<s>
The	O
GX4000	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
that	O
was	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Amstrad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
was	O
an	O
upgraded	O
design	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
then	O
still-popular	O
CPC	B-Device
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GX4000	B-Application
shared	O
hardware	O
architecture	O
with	O
Amstrad	O
's	O
CPC	B-Device
Plus	O
computer	O
line	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
concurrently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
CPC	B-Device
Plus	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GX4000	B-Application
was	O
Amstrad	O
's	O
first	O
and	O
only	O
attempt	O
at	O
entering	O
the	O
console	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
months	O
of	O
speculation	O
,	O
the	O
GX4000	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
464	O
plus	O
and	O
6128	O
plus	O
computers	O
at	O
the	O
CNIT	O
Centre	O
in	O
Paris	O
in	O
August	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACE	O
magazine	O
came	O
to	O
a	O
similar	O
conclusion	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
system	O
"	O
puts	O
the	O
other	O
8-bit	O
offerings	O
to	O
shame	O
bar	O
the	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
marketing	O
budget	O
of	O
£20	O
million	O
was	O
set	O
aside	O
for	O
Europe	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
advertising	O
focused	O
on	O
selling	O
the	O
GX4000	B-Application
as	O
a	O
home	O
alternative	O
to	O
playing	O
arcade	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GX4000	B-Application
was	O
not	O
successful	O
commercially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
GX4000	B-Application
games	O
were	O
CPC	B-Device
games	O
repackaged	O
on	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
with	O
minor	O
or	O
no	O
improvements	O
,	O
which	O
lead	O
to	O
consumer	O
disinterest	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
users	O
unwilling	O
to	O
pay	O
£25	O
for	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
game	O
they	O
could	O
buy	O
for	O
£3.99	O
on	O
cassette	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amstrad	O
lacked	O
the	O
marketing	O
power	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
producers	O
of	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
(	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
1990	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
and	O
eventually	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
discussing	O
the	O
market	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
designer	O
,	O
Cliff	O
Lawson	O
,	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
GX4000	B-Application
was	O
technically	O
"	O
at	O
least	O
as	O
good	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
machine	O
faltered	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
games	O
and	O
Amstrad	O
not	O
having	O
the	O
money	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Nintendo	O
and	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GX4000	B-Application
controller	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
popular	O
8-bit	O
gamepads	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
for	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
that	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
only	O
two	O
buttons	O
on	O
the	O
actual	O
pad	O
with	O
the	O
pause	O
button	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
console	O
itself	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
prevailing	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
Atari-style	B-Protocol
9-pin	I-Protocol
connector	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GX4000	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
analog	O
controllers	O
through	O
its	O
specific	O
IBM	O
standard	O
analog	O
controller	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GX4000	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
lightgun	O
through	O
its	O
dedicated	O
RJ11	O
lightgun	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
two	O
games	O
supporting	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
lightgun	O
on	O
the	O
GX4000	B-Application
—	O
Skeet	O
Shoot	O
and	O
The	O
Enforcer	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
distributed	O
with	O
a	O
third-party	O
gun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
all	O
,	O
nearly	O
30	O
games	O
were	O
produced	O
and	O
distributed	O
for	O
the	O
GX4000	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
games	O
were	O
the	O
pack-in	O
game	O
,	O
Burnin	O
 '	O
Rubber	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
RoboCop	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Pang	B-Application
,	O
Plotting	B-Application
,	O
Navy	B-Application
Seals	I-Application
and	O
Switchblade	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
more	O
games	O
were	O
initially	O
announced	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Toki	B-Application
,	O
Kick	O
Off	O
2	O
,	O
and	O
Out	B-Application
Run	I-Application
,	O
but	O
later	O
cancelled	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
failed	O
to	O
sell	O
.	O
</s>
