The X68000 series featured some very advanced hardware, co-developed by Hudson. It totally eclipsed the Amiga, Atari ST and Macintosh computers which shared the same 68000-series CPU. These chips allowed for virtually pixel-perfect ports of many arcade games.
They also had cool code-names.
| Custom Chips | ||||||||
| X68000 | Ace | Expert | Expert 2 | Super | XVI | Pro | Pro 2 | |
| Memory Controller | ET | OHM | OHM2 | McCOY | ||||
| System Controller | BUDDHA | MESSIAH | DOSA | SCOTCH | ||||
| Sprite Controller | CYNTHIA / Jr | CYNTHIA | ||||||
| CRT Controller | VINAS 1 + 2 | VICON | ||||||
| Video Controller | VSOP | VIPS | ||||||
| Video Data Selector | RESERVE | CATHY | ||||||
| I/O Controller | SICILIAN | IOSC | IOSC-2 | PEDEC | IOSC-2 | |||
| Source: Outside X68000, SoftBank 1993 | ||||||||