The Amstrad GX4000

[WiggyDiggyPoo]

Could it have competed with the MD and SNES in terms of power?

Not at all but it could have done better than it did if it had come out a year or two earlier - it came out in 1990 in the UK and the Atari 2600 was still on sale only in 1989 so there was certainly perceived interest in a low priced console at that time.

I think the issue was, over here at least, the 16 bit computers like Amiga and Atari were really dominant at that time so a console like the GX4000 just wasnt going to cut it.

Couple of interesting photos, this is the Amstrad CSD. A  machine that was in-store to demonstrate the hardware of the Amstrad plus.

[Lorfarius]

I'm just glad most games cost over £50. Means I won't be blowing any money on one  " title="Roll Eyes" />

[WiggyDiggyPoo]

I'm just glad most games cost over £50. Means I won't be blowing any money on one  :113:

http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/CPC_GX4 ... _Cartridge

[zapiy]

Or you can make one for £15.

[WiggyDiggyPoo]

Or you can make one for £15.

Yup there are instructions on the wiki link I posted [emoji2]

[SnakeEyes]

I'm just glad most games cost over £50. Means I won't be blowing any money on one  " title="Roll Eyes" />

I own 23 games. mostly loose and I got them by accident.

a lot of games can actually be got for under £20

If anyone is thinking of picking one up you get burnin rubber with it. I have a spare cart only barbarian 2 and a spare console as well somewhere.

[zapiy]

http://youtu.be/JdEG6QyAcIA

Great resource i think.

[Shadowrunner]

A couple of those don't look too bad, but I can see why it didn't do very well. I like those cases the games came in though.

[zapiy]

I agree, its gets a hard time really but i think its a half decent system.

[TrekMD]

Just saw this posted on YouTube...

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[IndieRetroNews]

Still can't believe I got this for £20 un-opened last year! New PSU and C4CPC now

All those Amstrad games, Dizzy.... Green Beret...

[Shadowrunner]

Looks nice, and great deal!

[zapiy]

Cracking deal chap. I love the console personally.

[AmigaJay]

Nice! Wouldnt mind one t o play some CPC gaming, is there a flashcart with a proper cartridge shell out there?

[Lorfarius]

I've been working my way through every game and doing footage on Youtube of late (just search GX4000 on the channel page for more):

http://youtu.be/CXX-s7Tc2DI

I've done all but 6 games so far and a system review but will be finishing off in the next week or two. I also have the flash cart which I did a vid for, makes it possible to play everything:

http://youtu.be/OnDkttMitEY