Cadence par Abalore, a new multi platformAmstrad CPC emulator
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Abalore just released his latest project, no more no less than a newémulateur multi platform Amtrad CPC emulator, but only compiled for Linux at the moment. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.
FPGAmstrad on MiST-board verison 260516_r007.9 by Renaud Helias (Amstrad CPC emulator)
Amstrad CPC CRTC Compendium v1.9 by Longshot (May 2026) and his blog
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Longshot has released version 1.9 of the Amstrad CPC CRTC Compendium (15th May 2026) which is a documentation about the CRTC 6845 (and some others circuits). Note that the CRTC is a generic component used in several computers including the IBM PC.
It is possible to check if an emulator is good with the SHAKER tests by Longshot. SHAKER is a program designed to run on CPC machines produced by AMSTRAD in the 80s-90s. The objective of this program is to carry out extensive tests on the video circuits of this machine. These video circuits are the GATE ARRAY and the CRTC 6845. AMSTRAD produced several series of GATE ARRAY and used CRTC models produced by different manufacturers (HITACHI, MOTOROLA, UMC, AMSTRAD). This has been causing compatibility problems on operations that exceed the functional specifications of these circuits. The identified CRTCs are numbered from 0 to 4.
And last, if you like reading, don't hesitate to go check Longshot's blog.
DAAD Ready version B (windows) by Uto to create adventure games
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DAAD Ready version B (05/15/2026) has been released for Windows. DAAD Ready allows you to create a graphical adventure game with DAAD Adventure Writer and create a binary for several 8bit and 16bit platforms including the Amstrad CPC.
For more information on DAAD Ready, follow this link. If you want to create a purely text adventure game, you can use the PunyInform library written by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson.
A speedrun of Little Puff in Dragonland by Kukulcan on Amstrad CPC
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Little Puff in Dragonland for Amstrad CPC is a great classic by Christian URQUHART, Glenn BENSON, Paul JOHNSON, Dave KELLY in 1989 and edited by Codemasters Software.
Programming Amstrad CPC games with Retrodev by TLOTB (Metal Slug mini as an example)
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Retrodev by Astharoth (demo groupe TLOTB) is a software toolchain for windows to develop Amstrad CPC gaes, but later also for ZX Spectrum, C64 and MSX. I invite your to check the Github page to see all the features.