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Amstrad recently took a group of journalists to Paris to announce the launch of three new machines - the GX4000 console (which takes ROM cards only and has 64k memory), the CPC 464 Plus (which features a built-in cassette deck and has 64k memory) and the CPC 6128 Plus (which has a 3-inch disk drive and 128k of memory). Julian Rignall was there...

A The GX4000 console is a neat looking machine-
shame about the control pads, though! >>

LOOKS GOOD

The three new machines ail feature the same internal architecture, which is based around the old Amstrad computer boards But they've been brought up to date with the addition of a 2k custom chip which gives super smooth hardware scrolling capabilities, hardware sprites (up to 16) and, most importantly. lets you display 32 colours on screen at the same time from a palette of 4096 - which is the same as an Amiga,

SOUNDS GHASTLY

Annoyingly, the sound is the same as the old Amstrad and Spectrum computers but is now produced in stereo via a new sound driver chip. It's a crying shame that a belief sound chip wasn't introduced, as this would have given the machines a real audio boost. As it stands, the sound chip is very limited, and the sort of noises it produces are tinny, harsh and grating.

FREE GAME

All machines come with a free ROM cartridge called Burnin' Rubber, a colourful WEC Le Mans style game that was developed by Ocean especially for the new Amstrads The 464 Plus also has BASIC on the ROM cartridge, and the 6128 Plus also comes with CPM.

PLAY THE OLDIES

A big bonus that the 464 Plus and the 6126 Plus all run existing Amstrad software, giving them an immediate huge software library New software is currently being developed by top software houses to make use of the machines new hardware, some of the more notable lilies being Robocop II , Shadow Warriors , Operation Thunderbolt, Plotting, Special Criminal Investigation, Pang, Navy Seals. Told and Battle Command As well as Ocean. US Gold, Domark, Loriciels and Titus are amongst many firms developing software for the new machines. All games will be released on ROM cartridge for the GX4000 console, as wed as tape and disk formats.

THE VERDICT

The two new computers are exciting machines, with tremendous graphics capabilities but they are pricey The 464 Plus is £229 00 with black and while monitor and £329.00 with colour monitor, and the 6128 Plus is £329.00 with mono montior and is a hefty £429.00 with colour monitor Black and white monitors are fine if you want to use the machine for doing things other than playing games, but really you do need to buy a colour monitor for enjoyable gaming - and that puts them up with the cost of an ST or Amiga (admittedly without monitor, but the 16 bit machines do have TV modulators - is the monitor really that important?)

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Burnin' Rubber is a Wec Le Mans type ROM
cartridge that comes free with alt machines.

The fact that they're able to run existing Amstrad software and take ROM cartridges as well as running then own software is good, and though the machines are pricey they re easily the best 8 bit computers around, capable in some cases of matching and even beating the specifications of the ST - which can't be bad at all!

The GX4000 is a different story, price wise . It's a neat-looking and technically impressive console that has an awful lot of potential at the very low price of £99.00 The main criticism is that the joypads are pretty naff (finger cramp sets in very Quickly), but at least the joystick sockets are standard, so you can plug in your favourite stick for long term, ache-free gaming! Other than that the GX4000 is a graphically superb console, is technically far better than the Nintendo and Sega Master System and has a very exciting line up of games coming in the not-too-distant future It's definitely well worth checking out if you're after a decent console for Christmas.

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L'Amstrad CPC est une machine 8 bits à base d'un Z80 à 4MHz. Le premier de la gamme fut le CPC 464 en 1984, équipé d'un lecteur de cassettes intégré il se plaçait en concurrent  du Commodore C64 beaucoup plus compliqué à utiliser et plus cher. Ce fut un réel succès et sorti cette même années le CPC 664 équipé d'un lecteur de disquettes trois pouces intégré. Sa vie fut de courte durée puisqu'en 1985 il fut remplacé par le CPC 6128 qui était plus compact, plus soigné et surtout qui avait 128Ko de RAM au lieu de 64Ko.