It's official as announced by Lord Alan Michael Sugar himself, the company Amstrad (Alan Michael Sugar TRADing) was created 50 years ago, the 8th December 1968 !

Damien Guard wrote an article about 8bit computers fonts, including the Amstrad CPC, and you can download a true type font. So now we know that it is influenced by the PC CGA font !

Jon Ritman, the author of Batman and Head over Heels (and others Amstrad CPC games) was present at the Retro Madrid 2018 and was interviewed (english).

The reality show the Apprentice (UK) with Lord Alan Michael Sugar will open his 14th edition soon. Inscriptions will close on the 29th January 2018.

What are you waiting for ?

The company Amstrad (Alan Michael Sugar TRADing) has been created the 8th December 1968. So at the end of this new year 2018, it will be 50 years of history, which are told in the last issue of the Retro Gamer magazine.

Mr_Lou is active on Amstrad CPC scene, he wrote the game Sort'Em in 2009 (LuBlu Entertainment), programmed with Z88dk and cpcrslib.

Today, he finished the first issue of his 8-Bit Memoirs, a free ebook of his personal 8bit experience (about for example the Philips Videopac G7000, the Amstrad CPC and the Amiga) with more than 5 hours of video, illustrations (by Marlene "BlueAngel" Johansen), screenshots... It's free, but you can buy the physical collector edition for 17 €.

Amstrad CPC Mémoire écrite is an Amstrad CPC web site by Frédéric BELLEC to preserve Amstrad CPC documents, programs, newspapers, etc...

There is also a facebook page for Amstrad CPC Mémoire écrite.

I just discovered on Amstrad.EU's facebook group that Amstrad sold a furniture with a bundled MP-3 analogic TV tuner and CT-1 radio. With the reference to X, the article is coming from the newspaper Amstrad 100%.

A quick internet search didnt permit to find other photos of this furniture, if you have any, I am interested.

May I suggest you to choose this mug to drink your coffee or tea each morning ? 10 pieces only.

Juanito Medina has drawn a nice graphic which you really should take a look at. Hint, check the bottom, no, not the girl...

Edward (JeuxVideo.com) is talking about the Amstrad CPC mascot : Roland in a french short video (about 7 minutes and 30 seconds).

A 30 minutes video on Youtube by Kim Justice about Amstrad and Lord Alan Michael Sugar in english.

David Campbell's video is about the Amstrad CPC 464 which he received for Christmas 1985 with its twelve tapes pack.

Two unknown people going with the name of Fanoplusplus64k and TotOOnTheMoon have written a remake of Rick Dangerous for the game console Colecovision : Risky Rick in dangerous traps, already showed at the RGC 2015 and almost ready at 95% for the RGC 2016 at Meaux.

The next one I see programming on something else than an Amstrad CPC, will copy with his and and pen 1000 times the following words : I must only programm on my lovely Amstrad CPC.

Buenos noche, Cómo está ? Me gusta Mortadelo y Filemón desde mi juventud, y usted ? Hello everyone, I like Mortadelo y Filemón since I am young, a spanish comics by Francisco Ibáñez. A cartoon Agents super zéro will be out on the 2nd november 2016.

It also exists as Amstrad CPC games with youtube longplay by Jgonza :

• Mortadelo y Filemón
• Mortadelo y Filemón II part 1
• Mortadelo y Filemón II part 2