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.
16-bit machines:*Commodore [[Amiga]]*[[Atari ST]]*Sinclair QL*Apple II GS*Apple Macintosh*IBM See [[Amstrad PC]] compatiblefor more information on Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world.
32-bit machines of Curiously, the same 16bit computer era:*Acorn Archimedes*FM Townsonly peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit computer eras.
See Notable 16-bit machines:*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)*[[Amstrad PC|Amstrad PC1512]] for more information on (1986)*Sharp X68000 (1987)*[[MSX|MSX Turbo-R]] (1990) Notable early 32-bit machines:*Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986)*Acorn Archimedes (1987)*Apple Macintosh II (1987)*NeXT Computer (1988)*FM Towns (1989)*[[Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world.PC|Amstrad PC2386]] (1989)*Atari TT (1990)*Amiga 3000 (1990)
Note: With the advent 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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