The Amstrad CPC 464 - Celebrating 30 Years, new feature!

On the 16th of June we featured a big article relating to the celebration of the Amstrad's 30 year birthday, and with great success it got many people talking about one of the best systems of the 1980's! Although it didn't stand up to the C64 or the Speccy, it was still regarded as a great 8-bit system that had 64 KB Ram, internal tape deck and either a green screen or the more expensive colour monitor. But today we have something special to show you, as Xyphoe has done a special video for the The Amstrad CPC 464. Celebrating 30 Years! (featuring Darran Jones, Larry Bundy Jr, Steve Benway). So check it out and relive the golden era of the 8-bit systems!

Amstrad CPC 464 - 30 years old this month!

Ahhh the Amstrad CPC 464, a great machine that did surprisingly well against the C64 and the ZX Spectrum. And today it's a day of celebration! Well at least if you had an Amstrad, as the old girl is 30 years today. Amstrad was founded by Alan Sugar who is well known by the younger generation as the person that says " You're fired " although I'm not a fan of the guy I can thank him for the Amstrad and a great period of retro gaming. It was said that in the early 80's Alan Sugar wanted a machine to resemble a real computer, and not a pregnant calculator and thus the Amstrad CPC 464 was born in June of 1984.

The Retro Collection - Part 3

Amstrad CPC 464 & Green Screen

Many years ago when I was just a wee youngster, almost a toddler in fact! I had my very first computer and that computer was the Amstrad CPC 464, with a very bright green screen monitor. A computer that would probably scare off small children nowadays, especially with it's clunky tape cassette player and low resolution screen, but during that era it was the best thing ever, at least for me! It was 1984 and I think I had just turned 5 yet unbeknownst to me, I would have a computer that would start me down the line to where I am today, on computers!