Jose Javier Garcia Aranda will release in a few days a new version of 8BP v34 (8bits de poder : 8bits of power), a RSX library to write Amstrad CPC games in basic (26 Kb max). You can download 8bp on github.
From time to time, an article not about Amstrad computers, well till 1986 when Amstrad bought the computer part of Sinclair Research.
OSNews mentions an interesting article about the making of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, its colour clash and graphics engines like Nirvana+ which allow nice games without this colour clash like Gandalf released in 2018 (see the video below).
An article of the Retro Gamer (April 2018) issue will let you learn more about the making of the Amstrad CPC game Total Eclipse (Incentive, 1988) which uses the 3D engine Freescape.
Boris (Boris360 on Twitter) is working on a Cauldron 1 remake on MAC (eventually also on Android and iOS as he is using Xamarin Forms).
The Dawn of Kernel by Reidrac is a shooting game inspired by Cybernoid, Starquake, Jet Paco, and some more ideas. You can download it right now. It is available as a physical edition on Polyplay.
A first teaser appeared on the 3th April on Twitter, and no it's not faked news. Toki is a work in progress by two frogs. It wwill be released first on Amstrad CPC 6128 (forget 64 Kb CPC without memory extension) then a bit later on CPC+ (CPC+ version canceled finally).
Toki for Amstrad CPC wont use the hardware to the maximum but will have all graphics, monsters and levels. The sound part and programmation are well advanced.
Their twitter has messages in french, english and spanish !
Jorge Azpiri, nephew of Alfonso Azpiri (a great illustrator who died in August 2017) has been interviewed by Un pasado mejor (spanish). He made the graphics for the Amstrad CPC Navy Moves game (Dinamic) and for other 16bit Topo Soft games (Lorna, Viaje al Centro de la Tierra, Titanic).
Babaliba is a game originally out on ZX Spectrum. In 2014 it was presented at the RetroMadrid in a beta version (check the video) still at the start. Then the development froze at a moment, but a message from one of the two developpers on the 10th February 2018 stated that the project is on the move once again and that news will be given as soon as possible.
The Dawn of Kernel by Reidrac is a shooting game inspired by Cybernoid, Starquake, Jet Paco, and some more ideas. The web page of the game is up (see above), and is already available as pre-order at Polyplay.
As stated yesterday, Cliff Townsend, the original author of Saboteur is working on Saboteur 3.
But, between 2010 and 2012 a french wrote as an hommage a Saboteur 3 in GFA basic on Atari ST. The program and the sources are available on official site of this unofficial game.
Pink Pills - Manic Moritz and the Meds for ZX Spectrum is a work in progress for Amstrad CPC by Sebastian Braunert and Uwe Geiken, with music by The Shining. AGD by Jonathan Cauldwell is used for writing the game.
3D Fight is a shoot them up in 3D on Amstrad CPC by Vincent Baillet (code) and Michel WINOGRADOFF (music). It's a great classic that I finished if my memory is good. You can find an interview in french in the issue 19 of Pix'n Love.
You can see two videos :
The original music of the Amstrad CPC game Platoon is written by David Whittaker, and it is played on a synthetizer by CPC Moments.
The original music of the Amstrad CPC game Prohibition is written by Charles Callet, and it is played on a synthetizer by CPC Moments.
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