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How to install games to hard drive and make them run.
Chapter 1: The Fundamentals
You will need X68000 with 2MB of ram and a keyboard. It is possible to run some small games with 1MB as well, but the majority of them require 2MB. Download the latest English version of DiskExplorer here:
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html
And download the hard disk image from here:
http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:sxsi_disk_image_with_games_and_lots_of_mdx_files
This will save you the trouble of setting up a working environment. Open the downloaded image with DiskExplorer, have a look around.
Chapter 2: HumanOS vs MS-DOS
Lucky for us the HumanOS is very much like ye good old MS-DOS. Let me explain what happens when X68000 tries to boot from hard drive:
* Checks for partition which is set as BOOTABLE and tries to boot from it. If none are found, insert disk prompt appears; * Tries to execute HUMAN.SYS, COMMAND.X These files are mandatory for X68000 to boot into command prompt; * Executes scripts from CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
Every game disk which has there files boots in the same manner. There are some very rare exotic games which use trackloaders, kind of like on Amiga. Motos and Flying Shark, to name a few.