Phantomas en el Museum by the Mojon Twins is their latest platform game for Amstrad CPC, it was released just today.

Grazia Pizzuto has many videos of music of videos games played on piano, this time it's a video of Bruce Lee on piano.

Modification of this news, contrary as to I wrote first, as Prodatron stated on CPCWiki, SymbOS doesn't need C3 memory mode support to work. But C3 memory support on the PicoCPC card is still an excellent thing.

A second video of the PicoCPC card by Rodrik Studio and FreddyV is presenting some news since the first one, one very interesting feature being that the PicoCPC is the first ever Plug and Play card on Amstrad CPC !

mTCP v2023-01-10 by Michael B. Brutman is a set of TCP/IP applications for personal computers running PC-DOS, MS-DOS, FreeDOS, and other flavors of DOS. mTCP needs a 8088 processor (or +), 96 to 256 Kb of system memory depending on the application, ms-dos v2.1 (or +) and a network card (Ethernet adapter, or a device emulating Ethernet) that has a packet driver.

The source code of NetDrive is available on mTCP's web page. It's a Ms-Dos driver to access a disk image (floppy or hard disk) which on another computer on the local network under windows (10 and 11), Linux (x86 or ARM) and MacOS.

If you go on the mTCP web page, you must know that it's a 41 years old PC Jr which is running mTCP own http server.

Freedos v1.4 is available and there is a version for 8086 with a FAT32 feature! So it should be usable on an Amstrad PC.

Saboteur 2 for Amstrad CPC is a action game by Durell Software in 1987, coded by Clive TOWNSEND and Maz SPORK.

On OursoN Retrogames's youtube channel, OursoN is doing a speedrun in 10 minutes on Saboteur 2.

Rainer has released CPCemu v3.0 (April 2025). It's available for MacOS, Android, iOS, Linux (x86_64 and ARM, included Raspberry Pi) and Windows.

This version provides these new features :

• New GUI
• New debugger/monitor including (re)assembler
• ROM configuration by GUI
• Basic V9990 graphics card emulation (primarily for SymbOS)
• Emulation of Dobbertin HD20 harddisk drive
• Emulation of keyboard clash
• Virtual joystick/mouse left/right handles can be swapped
• New video mode "simple" (should be faster, but that still needs to be proved)
• IPv6 compatibility (only for the web server, not inside CPC via M4)
• Usability of joysticks/game controllers improved
• Mouse emulation (conversion of host mouse) improved, in particular the Symbiface mouse for SymbOS
• Many bugs fixed (in particular compatibility with Windows 11)
• Adjusted to SDL version 2.32.4 (which probably needs to be installed manually on Linux)

A new version of the ANSI-C compiler SDCC v4.5.0 is available since the 28th January 2025 for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

4deKades by Creative People for CPC is a demo for Amstrad CPC written by :

• Tom et Jerry (music)
• Optimus (code)
• Eliot (code)
• Krusty (code)
• m_dr_m (code)
• Voxy (palettes)

SkillTeam by David Programa is a puzzle game for Amstrad CPC, Sokoban like.

It was originally developed by LukaszM for the mobile application Fancade. David wrote first a ZX Spectrum version of SkillTeam one month ago.

AMSTAIR or AMSTrad Antic Internal Ripper v1.1 by Raft McMillan from the TRSi group is a hardware tool made with components from the Amstrad CPC era that allows the display of Amstrad CPC signals. It allow to hack a game in real time, trace code/ports, diagnostic faulty Amstrad CPC (the gerber plan is available to make it), more precisely it allows :

• Display CPC control lines via LEDs
• Slow down your Amstrad at chosen speed
• Freeze mode with step by step functionality : Step on each Clock, DMA access, CPU instruction, port read, port write, Memory access
• Select the IO port you want to scan
• Show address lines in binary and data lines in hexadecimal
• Output the selected data to SOUND (Really?!)
• Digiblaster compatible mode
• DMA read or write in each cpu modes : fast, slow, paused
• DMA can r/w Memory and IO ports
• Selection of DMA address and data via switchs
• Selection of Port or Memory address to intercept via switchs
• Force DMA for dead z80
• CPC or external power supply
• Reset Amstrad

The Mojons Twins are working on a new Amstrad CPC game The Gnomes (The Hobbit Va-la's Cut), it's a Zelda like game.

You will be able to see The Gnomes in a spanish video (activate the subtitles with translation) by Cepeceros Podcast.

3DManiaks2 by Impact is their latest production, an Amstrad CPC+ demo. You can download it on Pouet. You can see 3DManiaks2 sur Youtube (see below).

The demo has been written by :

• Demoniak (code)
• Kris (graphics)
• Ultrasyd (music)

Rainer has released CPCemu v3.0.1 (19th April 2025). It's available for Windows and MacOS (a bit later for Android, iOS and Linux).

This new version is available on CPCEMU's web site.

This version corrects the emulator not starting on most Windows 11 machines. Besides, the setup of the Dobbertin HD20 was flawed. The file for the virtual harddisk was created in the executable directory (which, depending on its location, failed due to lack of write permissions). The new version uses (as originally intended) the folder where cpcemu.cfg is located ("%APPDATA%\CPCemu" in Windows and "Library/Application Support/CPCemu" in MacOS). The virtual HD20 file will be automatically created the first time the HD20 is used (for which the X-DDOS ROM needs to be loaded, e. g. as ROM 5).

Interrupt-CPC is a new Youtube channel about Amstrad CPC demos. His creator made some demos in the past : Interrupt demo I and II. He will make video to explain their code.

The last version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CPCEC by César Nicolas Gonzalez, was released yesterday on the 20th April 2025.

In less than 67 minutes, you will be able to see an interview with Jesús Martínez del Vas, author of a book fist released the 8th November 2019 about the Amstrad history in Spain : Queremos Su Dinero (we want your money). You will learn more about Indescomp, Amstrad Spain and José Luis Domínguez (founder of Indescomp in 1982).

The book is now available as an ebook on Amazon : Lo Increíble : El vendedor de libros puerta a puerta que transformó con Amstrad la informática en España.

For more informations (from 2019) :

• Dolmen (editor of the book)
• El mundo de Spectrum
• Ready And Play
• AUA

Arkos Tracker v3.2.6 by Targhan is available on his web site. This is no longer a beta version, the site has many tutorials. This version is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Intel and ARM).

After CPCBasic unchained and CPCBasicTS unchained, Marco Vieth (author of the first Amstrad CPC emulator CPCEmu) has released LocoBasic five months ago.

LocoBasic is a streamlined adaptation of Locomotive BASIC, designed primarily for calculations. It is lightweight and can run either in a browser or on the command line using Node.js. It has NO GOTO but supports a subroutine style with GOSUB. Line numbers are optional and only needed to start a subroutine or a DATA line for RESTORE.

You can try LocoBasic here.

This new version brings the following features :

• SVG Output
• Examples to check out: Sierpiński triangle, Mandelbrot set, "Little Architect" demo
• Real-Time Clock RSX commandsexample=drawclk
• Also included : syntax highlighting editor for BASIC

Rainer has released CPCemu v3.0.2 (24th April 2025). It's available for Windows, Android and MacOS (a bit later for iOS and Linux).

This new version is available on CPCEMU's web site.

This version corrects the following bugs :

• Android: Lagging hardware keyboard input
• Missing or wrong mapping of some hardware-keyboard keys
• Selection of keyboard layout during setup sets hardware keyboard layout now, too, and configures national ROMs where appropriate
• SymbOS 4.0 boots from disks now
• Fixed bank-switching bug: SymbOS boots with RAM sizes between 128k and 576k now
• M4 board (Windows version): Folders can now be deleted, |CD,".." works now
• M4 board/SymbOS: SD card live mode significantly improved, but still not reliable enough for production use. Caveat emptor! If you have used live mode before please make sure to restore all SymbOS files, they might have become damaged
• Portable version (Windows): ROM paths are relative now

Inufuto is a japanese who write many games, each time for several platforms including Amstrad CPC. He wrote initally Battlot in 2022, this year he is releasing a new version of Battlot for Amstrad CPC+ with hardware sprites. You will find there the Youtube channel of Inufuto.

PunyInform v5.13.3 by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson is a library written in Inform 6 to create adventure game (pure text, no graphic support contrary to DAAD) using the Z-machine virtual machine which will run on 8bit computers (or more recent computers too). PunyInform has a parser, knowing of common verbs and a framework to write adventure games.

PunyInform is based on the Inform 6 library written by Graham Nelson. Its goal is to make easily adventure games in Inform 6, with a manual describing the differences between the official library and PunyInform..

Games using PunyInform can be compiled in z3, z5 and z8 format (z3 being the best format for 8bit computers, other formats have more features). Compared to the Inform 6 library, it means that there is no support for the Glulx virtual machine but z3 format is important as Inform 6 doesnt support it.

To compile games written with PunyInform, you should use the Inform 6 compiler maintained by David Kinder. Binaries are available on if-archive. PunyInform needs Inform v6.35 (or more).

They are tutorials to write adventure game with PunyInform (end of the page) and all the documentation including a 8 page cheat sheet (quick reference)..

To try your game after compilation, you can use WinFrotz by David Kinder, to create map easily you can use Trizbort.

And finally, to create an Amstrad CPC and PCW disk image, you will have to use the Puddle BuildTools which works under linux, windows 1x with WSL2 or MacOS with Intel processor and OrbStack.

AmstradGGP is working on a new project for Amstrad CPC : Mighty Renegades, of course a remake of Renegades, and here comes a screenshot and a video to make you hungry for more :

Turrican est un jeu de plate-forme pour Amstrad CPC sorti en 1990, édité by Rainbow Arts.

Jean-marie has modified Turrican to use 128 Kb, which permits to add music form the Atari ST game.

The link of the download is on CPCWiki.

The Secret of Darren Blake for Amstrad CPC by Atanerus Dog is released today. It's a spanish graphical novel in several parts (video below by XeNoMoRPH). For each screen, you have a picture and some text and you must write a sentence for the aventure to continue. Originally the game is a book written by a friend of Antero MARTINEZ : Jonathan Carrers.

The prelude to this story is as follows : in Rawlins (Wyoming), two brothers who have lived far from their parents make crime their way of life. By chance, they discover that their father, a prestigious scientist, has appeared hanged on his own property. Without hesitation, they decide to go to Arthur (Nebraska) to claim the inheritance that rightfully belongs to them. Due to complicated circumstances discovered there, they decide to investigate their father's death, as they do not believe it was a suicide. Something else must have happened that will endanger the lives of the two brothers.

Batman is a great classic for Amstrad CPC written in 1986 by Jon RITMAN (programmation), Bernie DRUMMOND (graphics) and Mark SERLIN (music). It was edited by Ocean Software.

Enrique G. Gálvez jus released yesterday Batman for Amstrad PCW and PCW+ in 4 and 16 colors modes which are available with the two following emulators : CP/M Box and ZEsarUX.

Grazia Pizzuto has many videos of music of videos games played on piano, this time it's a video of Thanatos on piano.

The last version of multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v2.3.6) is released today on Github.

This multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC (for linux, windows, and also for MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC. It's recommended to use it with the new emulator also by Roudoudou : ACE-DL released today, to get symbols and breakpoints importation and much more.