It is known affectuously as the "Speccy".
It was in many respect like the Amstrad to the point that so many Amstrad CPC games were in fact ZX Spectrum ports : the shamefull [[Speccy portPort|Speccy ports]].
The main difference between those 2 systems was the Video Display method.
CPC's [[Speccy portPort|Speccy ports]] were not alway that bad.
Somme of them managed to be quite good despite all.