Graphical User Interface: Difference between revisions

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A "Mac or Windows like" interface...

Mostly with a "mouse pointer" and menues.

Also called GUI

This wasn't so well used on Amstrad CPC :

lack of Mouse :few models existed, not alway compatibles.
Expensive on CPU ressources or speed : the mouse Pointer is like a sprite and using the Joystick to move it is painfully slow and lack precision.

As a result, Keyboards short cut may be more appropriate on an Amstrad CPC.

But some games used such an interface, but because it was a Joystick instead of a proper mouse... it sucked and was often a source of slow gameplay (See Hero Quest).

GUI Amstrad CPC Games

Sid Meyer's Pirates! : Joystick pseudo Mouse pointer and menues.
Hero Quest : a Populous like interface.

GUI Amstrad CPC OS

SymbOS

Proper Link to CPC related GUI article

History of Graphical User Interface for the Amstrad CPC

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-A "Mac or Windows like interface...
+A "Mac or Windows like" interface...
-Also called [[GUI]].
+Mostly with a "mouse pointer" and menues.
+Also called GUI
-This wasn't well used on Amstrad CPC :
-*lack of Mouse.
-*Expensive on [[Z80|CPU]] ressources.
-But many games used such an interface, but because it was a Joystick instead of a proper mouse...it sucked and was often a source of slow gameplay (See [[Hero Quest]]).
+This wasn't so well used on [[Amstrad CPC]] :
+*lack of Mouse :few models existed, not alway compatibles.
+*Expensive on [[Z80|CPU]] ressources or speed : the mouse Pointer is like a sprite and using the Joystick to move it is painfully slow and lack precision.
+As a result, Keyboards short cut may be more appropriate on an Amstrad CPC.
-Yet, interesting stuff were made on CPC :
+But some games used such an interface, but because it was a Joystick instead of a proper mouse... it sucked and was often a source of slow gameplay (See [[Hero Quest]]).
+==GUI Amstrad CPC Games==
+*[[Pirates!|Sid Meyer's Pirates!]] : Joystick pseudo Mouse pointer and menues.
+*[[Hero Quest]] : a Populous like interface.
+==GUI Amstrad CPC OS==
 *[[SymbOS]]
+==Proper Link to CPC related GUI article==
+[[History of Graphical User Interface for the Amstrad CPC]]
-[[Category:CPC GUI]]
+[[Category:CPC GUI| ]]