Super Mario Bros. Special
Now this is a unique nugget of Mario history. Super Mario Bros. Special is an officially licensed port of Super Mario Bros. to the X1 series of computer. As we…
Video Mode Comparisons
First, let me preface this by saying it’s not a tremendously scientific experiment. Although I made sure my major camera settings didn’t change, there are a lot of factors on…
Xevious
This is probably the most interesting game from a media perspective. It’s Xevious for my Sharp X1 D, which means it’s one of those newfangled 3″disks. I’d never seen one…
Ouji Binbin no Monogatari
Story of Prince Binbin. Binbin has a couple of translations, neither of which especially make sense in context of the game so far, so you can figure out the title…
Anti-piracy Appeal
I went to load a game on my Sharp X1 Turbo Z, but I was greeted by this horse: The kanji character in yellow and red means “prohibited”, and it…