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Connecting a Bluetooth module to the Amstrad CPC Booster+ (made by Antitec) by Octoate
-There is an interesting article on Octoate which shows how to add a bluetooth module on the CPC Booster+ made by Antitec.
Informations, software and manual for the CPC Booster+ are available on CPC Wiki.
GrafX2 v2.4 WIP, a graphical bitmap editor by Pulkomandy
-A work in progress version of GrafX2 is available to draw "mode 5" pictures for Amstrad CPC.
GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program inspired by the Amiga programs Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. Specialized in 256-color drawing, it includes a very large number of tools and effects that make it particularly suitable for pixel art, game graphics, and generally any detailed graphics painted with a mouse. The program is mostly developed on Linux and Windows, but is also portable on many other platforms.
Les tuniques bleues : nord vs sud is now available on Iphone/Ipad
-As announced in march, the remake of the Amstrad CPC game is now available on Iphone and Ipad under the name Tuniques bleues : nord vs sud.
There are 2 versions, the first one at 1,99 € and the other one at 2,99 €, I couldnt see at first glance their differences.
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Uwol 2 Quest for money, an Amstrad CPC platform game by the Mojons Twins
-Talking about the Mojons Twins, I went to their web site and found their latest Amstrad CPC game : Uwol 2 Quest for money.
As usual, you can also download the source of the game if you are curious.
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an iOS program : ZX Nostalgia Arcade edition volume 1 : The Mojons Twins
-Looking on Itunes in the apps store with the Amstrad keyword, I was surprised to see an iOS application written by Manuel F. Garcia CABELLO (ZX Nostalgia Arcade edition volume 1 : The Mojons Twins) which let you playing several game written by The Mojons Twins, who are prolific authors of ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC games.
Nightshift, an Amstrad CPC music compilation by Mr_Lou
-Nightshift is a compilation of 11 musics by Mr_Lou, artwork by BlueAngel, code by Kevin Thacker (aka arnoldemu) and catart by tastefulmrship.
Samdisk v3.3 by Simon Owen, disks tranfers on PC
-SAMdisk v3.3 by Simon Owen is out.
The utility supports transfers between floppy disks and disk images, and is designed to work with almost any soft-sectored disk format compatible with the PC floppy controller, including some copy-protected formats.
Low-level floppy device access requires the fdrawcmd.sys driver to be installed.
Version 3.3 (2012-06-14) ------------------------ - Added built-in support for zipped and gzipped files - Added support for repairing 8K sectors with bad CRCs - Added support for raw hard disk images - Added identify device data reading, where available (non-USB) - Added --hdf to force HDF version (10 or 11), with v1.1 now the default - Added --no-identify to ignore source identify data - Added --no-cfa to suppress CFA festures in generated identify data - Enhanced identify to include CHS/LBA28/LBA48 sector counts and CFA - Enhanced verbose disk list to show serial+firmware and MBR partitions - Changed disk list to show all devices by default, not just BDOS - Fixed repairing to blank target tracks, with new density check - Fixed HDD access beyond 4GB boundary, extended -s range to 2TB - Fixed SAD image writing with custom sector sizes - Fixed status messages being written to log and not erased correctly - Improved FDC integrity checks during sector reads, for suspect hardware - Improved total sector count to CHS mapping
Interview of Prodatron - SymbiosiS by NoRecess
-NoRecess is still working on a secret project since last december, about at 40% completion, which should be available for next xmas.
In the mean time, you can go on his web site to read an interview of Prodatron - SymbiosiS, the author of demoes and the Amstrad CPC multi-task GUI SymbOS.
European Soccer Challenge on Amstrad CPC, review and longplay by Xyphoe
-European Soccer Challenge is an Amstrad CPC soccer game created by Fun Factory and published by Edos in 1989.
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