Amstrad CPC
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- For emulators, see Amstrad CPC emulators.
The CPC was a line of 8-bit computers produced by Amstrad in the 1980s. It was not particularly powerful in terms of graphics (it was notoriously weak at scrolling games), but the low cost, top-notch build quality, high-resolution text mode, and CP/M compatibility made it very popular as a business computer in Europe, so it got a huge game library nonetheless. But note that it was plagued by "Speccy ports" - titles essentially identical to their ZX versions, even though that was a far weaker machine.
There is also a CPC-derived console, the GX4000, which flopped hard because by that time the system was terribly outdated and its games were mostly overpriced re-releases of old CPC titles.
The list
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R-Type 128K (homebrew) |
Shmup | Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! Note, this is NOT the official release by Electric Dreams, which was a rushed Speccy port. This version is a free indie remake, much prettier and closer to the arcade. Also known as "R-Type Reloaded" or "R-Type Easter Egg". Get it here. |
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Sonic GX (homebrew) |
Platformer | Fan-made port of Sega's flagship mascot platformer, mostly based on the Master System version but adds some touches from the Mega Drive. Get it here. |
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| Consoles | Action Max - Atari 7800 - Amstrad GX4000 - RDI Halcyon - View-Master Interactive Vision - Sega Master System - Nintendo Entertainment System - Casio PV-1000 - VTech Socrates - Epoch Super Cassette Vision | |
| Computers | Mattel Aquarius - Acorn Archimedes - Commodore 64 - Amstrad CPC - Fujitsu FM-7 - Apple Lisa - Apple Macintosh - Microsoft MS-DOS - ASCII MSX - ASCII MSX2 - IBM OS-2 - NEC PC-88 - NEC PC-98 - Amstrad PCW - Sinclair QL - Commodore VIC-20 - Sharp X1 - Sinclair ZX Spectrum | |