Harrier Attack Reloaded for Amstrad CPC+ by Christ PERVER was released at the start of 2025. He made a video to explain the creation of Harrier Attack Reloaded.

The last version of the multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v3.0) by Roudoudou is available since yesterday on Github.

This multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC (for linux, windows, and also MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC. It's recommended to use it with the new emulator also by Roudoudou : ACE-DL.

This new version features :

• pre-processing improvement to handle multi-param functions, better string merge
• pre-processing refactoring/cleaning/speed
• new math functions pow, lerp, clamp, fdim, fremain, fmin, fmax, fstep... (see online doc)
• new functions CHECK, DELFILE, READFILE for EDSK directive
• new ZX0 cruncher by Emmanuel Marty which is x30 faster than original implementation
• SAVE on DSK is now using EDSK directive core and is able to update any kind of floppy
• STR directive evolutions (allow bytes inside strings, hex output, but... see online doc)
• simple banking is now supported when assembling to emulator RAM
• enforce memory configuration when recalling a rombank set
• added a warning for empty strings
• bugfix intempestive error with OR and XOR directive
• bugfix octal 0o prefix
• better error messages
• hundreds of new autotests
• added Z80 simulator by superzazu for cruncher autotesting
• documentation is up to date

Xyphoe has made a box cover of the Sonic GX game by norecess464. Don't dowwnload the picture below which is a .WEBP but the link which is the original lossless .PNG.

Ivan AVILA (21Bloques) has released yesterday his lateste Amstrad CPC, a remake of the classic Pitfall 2 the lost caverns initialement sorti sur la console Atari VCS 2600 en 1984. Avec un écran de chargement par Titan. You can see a video of Pitfall 2's gameplay by Xenomorph below.

Ian Scott did create the PicoGUS card emulating the Gravis Ultra Sound sound card (you can buy a PicoGUS in Europe at Serdashop).

He has announced today the future availability of the PicoIDE which features ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. A new card next to the PicoMEM card by Freddy Vetele (the PicoMEM can be bought too at Serdashop).

Even for PC XT (and up), it can be interesting to use SCSI emulation as it exists SCSCI controllers for PC XT : BlueSCSI v2, ZuluSCSI, PiSCSCI.

Bertrand Brocard was interviewed by Génération Micros. Bertrand Brocard did create Cobra Soft with Gilles Bertin in 1983.

The PCW Mini expansion card by Habi Soft let you add more features on an Amstrad PCW computer :

• sound and music DK'Sound, TurboSound and DAC
• two joysticks
• HDMI output
• four colour modes

The New Zealand Story is an Amstrad PCW(+) conversion of this classic game by Enrique G. Gálvez. As usual DK'Sound music and sound support, either monochrome gameplay for standard PCW or PCW+ mode with colours, joystick support and faster scanline mode for classic Amstrad PCW. You can see a video of The New Zealand Story on Amstrad PCW below.

Alien Intruder by Reidrac is a msdos platform game in VGA, starting with the 80286 processor (to be tested though on a 8086 or Nec V30), it was released in 2024. Alien Intruder in physical edition at Polyplay is now available.

The weather is gloomy, with no sun at all. There's not much joy left in your heart, but maybe I have the solution for you: just watch the video the Amstrad CPC for Noobs by Nicolas PREIRE below, and maybe a ray of sunshine will appear behind you.