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

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.

UPX v5.2.0 by The UPX Team is an executable compressor for several operating systems including ms-dos. It is very useful notably on PC XT where disk space was limited, whatever 5,25 or 3,5 disks or on hard disks. At the time of my Amstrad PC 1512, I was using Lzexe by Fabrice Bellard (who also owned an Amstrad PC 1512 DD), Diet by Teddy Matsumoto, PKLite by Phil Katz (PKWare) then later UPX.

Olivier Poncet is the author of an Amstrad CPC emulator : Xcpc for Linux, BSD and Unix. It doesn't emulate the + models though.

And also quite interesting, he has released in 2024 AYM JS which is a sound chip emulator written in JavaScript emulating the AY-3-8910 PSG (Programmable Sound Generator) and the YM2149 SSG (Software-Controlled Sound Generator). You can test AYM JS here (press the Power button and the Play button). At the moment YM files must be converted to javascript (but the conversion tool isn't available yet), but direct support of YM files is on the way.

ZEsarUX 13 is a multi platform emulator, Amstrad CPC and PCW (and many others). You can compile the unix sources directly or get a binary for :

• linux 32/64 bits
• Mac OS X
• Windows
• Raspberry pi (raspbian)

Mananuk (sur Twitter) has released the Dark Knight on Amstrad CPC in 2024. At the end of 2025, you have a new loading screen by Titan, and the game is also available for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

Arkos Tracker v3.6.0 by Targhan is available on his web site. The site has many tutorials. This version is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Intel and ARM).

This v3.6.0 brings ST-SID support and more.

Cadence v1.4 by Abalore is out. It's a multi platform Amstrad CPC emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.

Frank CPC by rh1tech is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Raspberry Pico 2. It supports HDMI, VGA, and composite-TV output, SD card file browser. PS/2 keyboard, NES/SNES gamepads, optional USB HID (keyboard, gamepad, XInput). Disk (.DSK, .IPF), tape (.CDT), and cartridge (.CPR) loading, audio over HDMI, I2S, or PWM.

Check also at his OS for Pico 2 with a Windows 95 look.

Cadence v2.0 by Abalore is out. It's a multi platform Amstrad CPC emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.

The source code is on this Github depot while you will find the downloads on this other Github depot of Cadence.

Dmanu has just released a light version of his Amstrad CPC emulator Amspirit : Amspirit Lite in 64bit for Linux (soon Raspberry PI too), Windows and MacOS. Amspirit Lite is also available on his Github.

It is released, the Amstrad CPC+/GX4000 version of Bomb Jack by Anthony Flack after the revisited version in mode 1 : Bomb Jack Extra Sugar in 2025.

Lunke8086 is working on an operating system for old PC as a hobby. The goal is a monolithic OS for retro hardware with a GUI. There are two versions :

• GentleOS/16 : at minimum, it only requires an 8086+ CPU, 192 KB of RAM, and a CGA display supporting 320x200x4 mode, qui supporte CGA/VGA, clavier et haut-parleur. Check on which computer it runs just below (not mine)...
• GentleOS/32 : at minimum, it only requires an i386 CPU, 4MB of RAM, and a VGA display capable of 640x480x16 mode. It supports VGA/SVGA, keyboard, PS/2 mouse, serial mouse and PC speaker.

The goal it to corrects bugs, optimize and add new GUI applications.

Sekai Tensei is a WIP shoot them up for Amstrad GX4000 and CPC+, the author is french (see video below) but his name is not showed in the Amstrad Power article.

Sekai Tensei will have 7 levels, 2 difficulty modes with a different end each. There will be two game modes : missile command and classic shoot them up latéral. His author is working on it since several months and the release date isn't yet announced. It will be out as cartridge format, a different cartridge depending of the targetted format : Amstrad GX4000 and CPC+.

The last version of the multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v3.2.5) by Roudoudou is available today on Github.

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

CP/M Box by Habi Soft is an Amstrad PCW emulator available in version 1.12.0 since the 10 June 2026..

The PicoZ80 by Engineers@work is un replacement of the Z80 using a Raspberry Pico 2. It features a faster CPU, more memory (ROM/RAM banking), virtual devices, networking (WiFi, BT thanks to an ESP32), rapid application loading from SD card and WiFi management.

It is possible to configure the PicoZ80 with a .JSON file to adapt to the host machine, already working for the Sharp MZ-700 (and later for the MZ-80A, MZ-80B, MZ-800 and other Sharp computers) and the Amstrad PCW 9512 since yesterday (and certainly the other PCW models). I suppose it isn't impossible to target later the Amstrad CPC.

Super Cableman is an Amstrad CPC action game by Titan (graphics and programmation), Pulsophonic (music), Retropoke (test) et Kukulcan (programmation). The game was at the start a 2 lines basic program, now a full game with several levels (last one is randomly created).

Claude GUILLEMOT one of the 5 GUILLEMOT brothers who created the Ubi Soft company in 1986 sadly died in a plane crash on the 19th June 2026. Requiescat in pace

Michael B. Brutman has released a new version of NetDrive which is driver to access a disk image (floppy or hard disk) located on another computer on the local network under windows (10 and 11), Linux (x86 or ARM) and MacOS.

He has also corrected a bug in EtherSLIP which allows Ethernet via a serial port. You can read how he has corrected this EtherSLIP bug.

Chiller for Amstrad CPC is a platform game written by Ed HICKMAN in 1985 and edited by Mastertronic.

On OursoN Retrogames's youtube channel, Kukulcan is doing a speedrun on Chiller after correcting bugs preventing finishing the game.