Superficially similar to the Atari ST, using the same 68000 processor and similar memory and screen modes, but it had a lot of co-processor and sweet architecture tricks making it a powerful computer, with excellent sound hardware for its time. Many early releases were lazy conversions from the ST that did not fully exploit the above (rather like what the Amstrad suffered with Spectrum ports) but later releases largely did exploit the system.
The A500 was perhaps the most well known emblematic model. Famous Amiga originals released for the CPC include [[Lemmings]], [[Defender of the Crown]], [[Sim City]], [[XenonShadow of the Beast]] and [[Pinball Dreams]].
Although it was great, it was eventually left behind by the PC standard thanks to Commodore's Corporates non sense and failure to develop the design further. This is a kind of sweet vengeance for Amstrad users (who suffered the same thing, thank you Lord Sugar...).