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






Golden Axe music with a mix of SID (C64) and AY (Amstrad CPC) by Vincent GR

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Some music in a world of brutes, Golden Axe mixed with the SID of the Commodore 64 and the AY of the Amstrad CPC by Vincent GR.

Both tracks had different tempo and pitch so Vincent had to transpose C64 a bit higher to match the tempo with the CPC.

Golden Axe played with the SID (C64) and the AY (Amstrad CPC) by Vincent GR


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LZ48, LZ49 cruncher and decruncher in Z80 asm by Roudoudou

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Roudoudou has released a new cruncher and decruncher in Z80 asm and C source (for the 1st variant, wait a bit more for the 2nd variant). The decruncher is fast and small. So nicely included in a development environment on PC.





Pinball Dreams preview by Batman Group is out for Amstrad CPC

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One of the most waited games on Amstrad CPC is a conversion of a pinball game on Amiga : Pinball Dreams preview by Batman Group.

Opinions are unanimous : very nice port of this Amiga game on Amstrad CPC ! The keys used to play are :

  • Control / shift left for left flipper
  • Enter / backward slash for right flipper
  • Cursor down to launch the ball
  • Space to push the board

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How to repair/calibrate an Amstrad CPC CTM(640/644) monitor by Sylvestre

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First, be aware that if you open your Amstrad CPC monitor, read all the text in french by Sylvestre (Sucres en morceaux) especially the part about the very high tension and direct current (DC), even if your monitor is disconnected from current.

This article will let you repair and calibrate your goold old Amstrad CPC monitor CTM640 or CTM644.





CPCTelera v1.4 (Ronaldo), RGAS v1.2.4 (Lachlank) and WinCPCTelera (Arnaud6128)

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CPCTelera still at v1.4 is a multi platform (Windows with Cygwin, OS X and Linux) development framework for creating Amstrad CPC games in C and assembly. And you can now use WinCPCTelera by Arnaud6128 to test directly your CPCTelera programs on windows without using an emulator or a real Amstrad CPC.

Retro Game Asset Studio (RGAS) v1.2.4 by Lachlank is the next evolution of Amsprite (now defunct). You can create graphics, sound/music and levels for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.



Golden Tail, longplay video HD by Metr81 and preview of covert art

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Golden Tail is a recent Amstrad CPC arcade game by Reidrac.

You can now see a longplay by Metr81 on Youtube of Golden Tail. This video is showing that the command key used for magic is much more useful than I thought (fast moving).

There will be soon a disk physical edition (tape later), a preview of the covert art of Golden Tail is available.


Youtube video