On Twitter, a post by 4Gamer started circulating around, announcing the, “X68000 Z”, a revival of the X68000 system:
Basically, the gist of the Tweet reads: “The birth of Zuiki’s “X68000 Z”. Will start to accept pre-orders starting October 8th. 4Gamer will be holding a exhibition of the mock up and discuss future plans in their booth at TGS 2022.”
For those of you unaware, the X68000 was a Japanese computer system originally released in 1987 exclusively in Japan. While this system might not have been made for gaming, it was a massive gaming power house, being used to not only play graphically impressive games at the time, but also by Capcom to develop many of the CPS games back in the day!
With classics such as Cotton, Street Fighter, and many more, it was renowned for it’s power, prowess, and awesome game library.
Unfortunately, with great power, comes an expensive price.. Selling in 1987 at the expensive price of ¥369,000 ($3000), and a massive $7,821.42 in today’s currency!
With that hefty a price tag, it’s no wonder many both in and outside of Japan didn’t get to play this when it was originally released. Lucky for us, this Mini system might give us the chance to not only play these awesome games officially, but have a small little tower and accessories to boot!
The device itself will come not only with a tower, but a replica Keyboard and mouse as well:
Not many details are known about which games are on it, if it will function as an actually retro computer, when it will be released, or even the price of the unit, all we know for now is that it’s in the works.
We’ll be sure to let you know more as this develops. For now, make sure to follow us here at SHIRO!, and also 4Gamer on Twitter.
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