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Amstrad Graphics Adapter

Hardware entity

Some Amstrad computers, including their PC-compatibles, used embedded video hardware extremely similar to CGA but with added features.

12
games
1
platform
Holiday Lemmings (MS-DOS)
Holiday Lemmings
DOS 1993
Storm (MS-DOS)
Storm
DOS 1987
Passengers on the Wind 2 (MS-DOS)
Passengers on the Wind 2
DOS 1987
Maupiti Island (MS-DOS)
Maupiti Island
DOS 1991
Metal Mutant (MS-DOS)
Metal Mutant
DOS 1991-04
Feud (MS-DOS)
Feud
DOS 1988
The Carl Lewis Challenge (MS-DOS)
The Carl Lewis Challenge
DOS 1992
Lemmings (MS-DOS)
Lemmings
DOS 1991-03
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (MS-DOS)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
DOS 1988
F-15 Strike Eagle (MS-DOS)
F-15 Strike Eagle
DOS 1985
Kobayashi Naru (MS-DOS)
Kobayashi Naru
DOS 1987
Passengers on the Wind (MS-DOS)
Passengers on the Wind
DOS 1987
Most games requiring CGA worked fine on Amstrad video hardware. Additionally, it had fully documented 320x200x16 and 640x200s16 modes that some games specifically supported. It was also similar to Tandy's video hardware that extended the CGA standard. However, the memory map was very different between Tandy and Amstrad, so while a game could use precisely the same visuals for both hardwares, separate drivers within the game needed to be used for each graphics mode.

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Parent group

Computer graphics

Related groups

Hardware
Amstrad PC, Tandy Video II

Games by year

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The first Amstrad Graphics Adapter video game was released in 1985.

Psygnosis, Mastertronic and Infogrames published most of these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS 12

Most common companies

Psygnosis3
Mastertronic3
Infogrames2