Genesis 1984: The Birth of the Amstrad CPC
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In 1984, the home computer market was dominated by giants like the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum. Amidst this competitive landscape, a new contender emerged: the Amstrad CPC. Designed to be an all-in-one solution with its own monitor and built-in storage, the CPC series quickly established itself as a formidable player in the European market. This post delves into the origins of the Amstrad CPC, exploring its development, unique features, and the impact it had on the home computing world
#amstrad #amstradcpc #computergaming #videogames #retrogaming
The all-in-one design really made the difference. Lovely.
One plug 🔌
Amstrad CPC 464 was my first computer (second-hand one), so I will always have fond memories of it. I also learnt how to program on it, and many many years later - I'm a computer programmer, thanks to my humble little Amstrad and Lord Sugar giving me a passion & direction in life! 😃
It was always in you, irrelevant of the product 👍🏻
How have I not known about this channel.....I have been watching retro youtubers for years, especially Amstrad related ones but not limited to them. I have so much stuff to binge through but so far the few vids I have watched have all been top notch. Love it and keep it coming.
I must be doing something wrong then 😢 Please get the word out there and share with other like minded people 😉 Hope you enjoy ☺️
You sir, have just a wonderful voice for all this content you create. I really will sing your praises again on my next podcast. Love it.
Wow, thank you!
Very good presentation including the graphics and I can read the text pictures on my laptop!
Thank you ☺️
Absolutely beaming this end. What a brilliant little documentary on one of my absolute favourite computers. Joint top place with the Amiga for me.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great vid, thanks for making it. I really enjoyed your amstrad gaming guide, and your top game countdowns too.
Cheers mate! That makes me happy 😊 Did you own an Amstrad back in the day?
Nice video man. We love Roland!
I’m gonna dig mine out and load up some games, cauldron, sorcery, apprentice, spellbound. I loved all the sci fi, wizardy style ones
You know it makes sense 😉 thanks for watching my friend
I should problably get myself the Amstrad CPC.
And i still own the original Commodore 64 and
Amiga 500.
😺👍🕹️
Try emulating it first, then if you like. Jump in head first. The new stuff alone is worth it in my humble opinion 😀
Ahhhh the CPC. Amazing machine and proving just how brilliant it is in the correct hands. Some of these modern releases are mind-blowing on the CPC. I had a CPC when most of my peers had the speccy. A few had C64s too. I still have my original CPC464. It's brilliant.
Couldn't agree more!
Interesting and informative. It’s nice to see another computer mentioned when you compare the BBC film Micro Men which focused on Spectrum and Acorn.
Yes, underrated computer that hardly ever shared the limelight, despite hosting great games, applications and more importantly a great culture
Micro Men was based entirely on Acorn sources, so that means Clive Sinclair features only as villain and Amstrad doesn't get a mention, since that would complicate the narrative.
Very informative of me, I never really knew all that much about the origins of the Amstrad CPC - Thankyou!
Cheers my friend 👍
Ah the Classic Research Machines 380Z, I used one in college in the early 80's. I'd love one for myself right now but they are like rocking horse poo.
I have my old school 380Z, locked away in storage, although I need to rethink my strategy as storing all my old tech is now becoming costly
Graphics and sound weren't a weakness. It were on par or better than most 8 bit micros of the time. The c64 was the only machine that sounded better. The 80 column text mode was a big deal for sure, which people often overlook these days.
Back in the day, it was well documented in nearly every main stream magazine. True or not, mud sticks.
Totally agree. It's simply not arguable that any of the other 8 bit systems had better sound than the Amstrad's AY chip, bar as you mention the C64. Amstrad's mode 1 graphics were of similar (same?) resolution as the spectrum, without the latter's attribute clash generating limitations, whilst mode 0 had the same resolution and colour palette as the C64's most widely used display mode for games. Basically it is on par with both of its most popular competitors in terms of graphics.
The AY chip has practically equal sound capabilities to the c64, AY vs SID is a matter of taste.
@cygil1 you sound like a bot 🤖
I actually just got my CPC setup properly with its monitor... got a cassette recorder on the way, stack of blank tapes, and just getting ready to copy me some tapes like the old days. I always had a soft spot for the CPC, such a bold machine.
Don't forget, you can load games from MP3 files, you just need to buy a cheapo cassette audio player for a few quid and it connects to your phone or CD player.
@@ClassicReplay Yeah, I have one of those cassette adaptor things... problem is that a lot of CPC games use the tape stop and start like the C64, so audio playback is problematic.
I had a 664 back in the day👍
You must have been rich, I could only afford the 464 with Green screen.
Nice work.your intel is almost perfect. It was a proper mission impossible - so were we lucky or brilliant?
The guys who worked on bringing the Amstrad CPC to fruition were nothing short of remarkable. I would say genius, not luck.
Great vid dude!! - IndieRetroNews
Thanks Neil 😊 If you could share I'd be eternally grateful.
i still have my 464 color
Nice. That will be worth a pretty penny 👍
@@ClassicReplay would not sell it i know what they sell for now days
Very nicely scripted and narrated. You have a good voice for this type of content.
Cheers mate! That’s good to hear. Thanks 😊
Was there ever a better looking controller than the quickshot 2 turbo? (And having turbo in the name was enough for me to want one, even if the autofire didn't with on CPC unless you modded it)
It was a thing of beauty. But have a look at the Star Cursor, built in Australia, that was the best for me.
@@ClassicReplay just looked it up. That's awesome! Never saw one before but I was desperate to get something like that for the Amstrad. Gryzor and Renegade would have been annihilated with that.
Go classic replay go go...go classic replay go go!
Share, share, share!!! Amsoft next 😉
Sourcery!
Didn't have one back then. Now I have 464 (Germany model) and 6128.
I'm kinda sad they didn't make the plus models to be the first ones... It could have truly fighted with C64 with sprites and hw scrolling...
They could have, I watched an interview. But every time they considered adding more, their Japanese counter parts would say "cost".
@@ClassicReplay Yeah, most or all of 8-/16-bit computer makers falled to same thing in some time. Too little, too late.
Amiga 500 was excellent when it came, ST was limited (though it was what I had). After that, both Commodore and Atari dropped the ball... Amiga 1200 and Atari Falcon were too little, too late. Consoles and PCs ran them down.
It would have been interesting to see, what would have happened if things would have been different :)
Could do without the cutesy asides. And anyone watching this channel knows what an operating system is. It's not even accurate in this case, the Amstrad Disk Operating System is not really a full fledged "boss" program at all, no 8 bit computer in this era has an os with task management, memory protection etc.
www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/AMSDOS