News about Amstrad CPC, PCW, Notepad NC100 NC150 NC200, PDA600 and also Amstrad PC







Head over Heals enhanced by Habi Soft for Amstrad PCW (April 2025)

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Head Over Heels enhanced is an enhanced version of Head Over Heels first released in 1987 on Amstrad CPC and PCW (monochrome of course, 4 colors for this version), édited by Ocean Software and made by Jon RITMAN, Bernie DRUMMOND, F. David THORPE and Bob WAKELIN. It was ported on Amstrad PCW by Habi Soft with colour support and some optimized routines .


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Amspirit v2.0 RC1, an Amstrad CPC(+) emulator by Dmanu78

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A new version of Amspirit, an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows by Dmanu78 is available on his web site. There are 32 and 64bit version.

This version features :

  • Amstrad CPC+ emulation
  • Cartridge file management (.CPR)
  • Support for an additional floppy disk drive (B)
  • Added timelapse function
  • Support for writing script files (.CSL)
  • Various fixes for CRTC 0, 1, 2, and 4 emulation
  • Improved CTM emulation
  • Improved FDC emulation
  • Emulation engine optimization
  • Keyboard Clash support
  • New online commands added
  • Improved support for additional ROMs
  • Various ergonomic improvements

The thread on CPCWiki is here.



AY (ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST) Computer Sound Chip Emulator v3.0

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The ZX Spectrum Computer Sound Chip Emulator v3.0 (December 2024) by Sergey Bulba is available, it's an utility for windows and linux to listen to many music format files, including .YM, .AY and .AYM music files.



New firmware v3.1.0 for the Picogus by Ian Scott for your ISA PC XT/AT

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Ian Scott has released a new firmware v3.1.0 for his ISA card PicoGUS which supports the sound card Gravis Ultra Sound (and much more).

Since v3.0, it also supports CD-ROM emulation ! The new firmware can be downloaded on Ian Scott's Github.



SugarDS v1.2, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS and DSi (and more)

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SugarDS v1.2 is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS and DSi by Nige Rideout (github). This version features :

  • Less pops clicks when going in/out of selecting games
  • Cleaner/Faster Disk Writes (less pause, better "DISK WRITE" notification)
  • Improved Z80 timing - found a few more instructions that needed timing tweaks
  • Improved CRTC emulation - fixed regression on Pinball Dreams, etc. Back to emulation of Type 3
  • Fix for two-sided drive signal for FDC (nothing seemed to be affected by this... but better to be accurate)
  • Improved pan/scan for Mode 2 - auto-center and smoother scroll
  • Improved offset handling - cleaner 1 pixel move and faster press-and-hold
  • Added ESC as a possible key map

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.





Classic Adventurer issue 12 is out by Mark Hardisty, about adventure games

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Classic Adventurer is a newspaper about adventure games by Mark Hardisty. Last issue number 12 just got released. As usual you can buy it printed or download it for free in PDF format..



The flamboyant fiasco of the Amstrad GX4000 by David Hecq

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Gunhed TV (David Hecq) is a known french youtubber with some videos on Amstrad CPC.

His last video 5 days ago is about the flamboyant fiasco of the Amstrad GX4000, to be compared to the video on the same subject : Histoire d'un Flop : les Amstrad 6128 plus, 464 Plus, et la GX 4000 by Générations Micro in December 2024.

David HECQ is also the author of the book Marion et les crocodiles d'Amstrad : L'histoire d'Amstrad France recommended by Roudoudou on his Discord. I did read it and it's a good one.


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