Frank CPC by rh1tech is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Raspberry Pico 2. It supports HDMI, VGA, and composite-TV output, SD card file browser. PS/2 keyboard, NES/SNES gamepads, optional USB HID (keyboard, gamepad, XInput). Disk (.DSK, .IPF), tape (.CDT), and cartridge (.CPR) loading, audio over HDMI, I2S, or PWM.

Check also at his OS for Pico 2 with a Windows 95 look.

Cadence v2.0 by Abalore is out. It's a multi platform Amstrad CPC emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.

The source code is on this Github depot while you will find the downloads on this other Github depot of Cadence.

Dmanu has just released a light version of his Amstrad CPC emulator Amspirit : Amspirit Lite in 64bit for Linux (soon Raspberry PI too), Windows and MacOS. Amspirit Lite is also available on his Github.

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

And also quite interesting, he has released in 2024 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.

ZEsarUX 13 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)

Cadence v1.4 by Abalore is out. It's a multi platform Amstrad CPC emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.

A new Amstrad CPC emulator is available : 1984 by Salvogendut (see also 1984 on CPCWiki.

But it's not the only program he worked on for Amstrad CPC :

• N4CEWENTERM, an ANSI Telnet Client for Amstrad CPC
• symcmd-settime : uan utility to set time with http under SymbOS
• conv2SGX : an utility to convert pictures to the SGX format used by SymbOS

SBEMU by Crazii is an OPL3 Sound Blaster sound card emulator for DOS and a physical PCI sound card.

Abalore just released his latest project, no more no less than a newémulateur multi platform Amtrad CPC emulator, but only compiled for Linux at the moment. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.

A new version 260516_r007.9 of the Amstrad CPC core for MiST by Renaud Helias is available.

Longshot has released version 1.9 of the Amstrad CPC CRTC Compendium (15th May 2026) 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.

It is possible to check if an emulator is good with the SHAKER tests by Longshot. SHAKER is a program designed to run on CPC machines produced by AMSTRAD in the 80s-90s. The objective of this program is to carry out extensive tests on the video circuits of this machine. These video circuits are the GATE ARRAY and the CRTC 6845. AMSTRAD produced several series of GATE ARRAY and used CRTC models produced by different manufacturers (HITACHI, MOTOROLA, UMC, AMSTRAD). This has been causing compatibility problems on operations that exceed the functional specifications of these circuits. The identified CRTCs are numbered from 0 to 4.

And last, if you like reading, don't hesitate to go check Longshot's blog.

Gemux CPC v0.9 by Fran123 is a new WIP Amstrad CPC emulator, Fran123 started working on it in April 2024 but I missed the news at this time. You can download it on CPCWiki with the above link or directly on Genesis8bit (GEMUX CPC).

Roudoudou has released a new version of his Amstrad CPC ACE-DL emulator just today. See below for the modifications of this new version:

• ability to execute data after load in memory explorer, with or without AMDSOS header (drag inside center box)
• bugfix Memory explorer emulator mapping in Plus mode... (nobody using it? ^_^)
• bugfix regression in keyboard selection for Mac
• added new translations in configuration menu
• added DSK watcher on all drives (see other misc options)
• added CPC+ chunk decoding when loading ACE snapshot
• added CRTC address next to memory address in graphic explorer
• added hardware sprite highlight (in most standard multiplexing cases)

SugarDS is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS and DSi by Nige Rideout. This version 1.5a features :

• DSi now has a full 1024K of extra CPC emulated RAM that does not interfere with the Disk/ROM memory area. DS-Lite still only has 512K of expanded CPC RAM
• Improved Z80 CPU timing - good enough now that I no longer need the old 'CPU Adjust' configuration option which has been removed
• Improved Dandanator support for poor-man 'ROMBOX' functionality. Most game compilation packs now work
• Improved disk swap so the 'ready' signal is delayed a bit which seems to improve Infocom games when swapping in/out the save disk
• Support for a single 16K Extended Upper ROM - name as Sugar06.ROM and place in /roms/bios or in the same directory as the emulator
• Added DIAGONALS as a d-pad option in configuration. General configuration cleanup
• Switched to ParaDOS 1.2 (was using v1.1)
• 1.5a hotfix to fix crash on DS-Lite when loading a new game

And if you are curious and you go check his Github profile, you will see that he has written several other emulators for Nintendo DS and DSi.

SugarDS is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS and DSi by Nige Rideout. This version 1.4 features :

• DSi now double-buffers LCD rendering for smoother performance and syncs to true 50Hz refresh
• Added Favorites system - use SELECT when loading games to toggle between like/love
• Added new 130% rendering speed as a per-game option
• Improved key map handling - all virtual Amstrad CPC keys are now mappable to the NDS keys
• Added vertical jitter handling - improves look of vertical compression making games like Tempest look much improved when scaled
• Improved save state support - AY music is properly restored when loading an old save state
• Added instructions for use on first boot of the emulator
• Switched to O3 optimization for a few more frames of performance
• Lots of other small improvements and cleanups under the hood as time permitted

And if you are curious and you go check his Github profile, you will see that he has written several other emulators for Nintendo DS and DSi.