Julio Merino is the author of EndBASIC v0.13.0 (available on github). You can test EndBASIC online at this address.

Why am I writing about EndBASIC ? Well it is an interpreter for a BASIC-like language and is inspired by Amstrad's Locomotive BASIC 1.1 and Microsoft's QuickBASIC 4.5. Like the former, EndBASIC intends to provide an interactive environment that seamlessly merges coding with immediate visual feedback. Like the latter, EndBASIC offers higher-level programming constructs and strong typing.

EndBASIC offers a simplified and restricted environment to learn the foundations of programming and focuses on features that can quickly reward the programmer. These features include things like a built-in text editor, commands to render graphics, and commands to interact with the hardware of a Raspberry Pi. Implementing this kind of features has priority over others such as performance or a much richer language.

EndBASIC is written in Rust and runs both on the web and locally on a variety of operating systems and platforms, including macOS, Windows, and Linux.

SOS vaisseau détresse by PasteLeft Interactive is a new action game for Amstrad CPC in french. On earth there are auto breakdown service when cars are broken, in space they are OVNI breakdown service when space ship have problems ! Type RUN"SOS to launch the game, A to take an help call and R to finish the call. While playing use your joystick or arrows and Copy as the action key. There is a disk and tape version available.

A new version of the ANSI-C compiler SDCC v4.6.0 RC1 is available since the 28th May 2026 for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

Bebofe CPCteleraNext v1.01 by Arnaud Bouche based on SDCC v4.5.0 tjere was CPCtelera by Francisco Gallego based on an older version of SDCC. It's a game engine for Amstrad CPC written in C and Z80 assembler which was used countless of game notably for the CPCRetroDev competition (which has stopped sadly).

For more informations on CPCteleraNext, don't hesitate to go on CPCWiki.

The PicoGX cartridge by Rodrik Studio and FreddyV is available since a moment and the last version of the PicoGX's firmware is the v1.1.4.

Vous pouvez acheter la PicoGX :

• FlameLily (U.K.)
• MicroMiga in France and Europe

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

ABASC v1.2.1 (Amstrad BASic cross Compiler) by Fragarco is a cross-compiler written entirely in Python, with no external dependencies. This makes it highly portable and easy to run on any system that has a standard Python 3 installation.

It is designed to support the dialect of BASIC created by Locomotive Software for the Amstrad CPC series of microcomputers, ensuring that all existing documentation for this language remains fully relevant and useful.

Because ABASC is a cross-compiler that runs on modern systems, it also incorporates several features from Locomotive BASIC 2 Plus, offering a development experience closer to that of contemporary programming languages while preserving the classic style of the original BASIC.

In addition to the compiler itself, the ABASC package includes several auxiliary tools, such as an assembler and disk/tape image packers for generating DSK and CDT files. Full documentation for each tool is available in the DOCS directory, provided in both English and Spanish.

Two programs have been ported with little modifications with ABASC : Sultan's maze and 3D Maze.

Disk Image Manager v2.11.0 by Damien Guard is an application for examining and manipulating disk images in the Standard and Extended DSK format used by many ZX Spectrum, Amstrad PCW and CPC emulators.

New features for v2.11.0 :

• Amstrad CPC screen viewer (modes 0, 1 and 2) with automatic mode detection
• Advanced OCP Art Studio MJH-compressed screen support
• Advanced OCP Art Studio .WIN window support
• Amstrad (Locomotive) BASIC file viewer with syntax highlighting
• Save screen viewer images to PNG or BMP
• Copy disk image path to clipboard

Frédéric MANTEGAZZA and Laurent DIEUDONNE (his cousin) are the authors of an Amstrad CPC game edited by Lankhor : Fugitif. Drawing are by Jean-Paul RENAULT (read the description on CPC-POWER about the drawing, it's interesting), music by Laurent MOLLARD and box cover by Stéphane POLLARD.

It was made in mode 1 using rasters to show more than 4 colors. Frédéric has lost the original source code, so he disassembled the program and commented it (download available).

For more details, read the AMSnews article on the game.

A solution of Fugitif is available if you are blocked somewhere. And you can also check the video by Amstrad Maniaque below.

Frédéric was working sinec 2023 on a new release of Fugitif, to address the main issue of the original game: at the time, he was unable to do anything else during the raster display. The new release will use demomakers tricks to display a hud below the image. This hud will non longer be icons-based, but rather a console, whith a syntax interpreter, as in many adventure games in this era (and something he originaly wanted to do). A version of this WIP remake is available.

The adventure game enging (point & click) Paket is made by Jordi Sureda (graphics) and Santi Ontañón (code). It was first used for a demo : the Escape the ROM game then the episodes 1 to 3 of the game The Key.

A Great Pakete Point & Click Adventure for Amstrad CPC Creation Contest is open (with some rewards for the winner) till the 31th December 2026. The winner will be announced at the end of January 2027.

You can download Paket v1.1.1 on its Github page (compiler and documentation).