¶ Technical data
- Manufacturer: Amstrad
- Year of release: 1990
- CPU: Zilog Z80A @ 4 MHz
- RAM: 64 KB
- VRAM: 16 KB
- ROM: 32 K
- Sound chip: General Instrument AY-3-8912, 3 channel stereo
- Resolution: 160x200 to 640x200, 16 sprites, 4096 colors palette - 32 onscreen
¶ Presentation
The GX-4000 is an 8 bits video game console from Amstrad released in 1990. It is built on an Amstrad CPC Plus base and therefore shares the same characteristics as this one.
¶ Emulators
New in Recalbox 10.1: the SugarBox2 core, a new Amstrad CPC/GX-4000 emulator.
Emulator availability per board:
| Emulator | RPI3/RPI02W | RPI4/400 | RPI5/500 | OGA/OGS/RG351 | PC | RG353 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libretro Cap32 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Libretro SugarBox2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Cap32 is the default emulator. Netplay is available with Cap32.
¶ BIOS
No BIOS is required for this system.
¶ Roms
Put your games in:
/recalbox/share/roms/gx4000/
Supported extensions per emulator:
| Emulator | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Cap32 | .cpr .zip .7z |
| SugarBox2 | .bin .cpr .zip .7z |