The 16 bit computer generation peacefully "killed" the 8 bit computers.
Amstrad couldn't see this move and released the Amstrad Plus range which should have been 16 -bit.(Or perhaps it should have another been an hybrid with both a 16-bit CPU and a Z80 to get a 2x8 bit while keeping keep compatibility with the the old range .... , why not ?)
On the other hand, Amstrad was still producing cheap affordable 16 -bit PC compatibles with pseudo EGA capacity (16 colours), so in this way it was actually a 16 -bit producer.
See [[Amstrad PC]] for more information on Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world. Curiously, the 16bit computer era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit computer eras. Notable 16-bit machines of the era:*[[Amiga|Commodore Amiga]] (1985)*[[Atari ST]] (1985)*Sinclair QL (1984)
*TI-99/4 (1979)
*[[PC|IBM PC]] (1981), PC/XT (1983), PC/AT (1984), PS/2 (1987)*NEC PC-98 (1982)*Apple Lisa (1983)
*Apple Macintosh (1984)
*[[Sinclair QL]] (1984)
*Elektronika BK (1985)
*[[Atari ST]] (1985)
*[[Amiga|Commodore Amiga]] (1985)
*[[Apple II|Apple IIGS]] (1986)
*NEC [[Amstrad PC-98 |Amstrad PC1512]] (19821986)
*Sharp X68000 (1987)
*[[MSX|MSX Turbo-R]] (1990)
Notable early 32-bit machines of the era:*Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986)
*Acorn Archimedes (1987)
*Apple Macintosh II (1987)
*NeXT Computer (1988)
*FM Towns (1989)
*[[Amstrad PC|Amstrad PC2386]] (1989)
*Atari TT (1990)
*Amiga 3000 (1990)
See [[Amstrad PC]] for more information on Amstrad's ventures into Note: With the 16bit worldadvent of 32-bit machines, hardware coprocessors became largely irrelevant for 2D games. The CPU was finally powerful enough to manage it all in software.
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