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On a more positive tone, those speccy ports had the merit to exist, or else Amstrad would have a smaller games catalogue.
It is worth noting that Spectrum ports also existed on [[MSX]], Enterprise64/128, Thomson MO/TO , SamCoupé and C64.
=Reasons=
The [[ZX Spectrum]] shared similar hardware with the Amstrad CPC (see Machine comparionscomparisons).
The Spectrum was very popular and with the CPC having a much smaller market share, it made sense to develop the Spectrum version first and to save on time and money, the Spectrum code, music and graphics were re-used. (A typical port to the Amstrad is said to have been done in 3 days so was financially good).
