All cosmetic flaws are easily overlooked by focusing on the unique and elegant design. The machine is in very good, but not perfect, cosmetic condition.
But these are such problem-prone machines I wanted to have the best chance possible of continued operation. As I mentioned in my previous post, which details the various stops along the way of getting an X68000, this was a serviced and guaranteed working system, meaning it was not cheap. Now I will take the opportunity to post about my X68000 Expert itself. I didn’t think about potential damage to the sticker, but fortunately it wasn’t especially problematic.ĭried it off and it’s back in action, beautiful as always!Īuthor Sean Posted on ApJCategories Monitors, Sharp CZ-600DB, Sharp X68000 Expert, System Leave a comment on CZ-600D Innards Sharp X68000 Expert While I had it apart, though, I took the opportunity to give the big outer shell a shower. That info was handy later as I needed to adjust something a bit on a different monitor, but in the end I couldn’t adjust the horizontal size. They are all for controlling color – if you look at the pots from the front (brown side of the board), left to right, there’s red bias, green bias, blue bias, red drive, and blue drive. But the clearly labeled ones were not related to horizontal size. Well, I can’t say with certainty that it wasn’t there, because there are a kajillion billion more pots on the inside. So I took it apart (something I loathe doing with CRTs because of the risk of death if you’re not careful, and frankly I’m not always careful, although I suspect I’m more careful than usual with an open CRT) and looked for the horizontal size pot on the inside. I thought I would just adjust the horizontal size, but of the kajillion buttons under the front panel, not one of them adjusts horizontal size. Some games that run at 15kHz (Syvalion is the only one that comes to mind right now most 15kHz games didn’t have this problem) were too wide on my monitor. Gotta get in a bit more practice!Īuthor Sean Posted on OctoCategories Games, Sharp X68000 Expert Leave a comment on Pac-Land and Controller CZ-600D Innards Game over, and this might be my highest score thus far in Pac-Land, but I’m sure it’s not that high compared to people who are actually good at the game. After your family greets you at home, you begin a level similar to the first, but it becomes later in the day and quite a bit more difficult. Once you pass the lake, you continue a little bit more before you’re rewarded with special jumping boots and you can start to make your way back home. The jump itself can be a little difficult to nail, though. A D-pad would probably be substantially more difficult still. I’ve managed to do it on a joystick, but it was after several failures, and it was a very deliberate task, turning the joystick ninety degrees and using my right hand to go up and down as quickly as possible, and even then I don’t always succeed. To prevent falling, you have to alternatingly press left and right to “flutter” to the ground. When you jump off the platform to cross the lake, you crash pretty fast and land in the water, losing a life. Below is the first critical spot where the custom game controller comes in handy. This is very faithful to the original, as X68000 games tend to be.
Both became treasured games in my youth, although I only played them in the arcades. Pac-Land and Pac-mania are great evolutions of the original Pac-mania staying true to what made the original so loved, but adding a lot of new features, while Pac-Land takes a few key elements from the original, but heads in a bold new direction. But if I’m being brutally honest, the game is very simple and these days I can’t play it more than about once in a sitting, and with a fair amount of time between sittings. And I love the image of the original Pac-Man maze. I’ve always loved the Pac-Man characters, with their vibrant colors and distinct appearance. It is a sturdy metal case, not so heavy but definitely with a bit of weight to it. It looks in good shape for being around 30 years old. However, you may find some parts difficult if you are using a regular joystick, and perhaps nearly impossible with a gamepad.įirst, let’s look at the controller itself. This controller was included with the game originally, but is not required to play. These are configurable in the in-game menu. It uses three buttons, defaulting to: left, jump, and right. It’s a dedicated Pac-Land controller designed to mimic the arcade controls on your X68000. I have been after this controller for quite a while.
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