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|generation =
|release = 1987
|discontinued = 1993 (?)|predecessor = ?[[Sharp X1 emulators|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.
==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[Libretro|Libretro Corelibretro]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! colspan="67"|PC/ x86
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|XM6 Propx68k-68klibretro <br/><small>(Fork of hissorii's branch)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://mijet.eludevisibilitygithub.orgcom/XM6%20Pro-68klibretro/XM6%20Propx68k-68k.html 180617libretro git](libretro)|{{✓}}|{{✗✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|[[XM6 TypeG]]Pro-68k|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://wwwmijet.geocitieseludevisibility.jporg/kugimoto0715XM6%20Pro-68k/xm6g/indexXM6%20Pro-68k.html 32.30 L3506 (220903)]
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|{{✓}}
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|px68k-libretro <br/><small>(Fork of hissorii's branch)</small>[[MAME]]|Multi-platform (PC)align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httpshttp://githubwww.mamedev.comorg/libretro/px68k-libretro Gitrelease.html {{MAMEVer}}] (libretro)|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20100718143624/http://ytanaka.vicp.net/x680x0/xm6.html [XM6TypeG]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://webretropc.archive.orgnet/web/20100718143624/http://ytanaka.vicp.netgimons/x680x0emulators/xm6xm6_typeg_333L20_20220717.html#download 2zip 3.0633L20]
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/2003020720092220100718143624/http://retropcytanaka.vicp.net/kenjo Keropix680x0/xm6.html XM6]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://web.archive.org/web/2001122308115720100718143624/http://wwwytanaka.retropcvicp.net:80/kenjox680x0/win68histxm6_206.html 0lzh 2.6106]
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|[http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~yamama/emul EX68]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~yamama/emul /ex68v215.lzh 215]|{{✗}}
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|[[MAME]http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/XM6i/ XM6i]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.mamedevpastel-flower.orgjp/~isaki/XM6i/releasearchive/XM6i-0.55-win32.zip 0.html 55]|{{MAMEVer✗}}]
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20020608205742/http://www.retropc.net:80/kenjo/ WinX68k]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://retropc.net/usalin/bin/winx68k-065.lzh 0.65]
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|[http://www.pastelWinX68k High-flower.jp/~isaki/XM6i/ XM6i]Speed|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://wwwmijet.pastel-flowereludevisibility.jporg/~isaki/XM6ifiles/ WinX68kHighSpeed_V095_Eng.zip 0.5595]|{{✗}}
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|px68k (hissorii)[https://stdkmd.net/xeij/ XEiJ]|Multi-platform <small>(macOS)</small>align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://hissoriistdkmd.blog45net/xeij/#download 0.fc222.com/ 009.1501]|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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! colspan="67"|Mobile/ ARM
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|px68k-libretro <br/><small>(Fork of hissorii's branch)</small>
|Multi-platform <br/><small>([[PlayStation Portable emulatorsalign=left|PSP]], [[Android emulators{{Icon|Android]], [[IOS emulators|iOS]])</small>}}|[https://github.com/libretro/px68k-libretro Gitgit] (libretro)|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|px68k (ptitSeb)
|align=left|{{Icon|Pandora}}|[https://github.com/ptitSeb/px68k Build 09git] (Pandora)
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|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|[http://hissorii.blog45.fc2.com/blog-entry-253.html px68k (hissorii)]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}|0.15 <small>(iOS)</small><br>[http://hissorii-com.blog45.fc2appspot.com/ px68k-android-0.1514/PX68K.apk 0.14]<small>(Android)</small>|{{✗}}
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! colspan="7"|Console
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|px68k-libretro <br/><small>(Fork of hissorii's branch)</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|[https://github.com/libretro/px68k-libretro git] (libretro)
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|[http://hissorii.blog45.fc2.com px68k (hissorii)]
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|[http://hissorii-com.appspot.com/px68k-psp-0.10/EBOOT.PBP 0.10]
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===Comparisons===
:It can run in X68030 mode in high accuracy, good peripheral/expansion support and will run just about any game you throw at it.
;[[MAME]]
:Its MAME has excellent X68000 core is still in a very early stage emulation these days, including its trademark fully configurable peripheral cards. A lot of development graphical bugs were fixed back in terms 2021, so all of playability the games people talk about (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://wikithey don't) run quite well.mamedevAnd you can output MIDI music to MUNT or a real hardware MT-32 or SC-55.org<ref name="Reddit r/index.php/MAME_0.146u5 0.146u5] (2012) & [httpmame">{{cite web|url=https://wikiwww.mamedevreddit.orgcom/r/index.phpMAME/MAME_0.177 0.177] (2016), but working software started being added regularly from [http:comments/tpwvtz/wiki.mamedev.orgx68000_input_config_question/index.php|title=X68000 input config question|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=2022-03-27|date=2022-03-27}}</MAME_0.178 0.178] and onwards.ref>
;XM6i
:Built largely around being able to run NetBSD/X68k. While it can run games, it is clear that this is not what XM6i is focused on.
: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.
;px68k-libretro
:It is supported on Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac macOS systems; and has portable versions for PSP, Android, and other platforms. Games' performance on this emulator (Both PC & mobile variants) 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="Redditr/emulation">{{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 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).
==Playing Games==
Before first using the [[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 RetroArch, you'll need to put those 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).
;No Wait Mode: This makes fast-forwarding work in RetroArch if turned on.
On p68kpx68k-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 px68k-libretro core’s in-game menu.
Core options include some other things of interest:
