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.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

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

Category: Amstrad CPC games

* AMSDOS, for the Amstrad CPC computers.

* Gauntlet ( Micro Power video game ), 1984 Defender clone for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro and Amstrad CPC computers

Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal is a 1987 video game for the Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Amiga based on the comic strip.

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.

* R-Type for Amstrad CPC at CPCWiki

Category: Amstrad CPC games

The Commodore 64, BBC Microcomputer and later the Amstrad CPC range were major rivals to the Spectrum in the UK market during the early 1980s.

Other machines available around the same time, for example the Amstrad CPC or the Commodore 64, did not suffer from this limitation.

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 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.

Production of the + 3 ceased in December 1990, believed to be in response for Amstrad relaunching their CPC range.

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.

The Amstrad CPC 464 personal microcomputer

Amstrad began marketing their own home computers in an attempt to capture the market from Commodore and Sinclair, with the Amstrad CPC range in 1984.

Amstrad launched two new variants of the Spectrum: the ZX Spectrum + 2, based on the ZX Spectrum 128, with a built-in tape drive ( like the CPC 464 ) and, the following year, the ZX Spectrum + 3, with a built-in floppy disk drive ( similar to the CPC 664 and 6128 ), taking the 3 " disks that many Amstrad machines used.

Initially specialising in Amstrad computers, Evesham began trading in 1983 as Evesham Micros, and for a short while as Evesham. com.

The name was short for Roland Perry's EDitor, the program being put together quickly by Roland Perry, the Amstrad executive running the computer product development, when it was realised that CP / M-80 came with no usable full-screen editor, but users had a requirement to edit configuration files.

During its lifespan software for the system was short in number, and slow to arrive, consumer interest was low, and coverage from popular magazines of the time was slight, with some readers complaining about a lack of information regarding the machine ( Amstrad Action was one of the few magazines to support the machine ).

Newstar produced New Word for Amstrad PCW8256, PCW8512 in mid 1980s, running CP / M on 3-inch floppy disks.

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.

Originally, Amstrad planned to introduce an additional disk interface for the + 2A /+ 2B called the AMSTRAD SI-1, however this never appeared.

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 expanded to the marketing of low cost, low quality audio amplifiers and tuners, imported from the Far East and badged with the Amstrad name for the UK 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 July 2007, BSkyB announced a takeover of Amstrad for £ 125m, a 23. 7 % premium on its market capitalisation.

BSkyB had been a major client of Amstrad, accounting for 75 % of sales for its ' set top box ' business.

After Amstrad bought the computer business of Sinclair Research, Sir Clive retained the rights to the Pandora project, and it evolved into the Cambridge Computer Z88, launched in 1987.

Unauthorized adaptations of the game were published for the TI 99 / 4A ( as Arcturus ), Amstrad CPC ( as Zaxx ), BBC Micro ( as Fortress ), and the TRS-80 Color Computer ( as Zakssund ).

* TACGR ' The Amstrad Computer Games Resource ' – AA list of Mastergames, Raves and all other rated games.

* Old Computer Mags Amstrad Action scans and more

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 )

Originally developed for the Apple Macintosh, it was later adapted by Brøderbund for the Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II ( leaked version ), Amstrad CPC, Family Computer, Sharp X68000, NEC PC-9801 and DOS operating systems.

It was also ported to other popular platforms of the day, such as the Apple II, ZX Spectrum ( by Dalali Software Ltd ), Amstrad CPC, Tandy Color Computer 3 and Commodore 64.

** Schneider Computer Division, brand of Amstrad CPC in association with Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG

Computer and Video Games praised the accuracy of the Amstrad version, and said that it had " great graphics, good sounds, and perfect playability.

Paperboy was ported to the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron ( by Andy Williams, 1986 ), Commodore 64 ( by Chris Harvey and Neil A Bate, 1986 ), Commodore 16 ( 1986 ), Amstrad CPC ( 1986 ), ZX Spectrum ( 1986 ), Apple II ( 1986 ), TRS-80 Color Computer ( 1986 ), DOS ( 1988 ), Apple IIGS ( 1988 ), Nintendo Entertainment System ( 1988 ), Game Boy ( 1990 ), Game Boy Color ( 1999 ), Atari ST ( 1989 ), Amiga ( 1989 ), Atari Lynx ( 1990 ), Sega Master System ( 1990 ), Game Gear ( 1991 ), and Mega Drive / Genesis ( 1991 ).

Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.

Little Computer People, also called House-on-a-Disk, is a life simulation game released in 1985 by Activision for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Apple II.

The magazine was a successor to Amstrad Computer User magazine.

Originally, Amstrad Computer User had been a much more serious magazine than its main rival Amstrad Action.

AMSDOS is a disk operating system for the 8-bit Amstrad CPC Computer ( and various clones ).