Hello from New Zealand!

[Apple2Forever]

New user here, originally an Apple II user back in the 80s but have been collecting vintage computers and games for about 20 years or so now. The Amstrad isn't so common here, the main 8 bit machine was definitely the Commodore 64.

[Gryzor]

Hehe and I was wondering who was posting before 6am my time

Welcome mate!

[robcfg]

You've come to the right place for your Amstrad needs 

What computers were popular in New Zealand back in the days?

Welcome to the CPCWiki!

[Apple2Forever]

You've come to the right place for your Amstrad needs 

What computers were popular in New Zealand back in the days?

Welcome to the CPCWiki!

In homes, mostly C64s. In schools, Apple IIs. Spectrums and Amstrads were pretty rare here.

[dodogildo]

Kia ora mate!

[Anthony Flack]

You may be a little older than me because our high school had BBC Micros. My family had a CPC (which is why I am here), and there were er, five other people I knew who had one in Napier. But they did sell Amstrad Action in the magazine shops so there must have been a few around. There was a marketing push to sell Amstrads here; there were TV ads and some of the big electronics chains were selling CPCs in 1985.

Most kids who had a computer at home had a C64 though. I never saw a Spectrum; I only know about Spectrum stuff thanks to the many Spectrum games that were ported to the CPC (not such a bad thing).

I feel like an old man reminiscing about a potato field. 

[Gryzor]

Yes, but what a glorious potato field! 🥔

[mahlemiut]

For me, at primary school there were (eventually) a few C64s (and an Apple Franklin).  High school had just Mac Classics and PCs.  Most friends had C64s, but did have a few that had CPCs (a lot of tapes got copied).  Didn't know any with Spectrums or BBCs, though. 

[Apple2Forever]

You may be a little older than me because our high school had BBC Micros. My family had a CPC (which is why I am here), and there were er, five other people I knew who had one in Napier. But they did sell Amstrad Action in the magazine shops so there must have been a few around. There was a marketing push to sell Amstrads here; there were TV ads and some of the big electronics chains were selling CPCs in 1985.

Most kids who had a computer at home had a C64 though. I never saw a Spectrum; I only know about Spectrum stuff thanks to the many Spectrum games that were ported to the CPC (not such a bad thing).

I feel like an old man reminiscing about a potato field.

I vaguely remember one of my primary school classes having a BBC Micro, can't be certain though.

[zhulien]

I grew up in Auckland and we had BBCs at school but probably a good 20% of home computers in 1986 would have been CPCs. I used to regularly go to the Computer Terminal in Highbury and they sold heaps of CPCs.

[Searchin2010]

Hey fellow kiwi Amstrad enthusiast!

[norecess464]

One day, I would love reading a complete "reportage" about Amstrad in Australia / New Zealand.

Did people there create some games/applications too? Was there a "famous" game studio there creating games for the local market? Or were they only "consumers" of European products? Is there a popular production (a game, a program, whatever) made in Australia/NZ? I would be so curious to dig into such a thing!

[Anthony Flack]

I'm not aware of anything happening on the Amstrad in New Zealand apart from what I did on my Amstrad and that has all been lost to time. It's too bad but I never thought to share any of it. All the disks were destroyed one day when my cousin spilled a glass of orange juice directly into my disk box. I mean it was all homebrew stuff but there was loads of it.

Generally, we got the same games as the Brits. I bought Amstrad Action every month.

In Australia, Beam Software created a lot of games for the Commodore 64 especially, some of which made their way to the CPC - eg Lord of the Rings, Way of the Exploding Fist, Samurai Warrior. 

The first developer of note that I am aware of in New Zealand is Acid Software who are known for their work on the Amiga.

[GUNHED]

Welcome in the fabolous and mysterious world of the CPC6128 and 6128plus. Enjoy the true wonders which will come to you. 

[eto]

All the disks were destroyed one day when my cousin spilled a glass of orange juice directly into my disk box. I mean it was all homebrew stuff but there was loads of it.

did they ever find him?

[Anthony Flack]

Well, it was a shame but I didn't think I'd ever want them again anyway. I didn't think maybe there will be an internet one day and maybe people will be interested in old computers again one day.

Now I'd be happy to find ANY box of 3" disks.