Most Powerful 8 Bit?

[hedgehog]

Odd question but what was the most powerful 8-bit computer launched?

The most powerful 8-bit CPU was possibly the Motorola 6809E which my beloved Dragon used but the rest of the hardware package wasn't so hot (keyboard was good, MS Extended Colour Basic not bad, but sound and video - bleugh).

Was the SAM Coupe the best 8-bit platform? Or maybe one of the MSX machines?

What do you think?

[thevulture]

Flame war ahoy?

[ismellicecream]

it woz teh speccy.

[Fred83]

pc engine?

[Timothy Lumsden]

no arguement: Vic 20 !

[zerocool]

IMHO - and I've played on them all...

1. SAM Coupe / PC-Engine (A draw)
2. GX4000 / SMS / NES (A Draw)
3. C64 / MSX Turbo II (A Draw)
4. Amstrad / Speccy / MSX (Draw)
5. Atari 800XL / C16 / BBC (A draw)

[thevulture]

Lot of hybrid tech.around using 8-Bit Hardware.

Sam coupe, Amstrad GX4000, MSX Range, Atari Lynx, PC Engine, Hell even the snes had an 8-Bit sound cpu.

[psj3809]

Flame war ahoy?

Hopefully wont be a flame war. I know the Speccy wasnt the most powerful but i didnt care, to me it was the best for playing games. Some computer might have an impressive spec but could be the 'Betamax' of computers where people just went for the mainstream. The BBC always seemed pretty powerful but when it only had a handful of games i didnt give a monkeys !

[zerocool]

Flame war ahoy?

Hopefully wont be a flame war. I know the Speccy wasnt the most powerful but i didnt care, to me it was the best for playing games. Some computer might have an impressive spec but could be the 'Betamax' of computers where people just went for the mainstream. The BBC always seemed pretty powerful but when it only had a handful of games i didnt give a monkeys !

It may surprise you, but I also think it was probably the best for gaming, especially when you consider the sum of its parts. The Amstrad and Commodore still had better versions of some games, but on the whole... the Speccy had the better games i.e. more originals. I still love my CPC to bits though.

[sscott]

This the right forukm for this? Anyhoo, surely the PC Engine was overall the most powerful 8-bit though didn't the graphics chip do most of the work?

[knight_beat]

The PC Engine and GX 4000 may have been 8 bit, but they'd have to be discounted from a list of 8-bit *computers* due to their general lack of keyboard appendage.

[ivarf]

The PC Engine and GX 4000 may have been 8 bit, but they'd have to be discounted from a list of 8-bit *computers* due to their general lack of keyboard appendage.

OK, my vote goes to the Amstrad CPC 6128+ which is a GX4000 and more...

[zerocool]

If were talking about computers only, It's no secret that the Amstrad 6128 Plus model was probably the most powerful 8-bit computer, but man! I've seen some sexy stuff on the Sam Coupe, it was a sight for saw eyes. I think the Sam Coupe edges it?

[Katzkatz]

The almighty bread bin aka the Commodore 64! Not the rubbish white one or the crappy games console version which last for 5 seconds then Commodore scrapped it. No seriously I suppose technically the PC Engine was the most powerful (had the best graphics and sound). The Spectrum probably had the largest selection of games, and the C64 had its superb SID chip. The CPC was technically very good however in school I don't know anyone who owned one. The only time I ever saw them was in Dixons, only in the big branches though, not in my local one.

[Fred83]

street fighter 2 on pc engine was amazing.