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From 64 Kb to 1 Mb of RAM on an Amstrad CPC 464 by Noël Llopis

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Noel Llopis presents in his new video how he goes from 64 Kb to 1 Mb of RAM on an Amstrad CPC 464.

The expansion card to be used should have been by Revaldino but some components being hard to get, it's finally the card by Rebobinando which has been used.




Caprice Forever v2023-11, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Frédéric Coste for Windows

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Caprice Forever v2023-11 by Frédéric Coste is a modified version of the Caprice emulator (by Ulrich Doewich) for windows (32/64 bit). This version features :

  • Add SSA-1 Speech emulation
  • Add DK'Tronics Speech emulation
  • Improve Tape viewer including PPI audio direct navigation
  • Improve CRTC1 emulation (Thanks to Philippe 'Offset' Rimauro)
  • Fix minor bugs


WIP Goldorak pour Amstrad CPC+ et GX4000 par Zisquier

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Seventy-seven days still to discover Goldorak by Zisquier, Pulsophonic and Titan. It's a shoot them up for Amstrad CPC+ and GX4000.

The video below of Goldorak is an alpha version (4.4.1) eight months ago.





Soon a release of Ghosts of Blackwood Manor by Stefan Vogt, an Amstrad CPC adventure game

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The latest adventure game by Stefan Vogt will be soon released : Ghosts of Blackwood Manor which he is presenting the loading screen on Amstrad CPC. It will be available alson on : C64, C128, Spectrum, Amiga, AtariST, Ms-DOS, BBC, Electron, Apple2, TRS80, Plus4, Mega65 and SpecNext.



Video by Retro Erik showing an ISA bus extension for the Schneider EuroPC (8088)

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Schneider made the Amstrad CPC under licence in Germany. They also did create PC XT like the EuroPC (several models). Retro Erik is presenting an ISA bus extension which he saw in another Youtube video. At the end of the video he is announcing that he is working on an universal ISA bus extension with a friend of the Norway retro community.




Becoming the next Titan with Multipaint 2023.02 ?

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To make so beautiful Amstrad CPC loading screens like Eric Cubizolle (Titan), it's easy, you just need to use the same painting program : Multipaint by Tero Heikkinen AKA Dr. Terrorz, and maybe a bit of talent and mostly a lot of work.

Titan is describing Multipaint as a mmix of OCP Art Studio and Deluxe Paint for windows which offers the possibility of using the resolutions and palettes of a whole bunch of old computers including the Amstrad CPC (mode 0 and 1, overscan possible in mode 0).

Two videos presenting Multipaint (beware they are both from four years ago, so not about the latest version and features) :





Balkanoid by Cassette Pixel Crafters, an Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023

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Balkanoid by Cassette Pixel Crafters is an action Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest.

You can download Balkanoid on its Itch.io page.

Video of Balkanoid by XeNoMoRPH.




Final War by Recreogames, an platform Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023

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Final War by Recreogames is a platform Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest.

You can download Final War on its Itch.io page.

Video of Final War by XeNoMoRPH.





Dive Jely by ChonkyBird, an action Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023

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Dive Jely by ChonkyBird is an action Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest.

You can download Dive Jely on its Itch.io page.

Video of Dive Jely by XeNoMoRPH.




Forms by John LOBO, a puzzle Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023

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Forms by John LOBO is a puzzle Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest.

You can download Forms on its Itch.io page.

Video of Forms by XeNoMoRPH.




Fitzroy Feels the Heat by Awergh, an Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023

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Fitzroy Feels the Heat by Awergh is an action and reflexion Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest.

You can download Fitzroy Feels the Heat on its Itch.io page.

Video of Fitzroy Feels the Heat by XeNoMoRPH.