Poll: Amstrad versus Spectrum Versus C64 ! - Retro Thread

In your opinion which was the better system and why?

  • Amstrad

    Votes: 41 13.4%

  • Spectrum

    Votes: 116 37.9%

  • C64

    Votes: 128 41.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 21 6.9%
  • Total voters
    306
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Amstrad C6128 with Colour monitor, it was awesome at the time.

Before that i had an Acorn Electron and after it i had an Amiga A500.
 
I had a C16 a C64, a Amstrad CPC464, a ZX81, a Spectrum 48k, a Spectrum 128K and out of all of those, the C64 was tops by a mile. Daley Thompsons Decathlon and Elite were just awesome.

Anyone who says the Spectrum was better, I will meet you in the playground at lunch time for a bundle :D
 
Speccy for me. Many happy memories writing my own code or entering code from a book in order to make a game.
 
C64 was best overall as it had custom chips which allowed it to produce amazing sound & smooth scrolling & animation.

Atari 800 deserves an honourable mention though it had a better colour palette & several exclusive games like Pitfall2 Adventurers Edition. But the disk drive & tape loading speeds were atrocious as Atari used the wrong parts to save money as their CEO at the time did not understand the difference it would make.
 
C64 for me as my brother had one. Favourite game was probably Dr Destructo, such a simple concept but good fun.
 
C64 for me was an upgrade from vic-20. Even though all my friends had the ZX, i asked for the C64 because I knew it was better! ;)

Also I hated the rubber keys of the spectrum. :mad:
 
C64. No contest.

Better sound, better coloured sprites.

(For those who don't know, sprites are what we had before the advent of 3D :p)
 
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