电子游戏史/平台/Amstrad GX4000
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配备控制器的 Amstrad GX4000。
将整个街机带到您的家中。—Amstrad GX4000 的口号,游戏展[1]
Amstrad GX4000 于 1990 年发布,是 Amstrad CPC 系列 8 位计算机的控制台版本,发布时的价格为 150 美元。[2] 该控制台的营销活动预算为 1500 万英镑。[3]
这款控制台销量不佳,零售商试图以低至 30 美元的价格清仓 GX4000 库存。[2] 据说这款控制台大约售出了 15000 台,[4] 尽管有些资料显示该控制台的销量高达 150000 台。[5][6] Amstrad GX4000 于 1991 年停产。[4]
Amstrad GX4000 使用 8 位 Z80A CPU,时钟频率为 4MHz。[7] 该系统能够达到约 0.58 百万条指令每秒(MIPS)。[8]
GX4000 拥有 64 千字节的 RAM 和 16 千字节的视频 RAM。[9][10]
Amstrad GX4000 使用通用仪器 AY-3-8912 芯片作为音频。[11] 尽管通用仪器曾经是第一批游戏机芯片的主要供应商,但 GX4000 是这些芯片的显著晚期应用,因为它继承了 20 世纪 80 年代的计算机传统。
GX4000 电源是所有游戏机中最臭名昭著的官方电源之一,[12] 因为它通常会导致游戏机因其极其糟糕的质量而损坏。
为 GX4000 生产了 27 个游戏卡带。[2]
- ↑ "Amstrad GX4000 - The Amstrad CPC Games Console". Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ↑ a b c Rignall, Jaz (3 January 2016). "Consoles You've Never Heard of: Amstrad GX4000" (in en). USgamer. https://www.usgamer.net/articles/gx4000. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ Screen Digest. Screen Digest Limited. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ↑ a b McFerran, Damien (March 9th, 2017). "6 games console flops that gave gaming a bad name" (in en). TechRadar. https://www.techradar.com/news/6-games-console-flops-that-gave-gaming-a-bad-name. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ Civera, David (January 11, 2013). "21 Consoles And Handhelds That Crashed And Burned" (in en). Tom's Hardware. https://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/611-console-handheld-fail.html.
- ↑ "Info on the Amstrad GX-4000". RetroRGB. 4 November 2019. https://www.retrorgb.com/info-on-the-amstrad-gx-4000.html.
- ↑ "Amstrad GX4000 - Game Console - Computing History". www.computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ Murnane, Kevin. "From Pong To Playstation: The 40-Year Evolution Of Gaming Processing Power". Forbes. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ "Home Page". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Amstrad GX4000 [BINARIUM]". binarium.de. Retrieved 20 November 2020.↑ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ↑ "Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying". Nintendo Life. 25 December 2019. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/12/feature_your_beloved_games_console_is_slowly_but_surely_dying.