Looking to buy a X68000

[Jollyroger]

Hello everyone,

I am a newcomer here, but I am a very long time retrogaming and retro development enthusiast, and I regularly post on ASSEMBLERgames forum.

Recently I have been very intrigued by the X68000 and I am now in the process of looking to buy one in excellent condition.

Preference would go to the later models, even more so if already recapped and setup for CompactFlash or other avenues of playing games without necessarily resorting to floppies, but I will consider any models as long as it is in excellent shape.

Given that I would rather not go through the process of buying one of these on Yahoo Japan, etc. I am prepared to pay a certain premium.

Please let me know if any of you is interested/willing to sell me one of these nice machines.

Thank you in advance,

Jollyroger

P.S. is it actually worth buying a X68030? Does it play all games flawlessly?

[kamiboy]

Don't bother with X68030, many games won't work, or require patches to work. Flawless is a lofty goal, most of these machines come with their share of scuffs and scrapes.

You can get recapped XVI models on Yahoo auctions, and that is your best bet.

[SuperDeadite]

The 030 is not a good machine for beginners.  If money is no issue, get a fully loaded XVI.  Also remember you will need some sort of monitor for one of these.  The machine expects to be connected to an auto tri-sync RGBHV setup, though most people won't really miss the 24khz mode.

[Jollyroger]

Understood, thanks for the tips. I am fine with the monitor, as I have several ones that support a large amount of sync rates.
Anybody interested in selling me an XVI or XVI compact here?

Thanks!

Jollyroger

[Elrinth]

and so the battle begins.

[Jollyroger]

The battle?

[Elrinth]

you and I are probably going to end up bidding against eachother

[kamiboy]

I got some ACE and OG X68000 models coming from Japan. If they survive the trip to Europe then I am going to recap them and put them up for sale.

[Jollyroger]

you and I are probably going to end up bidding against eachother

Great, just what I needed
I just missed a perfect one the other day and I am still bitter...

[Elrinth]

I feel you bro.

I am quite bitter cause I missed 2 XVI HDs cause one guy here on the forum said he would sell me his... Then wouldn't...
There's a Compact up on yahoo auctions which I'm eyeing... The casing looks like it's seen better days, but from what it appears, it seems to be in working condition. Are you also interested in it?

[kamiboy]

The only guaranteed way of winning Yahoo auctions is to bid a ridiculous amount, like 100.000¥ and pray that the next highest bidder was more sensible.

I have ended up being second highest bidder on a staggering number of auctions by being the sensible one. I just keep bidding on the next viable alternative until I finally end up being the winner.

In my experience you either have to be equipped with the patience of a saint or be mister money bags.

[Jollyroger]

I feel you bro.

I am quite bitter cause I missed 2 XVI HDs cause one guy here on the forum said he would sell me his... Then wouldn't...
There's a Compact up on yahoo auctions which I'm eyeing... The casing looks like it's seen better days, but from what it appears, it seems to be in working condition. Are you also interested in it?

I am less interested in the compacts, I will wait for a regular XVI or a XVI HD.
I guess I have both patience and enough money, so hopefully at some point I will find the right one...

[Jollyroger]

The only guaranteed way of winning Yahoo auctions is to bid a ridiculous amount, like 100.000¥ and pray that the next highest bidder was more sensible.

I have ended up being second highest bidder on a staggering number of auctions by being the sensible one. I just keep bidding on the next viable alternative until I finally end up being the winner.

In my experience you either have to be equipped with the patience of a saint or be mister money bags.

I had transferred ~170.000¥ to the person in Japan who was supposed to push "buy it now" for me, but by the time he saw my message and got to the Yahoo page, someone had already purchased the system, 15 minutes earlier... talk about bad luck...

[kamiboy]

Yeah, nothing worse than missing out in an item due to proxy issues. Happened to me quite a few times as well.

[Elrinth]

ok got my hands on a compact now... so I'm happy <3

[kamiboy]

I hope it has been fully recapped because on the Compacts all the caps leak, not just the PSU ones.

[Jollyroger]

ok got my hands on a compact now... so I'm happy <3

Nicely done! Glad to hear it's not THAT impossible to find these things...
Do you mind me asking where you sourced it?

[Elrinth]

ok got my hands on a compact now... so I'm happy <3

Nicely done! Glad to hear it's not THAT impossible to find these things...
Do you mind me asking where you sourced it?

japanese yahoo auctions... where I buy all my x68k stuff.
next up I'm trying to find external 5.2" drives.

[Jollyroger]

ok got my hands on a compact now... so I'm happy <3

Nicely done! Glad to hear it's not THAT impossible to find these things...
Do you mind me asking where you sourced it?

japanese yahoo auctions... where I buy all my x68k stuff.
next up I'm trying to find external 5.2" drives.

Very good, do you use one of the international agents, like Buyee?

[Elrinth]

I do, there's others which are recommended by others which seem good aswell.
One thing to note is that you will 100% of the time pay customs taxes when you go with buyee, which is unfortunate and can add up the total amount quite alot when you've done a bunch of purchases.

[Jollyroger]

Understood, thank you.

[Elrinth]

I bought a spare x68k compact now aswell.

[kamiboy]

I too once considered getting a 5" drive for my Compact, but then I realized one could get a X68000 with the drive built in for less.

[Jollyroger]

Got a XVI 

Now I need to decide what to do about a Joystick.

Any suggestions about where to buy pre-made adapters for Genesis 6-button pads or arcade sticks?

[fatbob_gb]

http://retrocables.es sell Megadrive adaptor cables

[Jollyroger]

Thanks for the info, although the site says that the Genesis->X68000 adapter only supports two buttons...

[SuperDeadite]

2 buttons is the MSX standard.  Some later games do support Start/Select via the FM-Towns pinout (which is a slightly updated version of the MSX standard.  Games that use 6 buttons, such as SF2 do so using their own software drivers, for them a standard Genesis adapter should work.

If you are worried, every copy of Chelnov came with a Genesis adapter in the box.  It works fine with 6 button games.  Street Fighter 2'' also came with such an adapter, but these tend to be more expensive as more people are bidding on them.

[Jollyroger]

Fantastic, thank you!!

[X-Col]

I feel you bro.

I am quite bitter cause I missed 2 XVI HDs cause one guy here on the forum said he would sell me his... Then wouldn't...
There's a Compact up on yahoo auctions which I'm eyeing... The casing looks like it's seen better days, but from what it appears, it seems to be in working condition. Are you also interested in it?

because it stopped working properly