For A New Generation
When the 8 bit days were about to end Amstrad had to come up with a plan, as was the advent to the likes of the Atari ST and Amiga 500 so what do you improve on whats already available but what was a bit peculiar was that Amstrad didn't produce a 16 bit computer instead they made a better version of the already existing systems so along came the 464 Plus with built in tape deck and cartridge port along with the 6128 Plus with built in disk drive and also the with cartridge port, the bonus to the Plus range was a bigger color palette and some technical improvements also all GX4000 games could be played on the new systems. Also if you'r just after the game side of things a single console came out the GX4000 which had a low support for its library of software. Games developers started using the extra colors to give more depth to there game, also the machines were very beautiful machines to look at leaving the original models looking dated. I remember going to a friends house were he had a 464 Plus and he showed me Burnin Rubber running from the cartridge port and I noticed the improvement straight away, But putting a racing game like Chase H.Q running along side Burnin Rubber there wasn't a huge difference but I suppose if developers had more years to experiment with the new tricks the Plus systems had we'd see something special and some of the cartridges were straight ports of the tape and disk versions. Because players were starting to save there money for the Amiga 500 Amstrad got left behind when people saw what the new 16 bit computers were capable of meaning games were becoming less available for all 8 bit systems. In life everything advances so people want the next best system to play there games on meaning what could've been for the Plus range was over showered by the new market of gaming machines. To this day I'd like to get a CPC Plus just cause how great they look.
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