Better used as a Text Mode, yet it can be included in a split screen (games).
Because of this Mode, the Amstrad CPC was perhaps one of the 8 bit computer able to display the highest screen resolution in Full Screen (the so called "overscan")...
You have to [[Dithering|dither]] a lot to get a good picture as there are no real colours shades.
Thanks to Mode 2 full screen capability(the so called "overscan")..., the Amstrad 8 bit computer was perhaps the one able to display the higher resolution in the 8 bit range...
(just have to see what Thomson's computer could do in full screen...and scanlines modes too on other formats...)