With the CPC 464 as the "base" machine, most games did not take as much advantage of the extra memory or the disk drive of the CPC 6128 that a lot of owners would have liked. Most software houses going for the largest overall market. As was the case with many other "home" computers (in Europe at least).
And the CPC 664 that was released inbetween the CPC 464 and the CPC 6128 could be called a mistake. As could be said for the later GX4000 games console.
From the technical perspective, one of the difficulties when designing the CPC 6128 was how to add the extra RAM. Although I don't want to get deeper into technical details here.
I also think that maybe the CPC 6128 would have sold better, and had more games released specifically for it if Amstrad had fitted 3½" floppy drives. As we now know, the price of 3½" disks dropped far faster than the 3" disks. Of course, hindsight is a wonderful thing and Amstrad may not have realised that there would be such a big uptake of the 3½" floppy drive by other manufacturers.
Yes, both the CPC 464 and the CPC 6128 were good games machines. For home business use they were good too, especially the CPC 6128. Amstrad did however miss the opportunity for getting many into the small business market.
Of course, as we now know, Amstrad bought the Sinclair computer rights and existing stock. And from that came the ZX Spectrum +2, then the Spectrum +3. And then replaced the Spectrum +2 with the Spectrum +2A (which were, actually in most cases, a version referred to as a +2B due to the use of a smaller cheaper PCB). And these became Amstrad's main home computer and games machines.
Mark
And the CPC 664 that was released inbetween the CPC 464 and the CPC 6128 could be called a mistake. As could be said for the later GX4000 games console.
From the technical perspective, one of the difficulties when designing the CPC 6128 was how to add the extra RAM. Although I don't want to get deeper into technical details here.
I also think that maybe the CPC 6128 would have sold better, and had more games released specifically for it if Amstrad had fitted 3½" floppy drives. As we now know, the price of 3½" disks dropped far faster than the 3" disks. Of course, hindsight is a wonderful thing and Amstrad may not have realised that there would be such a big uptake of the 3½" floppy drive by other manufacturers.
Yes, both the CPC 464 and the CPC 6128 were good games machines. For home business use they were good too, especially the CPC 6128. Amstrad did however miss the opportunity for getting many into the small business market.
Of course, as we now know, Amstrad bought the Sinclair computer rights and existing stock. And from that came the ZX Spectrum +2, then the Spectrum +3. And then replaced the Spectrum +2 with the Spectrum +2A (which were, actually in most cases, a version referred to as a +2B due to the use of a smaller cheaper PCB). And these became Amstrad's main home computer and games machines.
Mark
Statistics: Posted by 1024MAK — Tue Dec 24, 2024 1:57 pm