History of video games/Platforms/Amstrad GX4000

Launch
"Bring the whole arcade into your home."

The Amstrad GX4000 was launched in 1990 as a console version of the Amstrad CPC series of 8-bit computers that cost $150 at launch. The console was to have a 15 million British pound marketing campaign.

Legacy
The console did not sell well, and retailers tried to unload stock by selling the GX4000 as a price as low as $30. The console is often said to have sold about 15,000 units, though some sources give sales figures for the console as high as 150,000 units. The Amstrad GX4000 was discontinued in 1991.

Compute
The Amstrad GX4000 used a 8-Bit Z80A CPU clocked at 4MHz. The system was capable of about 0.58 million instructions per second (MIPS).

The GX4000 has 64 kilobytes of RAM and 16 kilobytes of video RAM.

Hardware
The Amstrad GX4000 uses a General Instrument AY-3-8912 chip for audio. Though General Instrument was once a major supplier of chips in the first consoles, the GX4000 is a notable late use of such chips, owing to it's 1980's computer heritage.

The GX4000 Power Supply is among the most notorious official power supplies in any console, as it's use typically results in the console being destroyed due to it's exceptionally poor quality.

Notable games
27 cartridges were produced for the GX4000.