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{{Infobox console|title = Sharp X68000|logo = 0038_01_l.jpg|developer = Sharp Corporation|type = [[File:0038_01_l.jpgCategory:Computers|Home computer]]|generation =|thumbrelease = 1987|220pxdiscontinued = 1993 (?)|The Sharp X68000, in reposepredecessor = [https://ja. cawikipedia. 1987]org/wiki/X1_(%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF) Sharp X1 series]|successor = ?|emulated = {{✓}}}}The '''X68000''' <small>(<span lang="ja">エックスろくまんはっせん</span> ''Ekkusu Rokuman Hassen'')</small> is a home computer created by [[wikipedia:Sharp_Corporation|Sharp]], first released in March, 1987, sold only in Japan.

The first model featured X68000 to SUPER models had a Hitachi HD68HC000 CPU at 10 MHz . The XVI to Compact models had a [[wikipedia:Motorola_68000|Motorola 68000]] at 16 MHz. The X68030 has a Motorola MC68EC030 CPU (hence the name), at 25 MHz. They had 1 MiB -4MB of RAM, and no hard drive; the last model was released in 1993 with a 25 MHz Motorola 68030 CPU, 4 MiB 1MB of RAM, and optional 80 MB [[wikipedia:SCSI|SCSI]] hard driveVRAM. RAM in these systems is expandable to 12 MiB, though most games and applications did not require more than twoIt had a Sharp-Hudson Custom Chipset as its GPU.

! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]

|[http://mijet.eludevisibility.org/XM6%20Pro-68k/XM6%20Pro-68k.html 1611232.06 (190207)]|{{✗}}

|[http://wwwretropc.geocities.jpnet/kugimoto0715gimons/xm6g/index.html 3.30 L3531]

|[http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/XM6i/ XM6i]

|Multi-platform <small>(Mac OS XmacOS)</small>

|px68k-libretro <br/><small>(Fork of hissorii's branch)</small>WinX68030|Multi-platform (PC)Windows|[https://githubwww.retrostic.com/libretroemulators/px68ksharp-libretro Latest libretrox68000/Retroarchwinx68030 0.95]|{{✓✗}}|{{✗}}

|Multi-platform <br/><small>([[PlayStation Portable emulators|PSP]], [[Androidemulators|Android]], [[IOS emulators|iOS]])</small>|[https://github.com/libretro/px68k-libretro Latest Git] (libretro/Retroarch])|{{✓}}

:Its X68000 core is still in a very early stage of development in terms of playability and should only be used if the debugging features of Pro-68k are lacking. Small work on it was put in several versions between [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.146u5 0.146u5] (2012) & [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.177 0.177] (2016), but working software started being added regularly from [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.178 0.178] and onwards.

:An open-source fork of the c68k emulator. px68k has a libretro core, but lacks options like save states present in other emulators. It lacks MIDI emulation.

:It is supported on Windows, Linux and Mac systems; and has portable versions for PSP, Android , and other platforms. Games' performance on this emulator (Both PC & mobile variants) are is considerably faster than what MAME's X68 core can achieve.<ref name="forums.libretro">{{cite web|url=https://forums.libretro.com/t/px68k-libretro/10113|title=Px68k-libretro|publisher=forums.libretro|accessdate=2018-04-02|date=2017-05-04}}</ref><ref name="libretro">{{cite web|url=https://www.libretro.com/index.php/new-core-px68k-androidioswindowslinuxmac/|title=New Core: PX68k (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux/Mac)|publisher=libretro|accessdate=2018-04-02|date=2017-06-10}}</ref><ref name="Reddit">{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/6ggz06/px68klibretro_x68000_emu_released/?st=jfh7xutu&sh=831c6f7b|title=PX68k-libretro X68000 Emu Released|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=2018-04-02|date=2017-06-10}}</ref> This libretro branch was forked, starting on May 3, 2017, from hissorii's old build (Last updated in on August 2014), backported 'c68k' core from [https://github.com/kenyahiro/px68k/ kenyahiro's 'px68k'] branch (fork of [https://github.com/hissorii/px68k hissorii's 'px68k'] branch using recent c68k yabause core to support X64 build). The Pandora version (An open-source handheld PC) by ptitSeb was forked from hissorii's 'px68k' branch and encapsulates the latest code from px68k-libretro (A spin-off of hissorii's branch). It should now have good performance as of Build 09 (March 2018).

Before first using the Retroarch [[RetroArch]] core for px68k, make sure to go under the directory for BIOS files ("system" by default) and create a new folder called "keropi". Then inside that folder put cgrom.dat and iplrom.dat from [http://www.gradiushomeworld.co.uk/download.php?file=x68_win68k_roms.rar this pack]. If you're using standalone Pro-68k, put those two files under the same directory as the emulator executable.

If you're using MAME's core under RetroarchRetroArch, you'll need to put those x68000 X68000 BIOS files (from emuparadise) under the keropi folder: x68000, x68000 super, x68000 XVI, x68030, x68k_cz6bs1.

You'll need the MS Gothic font installed on your PC as well. Make sure to decompress the games before playing them. The lzh extension means it's a compressed archive format popular in Japan in the nineties, but fortunately , it's handled by any zipping tool worth its salt (like 7-zip).

While in-game, the F12 key (or L2 button) brings up a menu, "SWITCH for PX68kpx68k", that's still in Japanese.

;No Wait Mode: This makes fast-forwarding work in Retroarch RetroArch if turned on.

On p68Kp68k-libretro, After the first boot , a “config” file will be generated in the “keropi” folder. You can enter your rom folder into the “StartDir” line to make it accessible from the PX68kpx68k-libretro core’s in-game menu.