X68000

An oscure ass japanese exclusive gaming PC by Sharp with a proprietary OS and games manufactured from 1987 to 1993 with various different models. The X68000 launched for a very expensive price, being worth more than $3,000 USD at launch. The X68000 could be upgraded in various ways and had a bunch of great arcade perfect games and space shooters. It was super powerful for the time, surpassing the Genesis before it came out. It was even used for game development by Capcom and had alot of developer support. Alot of popular 2d games at the time came to the computer and surpassed their console version's counterparts. One of the downfalls of the system were it's floppy discs, which could not hold as much data as a cartridge. Alot of games were multidisc and required frequent disc-swapping. Nowadays units for the system are quite rare, usually costing $1,500 with games also costing in the hundreds. The reason for this rarity is unknown, but the system can be easily emulated. The systems also have faulty power supplies nowadays. Overall, a great and intresting piece of gaming history and beloved by the few people who give a shit. This would definitely make the PC Master Race proud.