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In 1993, Amstrad was licenced by Sega to produce a system which was similar to the Sega TeraDrive, going by the name of the Amstrad Mega PC, to try to regain their image in the gaming market.

The system didn't succeed as well as expected, mostly due to its high initial retail price of £ 599.

In that same year, Amstrad released the PenPad, a PDA similar to the Apple Newton, and released only weeks before it.

It was a commercial failure, and had several technical and usability problems.

It lacked most features that the Apple Newton included, but had a lower price at $ 450.