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






Axelay's interview by RetroManiac

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One more interview by Retro Maniac, this time about Axelay. As always the interview is bilingual, first in spanish then just after in english, so hit this Page Down key as much as needed.



WIP Transversion by David Moore, an action Amstrad CPC game

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Transversion is an Amstrad CPC by Dave Moore using the CPCTelera library. It's a port of the 1983 Solar-Fox/Gridrunner game originally for the ZX Spectrum.

He is also writing a remake of the great classic Wizardry 1 (originally on Apple 2).





Programming in basic on many computers with ugBASIC by Marco Spedaletti with an IDE (v1.16.2)

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ugBASIC by Marco Spedaletti is a compiled basic which works on many computers including the Amstrad CPC(+). In fact this compiler write the code so a program works whatever the features of the targeted computer, a feature which doesnt exist in hardware will be managed by software. For ugBASIC's github it's here, an official Facebook group of ugBASIC and even an ugBASIC forum.

There is also an IDE for ugBASIC v1.16.2 still by Marco Spedaletti available on Itch.IO for Windows.



SOH Tactics GX by SOHDE, a cartridge game for Amstrad GX4000 and CPC+ (2023)

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After BEARS!, a new cartridge game for Amstrad GX4000, 464+ and 6128+ by SOH Digital Entertainments was released in February 2023 : SOH Tactics GX.

It's a strategy/puzzle game with RPG elements. Don't forget to read the instructions. There is a version 1.1 for real hardware (GX4000 and CPC+) and v1.2 only for WinAPE v2.0b2.

In January 2024, there were still physical editions of BEARS! and SOH Tactics GX. Contact the author on his web site if there is still some and you want one.

The Youtube video of the complete game SOH Tactics GX was made by Amstrad Maniaque.




Urok, an action game for Amstrad CPC by Tartessos Games

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The Cult is an action game for Amstrad CPC (ZX Spectrum and Windows too) by Tartessos Games. It exists in spanish and english versions.

Discover Urok in video by Xenomorph.





ZEsarUX 11, an Amstrad CPC and PCW emulator (other computers too)

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ZEsarUX X is a multi platform emulator, Amstrad CPC and PCW (and many others). You can compile the unix sources directly or get a binary for :

  • linux 32/64 bits
  • Mac OS X
  • Windows
  • Raspberry pi (raspbian)



Galastrad, an Amstrad CPC shoot them up (April 2024)

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Galastrad is a shoot them up for Amstrad CPC in tape, disk and cartridge format, written by :

  • Code ASM & AGD / Quick Intro / SFX : Cyrille "Ayor61" Gouret (GGP)
  • GFX : Maitre Joe GGP
  • Chiptune Musics : SuTeKH / EpyteoR ( 1 intro/ 1 overscan/ 1 Selection Menu / 1 Final Completed Game)
  • Overscan loading screen : SA GGP
  • Second Intro screen Original Artwork ( Galaga enemy ): Sixty Von Stucka

It has been programmed in two days during the AC2024 Show (13th and 14th April 2024).