We continue our celebrations of 40 years of the Amstrad CPC with part 2 of our chat with Roland Perry.  This episode dives into the Sinclair acquisition, the transformation of Amstrad after incorporating the Spectrum, the expansion of the CPC line into high-end models, and a peek at some intriguing unreleased prototypes.

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories

42:36 - Roland Perry Interview

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Show notes:

Infogrames revival announced: https://tinyurl.com/mtvjj6ar

Game Boy as FM Radio with new cart: https://tinyurl.com/y7xauz4t

Switch Arcade Racing Dock revealed: https://tinyurl.com/3j9hcnrt

Doom 64 coming to the Dreamcast: https://tinyurl.com/59zwawsf

Phoenix launches on Amiga: https://tinyurl.com/mk635zy3