Building the Best X68000! MiSTer FPGA is the Best Unfinished Sharp X68000

[@stephenkearney7418]

Great timing. I just tried out the X68000 core for the first time this morning with the MT32 and Castlevania. It's pretty sweet!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

For the games that work it’s great!

[@Oozorachan]

My bf has a MiSTer, and he helped set up for me an x68000 game that I really wanted to play, called Slimyer. Slimyer is a very fun and challenging puzzle game! You play the game using the mouse. The music in Slimyer is absolutely amazing. The story and art in this game is really great too. ❤

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That’s one I’ve never checked out. I’ll add it to the list

[@Aeonsparx]

I’ve been waiting for them x68000 to be completed. While I’m waiting, I’ve purchased a x68000 ACE HD and more than 12 original games. Thank you.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ve almost purchased an X68000 a half dozen times but MiSTer keeps me from doing it

[@Yokomo-Hoyo]

I'm pumped up for this core. Never played a X68000 but thanks to your channel I've learn a lot about it and now I'm hype.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Enjoy it. Just don’t expect perfection and you’ll be happy

[@atsz.]

I absolutely hope there'll be more updates to this core in any way shape or form whatsoever.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m sure someone will pick it back up eventually

[@cardetailingstudioaustria4121]

I hope this core were finish one day

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

We all do. It’s so close

[@gillianseed4419]

yeah same, but it seems like it has all the exact same bugs as current software emulation i think it would be a big project to actually finish it

[@jonathanstiernon3865]

My last game played on X68000 is Phalanx :) I love this system. Played on xm6g emulator.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Phalanx is a classic on X68000

[@coreyoliver3182]

The MISTER is a tinkerer's dream. Gotta nab a MISTER Pi this year. Have a few Analogue consoles including the Pocket. If the Pocket is anything to go by...what the heck have I been waiting on?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The time is now! Join the club

[@elphive42]

There's a reason why so many of the Capcom arcade ports on the X68000 are excellent - Capcom used the X68000 as development hardware for their CPS1 titles, meaning that they were first tested and designed for the X68000 before being ported down to the CPS1 architecture.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes that was their dev kit. Sad none of the dev software have ever appeared. Would be fun to poke at it

[@RetroRockGamer]

I totally agree about the 8bitdo TG16 pad for X68000...!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It just has the proper layout to get the job done

[@gunsmithx]

Love that we have access to this core and last thing I tried was final fight

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

And we have the full arcade core for it too haha. Yes we play any way we can

[@DeadlyGamingLV]

There's actually a lot of games that don't work. Salamander immediately comes to mind. Backgrounds scroll but no ships or projectiles. Cy-lips which is a great shooter has the intro working fine but as soon as you get into the game, it crashes. Rygar doesn't work.The voice samples in Strider are pitched way down. The latest update fixes the sample drop out in Final Fight though. The core still needs a lot of work. XM6 is still the best way to play the X68000 but I'm still hoping the core will be fixed to where the whole library works as it should but there is some fun to be had if you like the popular titles.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it’s def not finished but there’s still fun to be had in the meantime

[@METR0lD]

I was just playing around with the X68000 MiSTer core about a week ago! I was able to get the HDF files working just fine, but couldn't get any D88 files working. Luckily most of the games I wanted to try out had HDF files anyway.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes using HDF is 100% the way to go

[@jmssun]

8:48 Is there a functionality difference between MT32-Pi and MT32-Pi Lite?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Missing some buttons but both produce MIDI playback so in that respect no

[@duxzu]

What was the shmup that you were playing at 4:25?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Cho Ren Sha 68K

[@nicolasvaillant2583]

@@duxzu That game is an absolute gem if you love shmups

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@nicolasvaillant2583 absolutely

[@johnclark926]

Alongside the X68000, I’m hoping the Sharp X1 gets some much needed attention through getting a MiSTer core. When it came to 80s PC ports the X1 often had the best versions; for example, Super Mario Bros Special has Zelda-esque screen transitions on the X1, whereas the PC-88 version just uses a black screen.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

So many Japanese PCs that just aren’t finished on MiSTer. Hopefully one day

[@vicviper_de]

Which game is shown at 8:25 ? Thank you :)

[@JustinCherriman]

I’m curious to know does the recreated keyboard light up on the mini X68000 with the Cotton theme music? I have witnessed this with a real setup at RMC gaming museum and what a thrill it was to see it! Fave/last game to play would be Nemesis ‘90 Kai a I loved MSX Nemesis 2 and this is a great update of that game.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Honestly that’s a seriously good question and I’d have to check

[@nicolasvaillant2583]

There is one really good reason to play SSF2T on x68k over arcade : Midi music

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

This is true

[@electronash]

"Dog Crap Bad" (tm) The new album... only available in stores.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

🤣

[@jd213_]

Haven't tried the SFII port yet, I assume you have to remap keyboard keys to buttons to be able to use all 6 buttons.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes you can really rebind however you want

[@locked01]

Nice video! Please cover the TANG FPGA if you get a chance.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m looking into Tang

[@DrJ3RK8]

I've got a real MT32, and a Pi version ready to go. :) I haven't soldered the pins on my Pi MT32 yet though, so I should probably do that. :D

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha they work a lot better with the pins yes

[@spidervenom14]

Boys, boys, boys, I'm lookin' for a good time!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

lol not sure how to react back

[@spidervenom14]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I guess you're not a fan of Italo-Disco from the 80s ... what a pity.

[@DanielMcLaughlinMarriedMan]

Yo! Sick!!! 🔥🔥🔥 also if you get the neptune can you check out sonic robo blast 2 ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll check it out if I get one yes

[@DanielMcLaughlinMarriedMan]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Horray! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@hideokojimajr]

Did you do a video on your Neo Geo stick? I have one languishing in my attic and modding sounds fun. Also… FMT core when?!?!?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I did forever ago. Just look up Neo Geo stick on the channel search

[@LuckyHit87]

Good stuff! Do you know if there's a way to use a Roland MT-32 or SC-88 with Mister? Or is only the Pi option supported?

[@dev639]

My favorite game on the X68K is FZ Senki Axis, it's different from the Mega Drive version.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m sure I played that but now I can’t remember 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@dev639]

@@VideoGameEsoterica If you enjoy a top down shooter, this one stands at the apex

[@dev639]

Here's a few worth degustation: [ ] A-Train [ ] Alien Syndrome Top down shooter port of the Sega Arcade game [ ] Aquales 1 player, side scroller, mecha [ ] Barūsa no Fukushū 1 player, side scroller, platformer [ ] Buster 1 player, side scroller, platformer You take control of a young knight [ ] Die Bahnwelt 2 players?, Top down shooter [ ] Drakkhen [ ] Etoille Princess 1 player, top down shooter you control a red haired, heavily armored girl with a magic wand sprites are very big and well drawn, visually beatiful game [ ] Full Throttle vehicle [ ] Gardis Light (v2.1?) 2 players, side scroller, beat em up [ ] Genocide 2 1 player, side scroller, mecha you control a sword wielding mecha Genocide 1 seems clunky, if 2 is bad then don't even try 1 [ ] Genpei Toumaden 1 player, side scroller, platformer japanese horrer themed [ ] Granada 1 player, Top down shooter [ ] Mad Stalker [ ] Mugen Senshi Valis II [ ] Super Street Bomber bomberman rip off with street fighter characters that can use their specials

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll take a peek 👍

[@Helvetica_Scenario]

VGE, speaking of this core, would Taki Udon's PS1 console be compatible with the MT-32 pi device?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Unsure as of yet but I haven’t heard anything in regards to it

[@alceearsberry4150]

A lot of those games went to the Neo Geo didn't they 🤔

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

A few did

[@apr2499]

Wow! Bring your wallet for that keyboard. Amazon Japan want $236 for the keyboard!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes they are stupidly expensive

[@Wobble2007]

9:00

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The MIDI on the X68000 is some of the best use of MIDI IMO

[@QbertKraft]

"it's also why a number of Western games on the SMD sound the same, they were all using variations of the same samples from GENS" just wanted to mention that the correct term would be "patches" not "samples". Since Genesis sound is FM based, they are using the stock preset patches rather than programming their own. It's an important distinction since the SNES for example is sample based vs the Genesis which has much less sampling capabilities. I am just bothering to comment on this small detail since you are such a hardcore fan of video game audio and sound technology (I read most of the essays you comment on many of VGE's videos).

[@Wobble2007]

@@QbertKraft Good point cheers, sequenced samples (patches) was not the SMD's strong point (basic sample playback on one channel via the PSG + the 6th channel on the FM, but then the SMD also used the Z80 for sound samples once Sega figured it out, and even the main 68K CPU if desired), plenty of games had them, some used all three of its sound output methods (PSG/FM/patches), not that rarely either, the SMD has to be my favourite sounding machine, Golden Axe is like silk to my ears, I love the Neo Geo Pocket Colours sound too (Analogue Pocket really has it dialled in).