/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3463759
The X68000 received at least two GUIs, Hudson's own SX-Window and a later, faster one called Ko-Window. Hudson also made a few visual shells for the system's built-in BASIC. Granted, Fujitsu did a better job of including and updating their OS with all FM Towns products, but Sharp users were in the know and used their OS of choice. I think the X68k got a FreeBSD port at some point, too.

You're right on CD drives, but next you'll have to debate which CPU architecture was better for games development, the FM Towns's x86 variant or the 68k.

>>3463053
More:

Xak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ta_WcVKag
Knight Arms (long opening): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRyQoOnaFlQ
Nostalgia 1907: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ke2Dqg01-M
Lam-Mal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VT4fFyPs4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKDhV7YlB74
War-Torn Versnag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL4Fb2q5rrw
Twilight (arranged by Umemoto): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWedEQ3nDuo
Star Cruiser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpd8GJlxhE
Granada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBpJzLeiWI&t=676
Valusa's Revenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDixAHSlktc
Pitapat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYA4Vew-CAI
Laplace no Ma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOf0UWXPYOk
Spindizzy II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlC9SwfBdmc

Paula's more technically advanced and newer than the old YM2151 FM-synth chip used in the X68k, but European/Japanese game musicians maximized their hardware.

>>3463780
Let's not imply the PC-98's all eroge or 2hu. There's just too many sci-fi, historical, and Western fantasy wargames on that platform which don't include porn. And the PC-88 had a really broad diversity of genres that didn't rely on porn to sell themselves (Ys-likes, arcade shooters, detective adventures, rulebook-influenced wargames/xRPGs, &c). The market narrowed around 1989 when eroge hit the big time right as the PC-98 became more affordable and useful to players and hobbyists.