The issue 24 of RetroMagazine World by Francesco Fiorentini is released in english. There is an article about the Amstrad CPC game The Mandarin II by Mananuk.

Seen by Maitrejoe GGP, you can buy on RetroBoxes some brand new old packing boxes for the Amstrad CPC 464+, 6128+ and GX4000 console.

PunyInform v6.0 by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson is a library written in Inform 6 to create adventure game (pure text, no graphic support contrary to DAAD) using the Z-machine virtual machine which will run on 8bit computers (or more recent computers too). PunyInform has a parser, knowing of common verbs and a framework to write adventure games.

PunyInform is based on the Inform 6 library written by Graham Nelson. Its goal is to make easily adventure games in Inform 6, with a manual describing the differences between the official library and PunyInform.

Games using PunyInform can be compiled in z3, z5 and z8 format (z3 being the best format for 8bit computers, other formats have more features). Compared to the Inform 6 library, it means that there is no support for the Glulx virtual machine but z3 format is important as Inform 6 doesnt support it.

To compile games written with PunyInform, you should use the Inform 6 compiler maintained by David Kinder. Binaries are available on if-archive. PunyInform v6.x needs Inform v6.43(or more).

They are tutorials to write adventure game with PunyInform (end of the page) and all the documentation including a 8 page cheat sheet (quick reference)..

To try your game after compilation, you can use WinFrotz by David Kinder, to create map easily you can use Trizbort.

And finally, to create an Amstrad CPC and PCW disk image, you will have to use the Puddle BuildTools which works under linux, windows 1x with WSL2 or MacOS with Intel processor and OrbStack.

The Mojons Twins have just released an update to their game The Hobbit (Vah-ka's Cut) for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. It's an adventure game, a Zelda like game available in english and spanish. You will have to pay at least 3 euros to be able to download it.

This version 1.1 is available only as tape format for the moment. You will have to wait a bit to get a v1.1 disk version.

Mythos is an Amstrad PCW(+) platform game in 1990 by Eduardo Bellver Castan and Jose Vicente Pons ALFONSO (programmation), Jose QUERAL (graphics). It was edited by Opera Soft.

Enrique G. Gálvez has released Target Renegade for Amstrad PCW(+) in monochrome and 4 colors mode which is available with these two emulators : CP/M Box and ZEsarUX, music and effects with the Dk'Sound, the game is also faster.

Target Renegade is an Amstrad PCW(+) action game in 1988 by Mike LAMB (programmation), Dawn DRAKE (graphics) and Gary BIASILLO (music), with a cover by Bob WAKELIN. It was edited by Imagine Software (a label by Ocean Software).

Enrique G. Gálvez has released two days ago Target Renegade for Amstrad PCW(+) in 4 colors modes which are available with these two emulators : CP/M Box and ZEsarUX, music and effects with the Dk'Sound, joystick support and two players available.

Silk Dust v1.0.3 is a text adventure game by Davide Bucci. This version corrects an important bug which was preventing to finish the second part of the game.

Here is the introduction of the game : Today is April 19, 1907. You, Emilia Vittorini, arrived yesterday in Varenna, on the shore of the beautiful Lake Como. You are hosted at the magnificent Villa Briccorosso; Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing the Silk Road Race, a 10,000km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car. You represent ITA, founded by your father, the company that built the car the Princess just bought to use during the rally. The car is supposed to be delivered today. Your role will be to assist the delivery and make sure everything is perfectly functional.

The Mojons Twins have just released their latest game The Hobbit (Vah-ka's Cut) for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. It's an adventure game, a Zelda like game available in english and spanish. You will have to pay at least 3 euros to be able to download it.

You can see the game in a spanish video by Cepeceros Podcast (activate the subtitles with translation).

A new version of Amspirit, an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows by Dmanu78 is available on his web site. There are 32 and 64bit version. This version features :

• CRTC 3: fixed a bug in the SSR management (ASIC)
• fixed a regression in the CTM emulation
• fixed the v3 snapshot importation
• fixed a bug in the detection of a modified file
• improved support for protected DSK files
• added a configuration option for the "Timelapse" feature, allowing you to customize the function
• various ergonomic improvements

The thread on CPCWiki is here.

A video by Lee COOK about the story of the Trojan Phazer for the Amstrad CPC+ and the GX4000 console.