Whilst it may not have been as popular as the Spectrum, Commodore 64 or Amstrad CPC, it did sell in sufficient numbers to ensure that new software was being produced right up until the early 1990s.

The Schneider CPC6128 was a Schneider-branded version of the Amstrad CPC6128, and very similar in appearance.

Another homebrew version was released in 2011 for the Amstrad CPC home computer.

With the Z-machine, Infocom was able to release most of their games for most popular home computers of the day simultaneously — the Apple II family, Atari 800, IBM PC compatibles, Amstrad CPC / PCW ( one disc worked on both machines ), Commodore 64, Commodore Plus / 4, Commodore 128, Kaypro CP / M, Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A, the Mac, Atari ST, the Commodore Amiga and the Radio Shack TRS-80.

After Amstrad acquired Sinclair's computer products lines in April 1986, the QL was officially discontinued.

The machine featured an all-new grey case featuring a spring-loaded keyboard, dual joystick ports, and a built-in cassette recorder dubbed the " Datacorder " ( like the Amstrad CPC 464 ), but was in most respects identical to the ZX Spectrum 128.

The main menu screen lacked the Spectrum 128's " Tape Test " option, and the ROM was altered to account for a new 1986 Amstrad copyright message.

The ZX Spectrum + 3 looked similar to the + 2 but featured a built-in 3-inch floppy disk drive ( like the Amstrad CPC 6128 ) instead of the tape drive, and was in a black case.

Amstrad was founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar at the age of 21.

Amstrad was once a FTSE 100 Index constituent but is now wholly owned by BSkyB.

In 1985, the popular Amstrad PCW range was introduced, which were principally word processors, complete with printer, running the LocoScript word processing program.

The Amsoft division of Amstrad was set up to provide in-house software and consumables.

This was the first new Spectrum model released by Amstrad after their purchase of the range.

The console, based on the Amstrad 464 Plus hardware, was a commercial failure, because it used 8-bit technology unlike the 16-bit Mega Drive and Super Nintendo.

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.

Amstrad was key to the introduction of Sky, as it was the only manufacturer producing receiver boxes and dishes at the system's launch, and has continued to manufacture set top boxes for Sky, from analogue to digital and now including Sky's Sky + digital video recorder.

In 1997, Amstrad PLC was wound up, its shares being split into Viglen and Betacom instead.

Betacom PLC was then renamed Amstrad PLC.

It was announced on 2 July 2008 that Sugar had stepped down as Chairman of Amstrad, which had been planned since BSkyB took over in 2007.

Mackeonis founded Triangle Publishing, the software publishing company responsible for creating the ST Organizer for the Atari ST and PC Organizer and Counterpoint ( a GUI system ) for Amstrad Computers and GoldStar computers.

It was founded in June 1986 in Cambridge, England by Alan Miles and Bruce Gordon, former employees of Sinclair Research, after Sinclair sold the rights for the Spectrum to Amstrad.

In series one to six, the prize was a £ 100, 000-a-year job as an " apprentice " to Sugar, and winners went on to work at Amstrad, an electronics manufacturing company founded by Sugar ( but since sold to BSkyB ), or one of Sugar's other companies, Viglen, Amsprop or Amshold.

The Amstrad CPC ( short for Colour Personal Computer ) is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990.

The Amstrad PCW's bundled word processing software, LocoScript, used the term " in limbo " to refer to files which had been deleted but which could still be restored, a concept similar to that later implemented by the Trash in the Apple Macintosh and the Recycle Bin in Microsoft Windows 95.

2000AD video games for 8-bit computers include games based on Strontium Dog by Quicksilva for the ZX Spectrum in 1984, Nemesis the Warlock and Sláine bu Martech in 1987, Rogue Trooper written by Design Design / published by Piranha in 1986 and Judge Dredd by Virgin Games in 1990, all released for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum platforms.

and Rebel Planet ) for the Commodore 64, Amstrad, BBC, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum ( 1984 ) and Deathtrap Dungeon video game for the PC and PlayStation by Eidos Interactive ( 1998 ).

Amstrad is a British electronics company, now wholly owned by BSkyB.

Amstrad ’ s UK E-m @ iler business is operated through a separate company, Amserve Ltd which is 89. 8 % owned by Amstrad and 10. 2 % owned by DSG International plc ( formerly Dixons plc ).

The former Amstrad headquarters building in Brentwood was subsequently sold by Sugar's property arm Amsprop and reopened in 2010 as a Premier Inn hotel.

StarDivision developed the first version of StarWriter for the Zilog Z80 home-computer system, the Amstrad CPC ( marketed by Schneider in Germany ) under CP / M, and later for the Commodore 64 under Microsoft BASIC, which was later ported to the 8086-based Amstrad PC-1512, running under MS-DOS 3. 2.

Recently, Amstrad has also started producing animatronic Alan Sugar heads.

Alan Sugar — the Amstrad Story ( 1991 ), paperback ISBN 0-330-31900-0.

* Alan Sugar, entrepreneur, former owner of Amstrad, host of The Apprentice

That was the brief given by Sir Alan Sugar ( then chairman of Amstrad ) to his design staff.

Representatives of several major companies including Top Up TV, Joost, Sky, Goodmans and Amstrad CEO Sir Alan Sugar are registered members that have posted on the forum.

* R-Type for Amstrad CPC at CPCWiki

In 1990, Amstrad tried to enter the video game console market with the Amstrad GX4000, similar to what Commodore did at the same time with the C64 GS.

Amstrad Action, as mentioned above, gave the highest rating of the lot for the Amstrad version, and the highest rated game in AA history at the time, with a 97 % rating and a " MasterGame " award.

This song was included in the Japanese Mega Drive, PC Engine and Famicom releases of the game, as well at the Ocean Software home Computer ports ( Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST )

* 4-bit color ( 2 < sup > 4 </ sup > = 16 colors ): as used by EGA and by the least common denominator VGA standard at higher resolution, color Macintoshes, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC.

The 1512's influence was such that the UK PC magazine PC Plus originally targeted itself at the " Amstrad PC 1512 and compatibles ", since home ownership of other PCs at the time was rare.

The mouse was an Amstrad Mouse, which was incompatible with serial mice common at the time.

The Amstrad CPC version was developed at Elite by:

The sale of the Amstrad at competitive prices contributed to the initial success of the company.

Programmed by David Leitch at Sales Curve Interactive and published by Ocean Software, the versions of the game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computers generally received positive reviews, including 9 / 10 from CRASH, 8 / 10 from Sinclair User and 72 % from Your Sinclair.

It was published for Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Macintosh, and DOS ; the game had a chess engine written by David Kittinger, and the manufacturer rated the game at 2000 Elo USCF, in reality it plays at approximately 1550-1600 Elo ( 1750-1800 USCF ).

When discussing the market failure of the system, the designer, Cliff Lawson, claimed that The GX4000 was technically " at least as good " as the SNES, and that the machine faltered due to a lack of games and Amstrad not having the money to compete with Nintendo, and Sega.

In addition to a monthly look at the magazine, he also covers Dreamcast, Amstrad, Lynx, and other popular systems.

It was developed at Beam Software by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler and published by Melbourne House for most home computers available at the time, from more popular models such as the ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC 464, BBC Micro, MSX, Dragon 32 and Oric.

The game was developed by the Oliver twins on the Amstrad CPC at the age of 17 and was their first title published by Codemasters.