News about Amstrad CPC, PCW, Notepad NC100 NC150 NC200, PDA600 and also Amstrad PC
Prototype of an IDE hard drive working on an Amstrad PCW 9256 by JonB
2017-01-22 18:44 -
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JonB wrote an IDE driver for CPM PLUS on Amstrad PCW 9256, with a hardware prototype.
He wants to know before making boards if other persons are interested. If you are, please click on the source link below (CPCWiki's forum).
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Test of the Amstrad CPC game Yie Ar Kung Fu 2 (Imagine) by ChinnyVision
2017-01-21 20:40 -
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A new video by ChinnyVision on Youtube about Yie Ar Kung Fu 2 is available. This arcade fighting game was out on Amstrad CPC in 1986 by Imagine.
He also tests it on MSX, BBC, C64 and Sinclair Spectrum.
Honestly the game was ugly and not good, whereas the first version was really nice like the arcade game.
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Due to the brexit, an englishman is selling 125 Amstrad CPC tapes for 900 pounds
2017-01-19 23:13 -
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Test of Five a side soccer by ChinnyVision
2017-01-17 21:33 -
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Youtube video
A new interview on NoRecess : Epsilon (Power System, Arkos)
2017-01-17 21:25 -
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Double Dragon 4 on PC (Steam) and Sony PS4 the 30th January
2017-01-16 22:16 -
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A teaser for Double Dragon 4 is available on Youtube. The game will be out the 30th January on PC (Steam) and Sony PS4 console.
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2016 Favourite demoscene productions by 4Sceners and Bitfellas
2017-01-16 21:55 -
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4Sceners and Bitfellas published their favourite demoscene productions for the year 2016 :
3rd place for the best music disk : CPC vs Virgill by TRSI
2nd place for the best game : Pinball Dreams preview by Batman Group
7th place for the best game : Outlaws
CPC vs Virgill by TRSI, an Amstrad CPC music disk (july 2016)
2017-01-16 21:45 -
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BDCIron testing Amstrad CPC games on Youtube
2017-01-16 21:37 -
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Amstrad CPC X-Mass, ACMEDOS and YANCC (by SOS)
2017-01-15 20:57 -
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Everybody knows the hardware interfance X-Mass by ToTO for Amstrad CPC, a MX4 mass storage expansion with 128 Mb of flash for storing files on your beloved computer.
AcmeDOS is an Amstrad CPC ROM which lets you use the Microsoft FAT file system with the X-Mass.
YANCC (Yet Another Norton Command Clone) is a text interface to manage your files on the X-Mass and the AcmeDOS ROM with an interface not unknown to olders : ms-dos and norton (or linux and midnight commander).