Distributor: Acorn

Manufacturer:Acorn

Released: Europe 1987

Units Sold: Not Known

RS: 3/2

Expect to pay: 50 GBP

List of games available at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Acorn_Archimedes_games

Best Fan Site:

http://acorn.revivalteam.de/

General Info:

The Archimedes was one of the most powerful home computers available during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Archimedes won significant market share in the education markets of the UK, Ireland and Australia; the success of the Archimedes in British schools was due partly to its predecessor the BBC Micro and later to the Computers for Schools scheme organised by the Tesco supermarket chain in association with Acorn, and most students and pupils in these countries in the early 90s were exposed to an Archimedes or A-series computer. Outside of education, despite a technical edge the Archimedes only ever met a moderate success, becoming a 'minority' platform outside of niche markets (not unlike the Apple Macintosh). Niche markets included professional work such as radio, medical and railway station management and music publishing.

Top 10 Must have games:

Repton, Sensible Soccer, Quake, Lemmings, Zool, Sim City, Cannon Fodder, Chuck Rock, James Pond,Speedball.

Technical Specs:

Its main CPU was faster than the 68000 microprocessors found in the more popular Atari ST and Commodore Amiga machines. "An 8 MHz 68000 had an average performance of roughly 1 MIPS." The 8MHz ARM2 yields 4.5-4.8 MIPS in repeatable benchmark tests.

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