News about Amstrad CPC, PCW, Notepad NC100 NC150 NC200, PDA600 and also Amstrad PC








CapriceRPI2 v1.31 by KaosOverride, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Raspberry PI

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The last version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CapriceRPI (v 1.3) by KaosOverride for Raspberry PI is available with a fix for using joysticks. He is working on version 1.4.

This emulator based on the sources of Caprice32 by Ulrich Doewich, can also be compiled on something else than a PI with the following command : make -f makefile.notpi.

Prior to compilation, you must install the following dependances (including SDL v1.2 from memory) :

  • libsdl-ttf2.0-dev
  • libfreetype6-dev
  • libsdl-image1.2-dev




A Colecovision remake of Rick Dangerous by two dangerous unknown people

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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.


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New game by Reidrac : Magica for Amstrad CPC (64 Kb)

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The last game by Reidrac (Juan Martinez) is out : Magica (v1.01 with one less bug), with a loading screen by Vanja Utne, is out. I warn you, it's bad for WAF.

Use Fire to stun the badass, touch them before the stun stops so they transform into a potion. Kill them all to collect all potions to finish the level before time is out.I played a bit, went to level 5 only at the moment.




CDTMaster v3, a windows utility to manage tape images (CDT) for Amstrad CPC

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The windows utility CDTMaster by Oscar Martin exists as v3 since 2015 (works also under linux with mono). It is a Taper like utility, it includes other options like importing files from a DSK, converting files into TZX/CDT blocks (like 2cdt) and convert CDT to WAV (like playtzx).


Youtube video