Some additional angles for a gaming machine:
Every decision on the Amstrad CPC range was governed by cost. The case was designed first, so whether the machine was going to be 6502 or Z80, the PCB had to fit. The BASIC is decently fast and full-featured, and several commercial games were written using it.
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*: though gaming on a green screen CPC was a bit dismal
- the CPC464 used cheaper and more readily-available Atari switched joysticks;
- you didn't need to monopolize the family television or buy an expensive monitor*;
- it had a volume control
Every decision on the Amstrad CPC range was governed by cost. The case was designed first, so whether the machine was going to be 6502 or Z80, the PCB had to fit. The BASIC is decently fast and full-featured, and several commercial games were written using it.
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*: though gaming on a green screen CPC was a bit dismal
Statistics: Posted by scruss — Thu Dec 26, 2024 7:41 pm