A new version of the ANSI-C compiler SDCC v4.4.0 is available since the 29th January 2024 for windows, linux and MacOS.

Tribus by Epic Adventures is a new adventure/RPG game written with the DAAD adventure engine. Even if it's a text adventure at start, emphasis is done on the RPG part so less text to read than in an usual adventure game. This game has an open world to discover, several NPC to talk to and missions to do, a lot of enemies with weakness which you must discover, a combat system with statistics and weapons, an adult story. It is recommended to read the documentation which explains the working of the RPG to face the dangers of your mission. The game is free, but if you want to support their authors, you can buy for 2 dollars the thank you pack which includes several elements.

Stefan Vogt has released the Ghosts of Blackwood Manor for Amstrad CPC and PCW the 2nd December 2023. A new release 14 is out, it corrects a bug for all versions, so it is advised to update to this new version.

SymbOSVM by Prodatron and Insane/Rabenauge is available on its web site, it's a virtual machine which goal is to run natively SymbOS on recent 32/64 bits processors.

Star Cadre : Combat Class by Cyningstan Retro">Cyningstan Retro is a game for msdos with CGA card. If you liked Rebelstar 1 and 2 on Amstrad CPC which is a part of the inspiration, then you will like Star Cadre. More informations on the developpment of Star Cadre : Combat Class on the web site.

No dosbox, PCEM or PC XT ? It's not a problem, you can play to Star Cadre : Combat Class by Cyningstan Retro in your internet navigator.

There are also other games on Cyningstan Retro web sites, including two C libraries used for the programming of these games : CGA library and keyboard library.

ESPectrum is a ZX Spectrum emulator for the boards Ilygo TTGo VGA32 and Olimex ESP32-SBC-FabGL. There is now since a few an Amstrad CPC emulator named CPCESP, with a 3D printed packaging by Jose Lopez (other photos). The first software version of CPCESP was released the 7th July 2024 on Github. You can find CPCESP on :

• CPCESP on Facebook
• CPCESP on Twitter

News about No Recess, first an interview done by Dr JVTek, second some news about Sonix GX for Amstrad GX 4000.

Sew Ready is an Ebay seller in the United Kingdom, which is selling covers for retro computers (and their monitors), including the Amstrad CPC range. You can also find Sew Ready on Twitter.

Gunhed TV (David Hecq) is a known french youtubber with some videos on Amstrad CPC.

But it's also the author of the book Marion et les crocodiles d'Amstrad : L'histoire d'Amstrad France recommended by Roudoudou on his Discord. I just received it and I will read it at the end of the week.

Olivier Poncet is the author of an Amstrad CPC emulator : Xcpc v0.52.0 for Linux, BSD and Unix. It doesn't emulate the + models though.

He is talking about how to write an emulator on his web site.

And also quite interesting, he has released last month AYM JS which is a sound chip emulator written in JavaScript emulating the AY-3-8910 PSG (Programmable Sound Generator) and the YM2149 SSG (Software-Controlled Sound Generator). You can test AYM JS here (press the Power button and the Play button). At the moment YM files must be converted to javascript (but the conversion tool isn't available yet), but direct support of YM files is on the way.