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The CD-i received heavy criticism for its lackluster games.

The CPC+ range fared little better, as 8-bit computers had been all but superseded by similarly priced 16-bit machines such as the Amiga, though software hacks now make the advanced console graphics and sound accessible to users. Fewer than thirty games were released on cartridge, and the GX4000's failure ended Amstrad's involvement in the video game industry. Many of the games are direct ports of existing CPC games (available more cheaply on tape or disc) with few if any graphical improvements. However, only a few months later the Mega Drive, a much-anticipated 16-bit console, was released in Europe, and the GX4000's aging 8-bit technology proved uncompetitive.

This comprised the Amstrad CPC+ computers, including the same features as the existing CPCs, and the dedicated GX4000 console. In 1990, Amstrad attempted to enter the console video game market with hardware based on its successful Amstrad CPC range but also capable of playing cartridge-based games with improved graphics and sound. Main articles: Amstrad GX4000 and Amstrad CPC § The plus range Originally released at US$159, Sega dropped the price to $99 in only a few months and ultimately cleared the remaining inventory at $19.95. In part because of this, and also to rush the 32X to market before the holiday season in 1994, the 32X suffered from a poor library of titles, including Mega Drive/Genesis ports with improvements to the number of colors that appeared on screen. Nevertheless, the console failed to attract either developers or consumers as the Sega Saturn had already been announced for release the next year. Unveiled by Sega at June 1994's Consumer Electronics Show, the 32X was later described as the "poor man's entry into 'next generation' games." The product was originally conceived as an entirely new console by Sega Enterprises and positioned as an inexpensive alternative for gamers into the 32-bit era, but at the suggestion of Sega of America research and development head Joe Miller, the console was converted into an add-on to the existing Mega Drive/Genesis and made more powerful, with two 32-bit central processing unit chips and a 3D graphics processor. 2.24 Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal.1.3 Amstrad GX4000 and Amstrad CPC+ range.