An awfull tradition that served badly all A Speccy Port or Spectrum port is the Z80 computers European gamesname given to a game which has been converted directly from the Sinclair Spectrum with little or no changes to the Amstrad CPC. Often the Amstrad version ended up fairing worse than the original Spectrum version.
The [[ZX Spectrum]] shared the same CPU as the Amstrad and had a simple graphics display. The Spectrum was very popular with the Amstrad having much less market share.
Seen on [[MSX]] To "gain" time and of course Amstrad [[CPC]]money, the Spectrum code was re-used.
The Amstrad screen was reduced in size to match the Spectrums and often most of the colour was removed. Most spectrum ports were done in [[ZX SpectrumVideo modes|Video Mode 1]] was very popular(4 colour mode), but as Amstrad CPC or MSX had a good share because the resolution of this mode matched the marketresolution of the Spectrum, ports on those standards were madeand this allowed the use of the same graphics.
To "Gain" time and money, the Speccy Codes were re-used, missing port was also seen on the fact that Amstrad CPC worked differently concerning Graphic capability[[MSX]] and Enterprise.
As a result, many of those Some games used 1 bit graphics (2 colours), and were slower than their Speccy Couterparts, or even actually ended as [[Vaporware]]up pretty decent.
Some were pretty decent althoughA typical Spectrum port to the Amstrad is said to have been done in 3 days.
Most of them were [[Video modes|Video Mode 1]] gamesIt is not known if they lacked the knowledge or will to develop a better CPC version, or simply didn't have the tools to do so.
This alowed the use of the same graphics, as graphists were an expensive and time consumming ressource for game editors. Maybe they lacked the will to develop better porting tools (more user friendly) or simply didn't used Often an [[Atari|Atari ST]] was used for a proper Cross Development.
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