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A Speccy Port or Spectrum port is the name given to a game which has been converted directly from the Sinclair Spectrum with little or no changes to the Amstrad CPC. Often the Amstrad version ended up fairing worse than the original Spectrum version(though some games actually ended up pretty decent).

The [[ZX Spectrum]] shared the same CPU as the Amstrad and had a simple graphics display. The Spectrum was very popular with the Amstrad having a much less smaller market share.

To "gain" save on time and money, the Spectrum code was re-used.

The Amstrad screen was reduced in size to match the Spectrums Spectrum's and often most of the colour was removed. Most spectrum ports were done in [[Video modes|Video Mode 1]] (4 colour mode), because the resolution of this mode matched the resolution of the Spectrum, and this allowed the use of the same graphics.

Speccy port was ports were also seen on the [[MSX]] and Enterprise.

Some games actually ended up pretty decent. But so many Most of them got theyr their graphic totally unchanged, displaying some kind of colour attributes "artefacts", proof of the faulty portage.

The serious Serious games company companies often released their games on multiple Games Platform Platforms (=Computers or Consoles). Many aimed mostly at their home market, as Europe and product Exportation/distribution from foreign countries weren't well established at the time. This result in different priorities concerning the games development from countries to countries.

As British Market was dominated by SpeccyMany aimed mostly at their home market, as their presence in Europe and overseas markets wasn't well established at the CPC had time, leading to deal with more Speccy ports than needed.different priorities:

As British Market was dominated by Speccy, the CPC had to deal with more Speccy ports than needed. But in a country such as France (and Speain too) were or Spain where the CPC was the Dominant dominant 8 bit machine, Developpers developpers used different method.