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






RGAS v1.2.1 by Lachlank (Development for CPC on PC)

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Retro Game Asset Studio (RGAS) v1.2.1 by Lachlank is the next evolution of Amsprite (now defunct). Using .NET, you can create graphics, sound/music levels for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

New features :

  • Check for newer versions at startup
  • Export level to bitmap
  • Level designer list now supports same functions as sprite list (copy, re-order etc).
  • Option to generate level data in RLE (Run Length Encoding) format
  • Option to output width/height bytes at beginning of sprite data (supports 8BP library/framework 8 bits de poder)




Gary Kildall's memoir (creator of CP/M) available for free

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One year before his death (1994), the creator of CP/M, Gary Kildall, had written his memoirs : Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry, but only available for his family and friends. It's now available for all and for free (see link just above, at the end of the article).



Golden Tails by Juan Martinez (Reidrac), an Amstrad CPC platform game

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Golden Tails is a mostly finished platform game for Amstrad CPC by Juan Martinez (Reidrac). The game is inspired by Japanese folklore.

Game screenshots are available on CPCWiki (see link below).

Juan is also the author for Amstrad CPC of The return of Traxtor and Space pest control.

ALl three games are powered by cpcrslib by Artaburu and PSG Player by WYZ.


Youtube video



The creator of the Logo Language Seymour Papert dies At 88

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Logo is a programming language (logo history, a dialect of LISP) which can be found on Amstrad CPC 664 and 6128 on its CP/M disks. His creator the professor Emeritus Seymour Papert dies at 88 (other authors of logo : Daniel G. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon).

Another article on Seymour Papert.

By the way, the LEGO company named its Mindstorms robotics kits in recognition of Seymour Papert's seminal book : Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas (ISBN 978-0465046744).



Jewel Warehouse by EgoTrip, a platform/reflexion game for Amstrad CPC

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Jewel Warehouse is a platform/reflexion game for Amstrad CPC written by EgoTrip. It use the development framework CPCTelera.

I havent finished it yet, but it is fun to play. Difficulty isnt too hard.

There is also a Nintendo DS version of Jewel Warehouse.

Another video of Jewel Warehouse finished by GiorVarm.


Youtube video



Joyce v2.2.9 by John Elliott, an Amstrad PCW emulator

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Joyce v2.2.9 by John Elliott (unix and windows) adds support for the Electric Studio light pen.

Be aware than his web domain has changed, please update your boorkmark.




Demo available of Adios a la casta 2 by 4mhz

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After Adios a la casta, here is a demo version of the platform game Adios a la casta 2 by 4mhz, a spanish team. They also wrote Sardina forever.

Adios a la casta 1 and Sardina forever are available in a physical package on 4mhz's shop.


Youtube video