Longshot has released version 1.2 of the Amstrad CPC CRTC Compendium (July 2022) which is a documentation about the CRTC 6845 (and some others circuits). Note that the CRTC is a generic component used in several computers including the IBM PC.
This version has 226 pages, whereas v1.1 has only 173.
Debris, an Amstrad CPC demo by Pulpo Corrosivo
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Pulpo Corrosivo has released Debris for the Amstrad CPC, a 4 Kb demo for the anniversary of Hicks. The code was written by Toms, music by Targhan and graphics by Barjack.
W.I.P. Picogus by Ian Scott, give a G.U.S. sound card to your PC XT/AT
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If there is a Twitter account you should follow, it's Ian Scott who is working on a clone of the mythic sound card Gravis Ultra Sound with a Pico of the Raspberry foundation. Give some love to your Amstrad PC XT/AT ! Otherwise you can try to buy a real one, but you will have to sell your house first. For more informations you can go to Vogons.
New loading screen for the Tank game by Alexandre Nauguet
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After Eric Cubizolle (Titan) who made several superb new loading screens for Amstrad CPC game, it's the turn for Alexandre Nauguet who made this beautiful loading screen for the game Tank by Choice Software in 1987 (edited by Ocean Software), the original screen is the following :
And here is the new one which keeps the original informations :
ùCPM issue 1, a new french Amstrad CPC paper zine by Titi
It was created with an Amstrad CPC 6128 with colour screen and gotek drive, with the Micro Design+ software. Illustrations were done with the VIDI digitalizer.
Next issue should be released this fall.
Two Amstrad CPC games by Antero Martinez
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Two new recent Amstrad CPC games written by Antero Martinez :
Amspirit v0.677b, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Dmanu78
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A new version of Amspirit, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Dmanu78 is available on the System.CFG forum for windows. There is a 32 and 64bit version. Reading all the thread is a good idea if you didnt read it already as it's a complete genesis of this emulator.