quarth	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Quiz Torimonochou 苦胃頭捕物帳	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz, 24 KHz	-
R-Type	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	You can start on any level in R-Type. Select the level you want to play from the DEMO option, and then start the game while holding down the S, T, A, G, and E keys.
R. C. Robot Construction	1	Install OK	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Salamander 沙羅曼蛇	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold down the HELP key when first booting	-
Scorpius	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Shoot Range	3	-	-	2 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Sim City	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
Sim Earth	1	Install OK	-	2 MB	31 KHz	-	Requires SX-Window to run
Sol-Feace	2	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	-
Space Harrier	1	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	-	-
Star Force	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	-
Star Luster	1	-	MIDI OK	2 MB	15 KHz	31 KHz	Not MT-32 compatible Supports the AE-1AP Analogue Joypad
Star Trader	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	A Takeru game - not a full commercial release
Star Wars Attack on the Death Star	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Runs more smoothly at 16 MHz
Street Fighter II'	4	Install OK	MIDI OK	2 MB	31 KHz	15 KHz	Includes an adapter for Megadrive controllers, specifically the Capcom Power Stick Fighter
Strider Hiryuu ストライダー飛竜	3	Install OK	-	2 MB	15 KHz (512 x 256)	31kHz (512 x 256) 31kHz (384 x 256)	-
Super Hang-On	2	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	15 KHz	31 KHz	Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ2) support
Super Street Fighter II	7	Install OK	MIDI OK	4 MB	15 KHz (Narrow)	15kHz (Wide) 31kHz (Narrow) 31kHz (Wide)	16 MHz recommended
Syvalion	2	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	31kHz – hold down the HELP key when first booting	Trackball support Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ2) support
Terra Cresta Moon Cresta	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	You can switch between narrow and wide display sizes by pressing the HELP key	To load Moon Cresta, boot the game from Drive 1
Tetris	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
The NewZealand Story	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold down the HELP key when first booting	-
The Return of Ishtar	1	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	-	-
Thunder Blade	3	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ2) support
Thunderforce II	2	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold down the F10 key when first booting	-
Twinbee	1	-	-	1 MB	15 KHz	-	-
Undeadline 幻獣鬼	3	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	-
V'Ball	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz – hold down the HELP key when first booting	-
Viewpoint	2	Install OK	-	2 MB	31 KHz	-	Runs better at 16 MHz, but it’s still slow compared to the Neo Geo version
World Court Pro Tennis	2	-	-	2 MB	15 KHz	31kHz (Square) 31kHz (256 x 256) 15kHz (256 x 256) Hold Down 0, 1 or 2 on the numeric keypad respectively while booting	-
Xenon 2	2	-	MIDI OK	1 MB	31 KHz	15kHz, 24kHz – press HELP to switch resolutions	-
Xevious	1	-	-	1 MB	31 KHz	-	Both Xevious and Super Xevious are available

X68000 Games Tricks and Undocumented Features

Although Gradius II has its real arcade mode hidden but documented, what's not documented is the arcade test mode. Enable it by holding down F4 while booting (at the same time as holding down the button to enable arcade mode)


For those of you with machines with 2MB of RAM or more, holding down the Shift key while loading After Burner will load the entire game into memory.


Kyuukyoku Tiger can be controlled with the mouse. Hold down F2 while booting to enable it.


You can start on any level in R-Type. Select the level you want to play from the DEMO option, and then start the game while holding down the S, T, A, G and E keys.


Akumajou Dracula has an extra undocumented MIDI option. For GM, press XF1 and G together on the MIDI selection screen.


Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh has a 15KHz mode which is undocumented. Hold down the OPT1 key while booting to enable it.


Try setting the internal clock to between midnight and 1:00 AM and then boot up either Dragon Spirit or Garou Densetsu, check if you can see and hear anything unusual.


On the title screen of Marchen Maze, press Shift and HELP together to access the options screen, allowing you among other things to select the Arcade version. Bonus trick: Start the game with Disk B in Drive 0 and Disk A in drive 1 to activate PCM sound.


From the Pac-Mania title screen, press F5 to redefine the keys. Redefine them to X,6,8,0,0,0 and make sure to use the numeric keypad. Exit by pressing Esc and you'll automatically enter the hidden options screen. Bonus game: The original Pac-Man is included, run the pac.bat batch file in the PACMAN folder.


Super Hang On: Hold down the HELP key as soon as the game starts booting up, and the display will change to 31kHz.


Fantasy Zone includes the undocumented Fantasy Zone 3D - hold down the Shift, CTRL and HELP keys together when booting to activate it.

It can also be started from the command line, and there are some other hidden features in this game

So, let's have a look at command line options. First, boot the game in Drive 1 (not 0) and you'll be returned to a command prompt.

Insert the Fantasy Zone disk into Drive 0.

To activate the options, type "A：FZBOOT XX" where XX is one of the following options:
24 :- activates 24kHz mode
opaopa=n :- number of lives, range is between 1 and 5
rank=n :- difficulty level, range is 0-3
price=n :- price of an Opa Opa, range is 0-3
jpn :- use the Japanese soundtrack
arrange :- use the arranged soundtrack
3D :- enable Fantasy Zone 3D
continue :- enable continuing
save :- enable high score saving

So example commands would be "fzboot -24", "fzboot -rank=3" and so on. By the way, most of these can be changed in-game. 3D mode is an exception.

Similarly, following the same procedure as above, enter "A:FZMAIN debug" (instead of "A：FZBOOT XX")to start the game with a reduced display size. Looks bizarre. You can cycle through to normal mode with the [HELP] key.

To fast forward through the super play, hold down the CTRL key.

The method of accessing the Space Harrier level (Dragon Land) is well documented, so there is no need to mention it here.


Motos
On Christmas Eve and New Year's Day different opening music is played. Also, for an arranged soundtrack, instead of loading the game from drive 0, load it from drive 1. If you turn on the 「ひらがな」「全角」「INS」「CAPS」「コード入力」「ローマ字」「かな」 keys within the config screen, you can select a special SARU mode, which is easier than the EASY mode.


Bosconian
To advance to the next stage, press the Q, E, T and U keys together while playing the game. If you turn the code key on, you'll hear an echo of the sampled voice.


Full Throttle
There's a debug mode present within Full Throttle, but enabling it isn't straightforward. First you have to create a text file on disk A called FTH.DBG, and within that file enter the desired attributes. Here are the parameters:
Pass Word = 大西結花
Debug Mode = OFF/ON
Display Mode = High
Nitro Stock = 3
Timer Count = 070
BGM Test = OFF
Sound Test = OFF
No Hit = OFF
Continue = 0
Select = OFF
Level = 5
Sound Type = 0

The Pass Word has to be set to 大西結花 to enable the debug mode at all. To enter the four kanji, enable code entry by pressing the code key, and the four codes you need are 4267, 403E, 376B, 3256

Turning on Debug Mode allows you to see how much memory is being used when the game is loading.

If the Display Mode is set to High, the frequency is 31KHz, Low gives 15KHz

Nitro stock has a range from 0 to 9

Timer Count has a range from 000 to 999 (all three digits are necessary)

BGM Test and Sound Test, when turned on, allow you to run their test modes - press ESC during the game and then the 1-8 and A-S keys to try them out

Turning No Hit on makes you invincible

Continue allows you to continue the game, the number of continues can be set from 0 to 9

Turning Select on allows you to select the stage. In order to enable it you have to turn on the appropriate Kana, Code Input and Romaji keys:
Stage 1: all off
Stage 2: Code Input on
Stage 3: Romaji on
Stage 4: Code Input and Romaji both on
Stage 5: Kana on

Level
The range is 0 to 9

Sound Type
Four versions of the music can be chosen, the range is 0 to 3.


Puyo Puyo
To enable Tokoton Puyo Puyo mode, at the title screen push the second player's controller to the bottom left and press F1.


The Fairyland Story
To see the staff credits, turn Continue off on the options screen, start a game and when the Game Over message appears, press the A and B buttons on your joystick at the same time.


Phalanx
Phalanx includes a hidden stage. Crash into what looks like a red window and you'll be warped through.

On the configuration screen, the following commands can be entered for their respective effects:
AKICHANSUKI     Stage Select
SUGOINO     Invincibility
FUERUNO     Increase your number of lives

For these to work, you have to hold down the first key, and then the second together, then take your finger off the first key and press the third and so on. So for the first cheat you'd hold A and K, then K and I, then I and C and so on.


Parodius
There's a sound driver test mode on Disk A. Run SD_DRV.X from the command line. As the program tells you, pressing Space progresses to the next piece and ESC will end the program.

For fun, try holding down the following keys while the game boots:
K, 6, 8 : one for the MSX fans probably
[SPACE]
[HOME], G, 2


Detana!! Twinbee
This has a music mode like Parodius. Run SD_DRV.BAT from the command line.

Pressing [ESC] in-game and then F3 enables a pseudo-vertical mode.

If you have more than 2MB of memory, hold down [HELP] while booting to load the entire game into memory.


Baraduke
On the high score table, enter your name as JUNKO, KISSY or TAKKY and observe the result.


The NewZealand Story
To activate Debug Mode, hold down the [UNDO] key while booting. While playing the game, try out the following "features" using the keys indicated:

F1: change your weapon (cycles through them)
F2: control the balloon you're riding on
F3: increase the speed of your jumps
F4: become invincible
F5: freezes the enemies
F6: kills all enemies on screen
F7: sends you to the end of the round
F8: makes enemies riding on balloons fall off
ESC: pauses the game, you can then use the left/right controls to select the round


Naious
On the title screen, hold down [CTRL] and the W, I, N, K keys and you can select any stage from 1 to 7.


Chuka Taisen
Another debug mode. Hold down the 記号 key while booting, and during the game use these keys for the given effects.
F6: kill all enemies
F7: change your speed
F8: change the level
F9: change the magic power you currently have
F10: turn invincibilty on/off
[UNDO]: end the current stage


Gemini Wing
Infinite continues: on the title screen, hold down the G, E, M, I, N keys at the same time and you'll be told you have 9 continues. In reality, they should be infinite.

Gemini Wing also has a vertical mode, hold down F7 while the game is booting. Unfortunately it doesn't allow you to rotate the monitor.

X68000 Games tested at 16MHz

These games ran better at 16MHz.
With some, like Populous etc. it's hard to tell if they're much better overall, but generally the graphics move slightly faster.

F-15 Strike Eagle II
Hishouzame (slightly better scrolling)
Jack Nicklaus Championship Golf
Mahou Daisakusen
Populous
Populous 2
Populous The Promised Lands
Powermonger
Salamander (a lot better, almost no slowdown)
Sim City
Sim Earth
Star Wars Attack on the Death Star
Super Street Fighter II
Viewpoint


These games ran too fast:
Arkanoid Revenge of DOH
D-Return
Full Throttle
Granada


These games exhibited problems:
Dragon Spirit (music messed up)
Fantasy Zone (music messed up)
Gradius (music messed up)
Naious (music messed up)
Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu (corrupt graphics)
Twinbee (corrupt graphics)


These games run the same, as far as could be detected:
After Burner
Ajax
Akumajou Dracula
Alien Syndrome
Argus no Senshi
Atomic Robo-Kid
Baraduke
Battletech
Bomberman
Bonanza Brothers
Bosconian
Bubble Bobble
Butasan
Chelnov
Chuka Taisen
Code-Zero
Columns
Cotton
Crazy Climber 1/2
Cybercore
DaiMakaiMura
Dash Yarou
Detana!! Twinbee
Dig Dug/Dig Dug II
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari
Dragon Buster
Dungeon Master
Dynamite Duke
Etoile Princesse
Exciting Hour/Shusse Oozumou
Final Fight
FZ Senki Axis
Galaga '88
Garou Densetsu
Garou Densetsu 2
Garou Densetsu Special
Gemini Wing
Gempai Toumaden
Genjuuki
Genocide
Genocide 2
Genocide 2
Geograph Seal
Gradius II
Image Fight
Klax
KU²
Kyuukyoku Tiger
Lemmings
Libble Rabble
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen Special
Marble Madness
Marchen Maze
Metal Sight
Motos
Mr. Do!/Mr. Do! Vs Unicorns
Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu Soccer Hen
Nemesis '90 Kai
Overtake
Pac-Land
Pacmania
Parodius Da!
Phalanx
Prince of Persia
Pro Soccer 68
Pro Tennis World Court
Puyo Puyo
Quarth
Puzznic
Quiz Torimonochou
R.C. Robot Construction
R-Type
Shoot Range
Sol-Feace
Space Harrier
Star Force
Star Luster
Street Fighter II''
Strider Hiryuu
Super Hang-On
Syvalion
Terra Cresta & Moon Cresta
Tetris
The Fairyland Story
The NewZealand Story
The Return of Ishtar
Thunder Blade
Thunderforce II
U.S. Championship V'ball
Xenon 2
Xevious

X68000 Hardware

Here is a list of hardware produced by Sharp. This list is taken primarily from the X68000XVI manual, and from bits of information from the Internet. It doesn’t include all of the plethora of third-party hardware available. For instance, the X68000 can use MSX joysticks and some games (notably Street Fighter II’) came with additional hardware to allow the connection of Nintendo Super Famicom and Sega Megadrive controllers.

The System SACOM X68000 MIDI boards require a propriety cable for connection to a MIDI synth, or you can make an adapter yourself. Details are on this site.

X68000 Models

Here is a table of the different X68000 models Sharp released over the years. This table is adapted from one which appears on a Japanese computer history website, located here.

Name	Release Date	Model	CPU	Memory	FDD	HDD
X68000	March 1987	CZ-600C	10MHz	1MB	5.25”		SASI
X68000 ACE	March 1988	CZ-601C		1MB
X68000 ACE-HD		CZ-611C		1MB		20MB
X68000 EXPERT	March 1989	CZ-602C		2MB
X68000 EXPERT-HD		CZ-612C		2MB		40MB
X68000 PRO		CZ-652C		1MB
X68000 PRO-HD		CZ-662C		1MB		40MB
X68000 EXPERT II	March 1990	CZ-603C		2MB
X68000 EXPERT II-HD		CZ-613C		2MB		40MB
X68000 PRO II	April 1990	CZ-653C		1MB
X68000 PRO II-HD		CZ-663C		1MB		40MB
X68000 SUPER-HD	June 1990	CZ-623C		2MB		81MB	SCSI
X68000 SUPER	January 1991	CZ-604C		2MB
X68000 XVI	May 1991	CZ-634C	16MHz	2MB
X68000 XVI-HD		CZ-644C		2MB		81MB
X68000 CompactXVI	February 1992	CZ-674C		1MB	3.5”
X68030	March 1993	CZ-500C	25MHz	4MB	5.25”
X68030 -HD		CZ-510C		4MB	3.5”	80MB
X68030 Compact	May 1993	CZ-300C		4MB
X68030 Compact-HD		CZ-310C		4MB		80MB

Colour Display/Televisions

Model No.	Description	Dot Pitch	Features
CZ-600D	15” Colour Display Television	0.39mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz
CZ-601D	15” Colour Display Television	0.39mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz
CZ-602D	15” Colour Display Television	0.39mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz
CZ-605D	15” Colour Display Television	0.39mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz automatically selectable through the analogue RGB input Television function Remote control included Tilt stand included Built-in stereo amplifier Two speakers included
CZ-607D	14” Colour Display Television	0.31mm
CZ-611D	15” Colour Display Television	0.31mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz
CZ-612D	15” Colour Display Television		Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz
CZ-613D	15” Colour Display Television	0.31mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz automatically selectable through the analogue RGB input Television function Remote control included Tilt stand included Built-in stereo amplifier Two speakers included
CZ-614D	15” Colour Display Television	0.31mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz
CZ-615D	15” Colour Display Television		Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz VGA capable

Colour Displays

Model No.	Description	Dot Pitch	Features
CZ-606D	14” Colour Display	0.31mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/31kHz automatically selectable through the analogue RGB input Tilt stand included
CZ-603D	14” Colour Display		Tilt stand included
CZ-604D	14” Colour Display	0.31mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/31kHz automatically selectable through the analogue RGB input Tilt stand included Built-in stereo amplifier Two speakers included
CZ-606D	14” Colour Display
CZ-608D	14” Colour Display
CU-21HD CU-21CD CZ-621D	21” Colour Display	0.52mm	Horizontal scan frequencies of 15k/24k/31kHz automatically selectable through the analogue RGB input Built-in stereo amplifier Two speakers included

Printers

Model No.	Description
CZ-8PK7	24 pin Kanji printer (80 columns [pica-sized characters])
CZ-8PK8	24 pin Kanji printer (136 columns [pica-sized characters])
CZ-8PK9	24 pin Kanji printer (80 columns [pica-sized characters])
CZ-8PK10	24 pin Kanji printer (136 columns [pica-sized characters])
CZ-8PG1	24 pin colour Kanji printer (80 columns [pica-sized characters])
CZ-8PG2	24 pin colour Kanji printer (136 columns [pica-sized characters])
CZ-8PC5-BK	48 dot thermal colour Kanji printer (80 columns [pica-sized characters])
CZ-8PC2	24 dot thermal colour Kanji printer (80 columns [pica-sized characters])
IO-735X	Colour jet printer
CV-6PV1	Colour video printer

Storage Devices

Model No.	Description	Features/Notes
CZ-500H	Hard Disk Unit	10MB capacity
CZ-501H	Expansion Hard Disk Unit	10MB capacity
CZ-620H	Hard Disk Unit (External)	20MB capacity
CZ-64H	Expansion SASI Hard Disk Drive (Internal)	40MB capacity. For use with the CZ-602C, 603C, 652C, 653C
CZ-68H	Expansion SCSI Hard Disk Drive	80MB capacity. Built in to the CZ-604C and 634C models
CZ-68HA	Expansion SCSI Hard Disk Drive	80MB capacity. For use only with the CZ-674C
CZ-5H08	Expansion Hard Disk Unit (SCSI)	80MB capacity.
CZ-5H16	Expansion Hard Disk Unit (SCSI)	160MB capacity.
CZ-6MO1	Optical Disk Unit
JY-701MPA	Optical Disk Cartridge	Uses ISO standard 5.25” 594MB optical disks
CZ-6FD5	5.25” Floppy Disk Drive Unit	For use with the CZ-674C, 300C, 310C; two drives

Everything else

Model No.	Description	Features/Notes
CZ-6VT1	Colour Image Unit
CZ-8NS1	Colour Scanner	Works in conjunction with the CZ-6BN1 parallel board for faster scanning
CZ-8TM2	Modem	Capable of 300bps or 1200 bps
CZ-6EB1	I/O Expansion Box	Four expansion slots are provided
CZ-6BE2	2MB expansion RAM Board
CZ-6BE2A	2MB expansion RAM Board	Only for use by X68000XVI models (runs at 16MHz)
CZ-6BE2B	2MB expansion RAM	RAM for use by the CZ-6BE2A above
CZ-6BE4	4MB expansion RAM Board
CZ-6BG1	GP-IB	General Purpose Interface Bus card
CZ-6BU1	Universal I/O Board
CZ-6BF1	RS-232 interface board
CZ-6BP1	Math coprocessor board	Uses the 68881 processor
CZ-6BP2	Math coprocessor	The 68881 processor for use by the X68000XVI
CZ-6BC1	Fax Board	G III Fax adapter board
CZ-6BL1	LAN Board	Ethernet LAN board
CZ-6BL2	LAN Board	Ethernet/Cheapernet (10BASE2) LAN board
CZ-6BM1	MIDI Board
CZ-6BN1	Scanner Parallel Board	Parallel board for use with the CZ-8NS1 scanner
CZ-6BV1	Video Board	NTSC, S-Video television board
CZ-6BS1	SCSI Board	SCSI board for use primarily with external optical disk drives and hard disk drives
CZ-8NT1	Trackball
CZ-8NJ1	Joycard	A two-button joypad
CZ-8NJ2	Intelligent Controller (CYBER STICK)	The cyber stick features an aeroplane-style joystick and throttle control; their positions can be switched. Games such as Thunder Blade and Super Hang-On make use of it
CZ-6SD1	System Rack
CZ-6TU	RGB System Tuner	Includes a remote control
BF-68PRO	CRT Filter	Fits the following models: CZ-605D, CZ-613D, CZ-606D, CZ-604D
CZ-8LM1	RS-232C cable
CZ-8LM2	RS-232C cable	Cross cable
AN-S100	Speaker Box