News about Amstrad CPC, PCW, Notepad NC100 NC150 NC200, PDA600 and also Amstrad PC
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Lexi Forge
Aquanaute
Key: Episode 3 (the)
Campeones
Nodes Of Yesod
Pitfall 2 the lost caverns
New Zealand Story (the) (PCW)
Phortem
Star Trip
Lucan
When The Alan Parsons Project meets the Amstrad CPC and the Amiga
-Fabrizio Radica has written a MOD of the well know instrumental piece of the Alan Parsons Project : Mammagamma (original on the official youtube channel). This track was out on the eye of the sky, released in June 1982 by Arista Records.
You can listen to these three versions of this MOD :
- Amiga on Youtube, download Amiga version
- Amstrad CPC on Youtube using the printer port with Digiblaster, download Amstrad CPC version (both AY and digiblaster)
- Amstrad CPC on Youtube using AY internal sound
Credits : original music by The Alan Parsons Project, conversion by Fabrizio Radica, graphics by Devilmarkus, player by Prodatron, videos Amstrad CPC done with the JavaCPC emulator.
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A speedrun of Trantor by Kukulcan in 4 minutes and 40 seconds on Amstrad CPC
-Trantor is a run and gun released in 1987 on Amstrad CPC, edited by U.S. Gold. It was programmed by David PERRY, graphics by Nick BRUTY and music by David WHITTAKER.
On OursoN Retrogames's youtube channel, Kukulcan is showing a speedrun of 4 minutes and 40 seconds on Trantor.
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SDCC v3.9.0 (C programming for Amstrad CPC) on PC and MacOS
-A new version of the ANSI-C compiler SDCC v3.9.0 is available since the 15th April 2019 for windows, linux and MacOS.
CHIPNSFX (tracker/player) and UZ80 (Z80 assembler) by CNGSOFT
-The last version of CHIPNSFX tracker+player suite by CNGSoft is out since the 3rd October 2019.
There is also a new version of the Z80 assembler UZ80 (10th October 2019).
The 35 trailers of the games for the CPCRetroDev 2019 are available
-You can see the 35 games in competition for the CPCRetroDev 2019 on Youtube.
C Programming on PC and MacOS for Amstrad CPC with z88dk v1.99c
-The last version of the C compilator for PC and MacOS z88dk v1.99c is out since January 2019, more details here.
ISS Emergency, a new adventure game for Amstrad CPC
-Seen on MO5, a new adventure game is out on Amstrad CPC : ISS Emergency, also on ZX Spectrum, Commodore Plus/4 and C64, and PC too.
ISS EMERGENCY has been originally written for the Commodore Plus/4 et C64 by John Whatson, then adaptated by Gareth Pitchford with DAAD converted by Siz for the other 8bit platforms.
The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls, remastered From Original Source Code by Strand Games
-Strand Games has released in 2017 a remastered version of The Pawn, Guild of Thieves and Jinxter by modifying binaries. Since them source code of The Pawn has been found. So it's time for a remastered verion from this original code source which let adding ambient sounds with new adjustable volume, improved sound handling on Linux, item icons and an option to put text below graphics.
For at least 1,49 pound, you can buy the windows (32/64), linux and mac versions of The Pawn. There are also Iphone and Android versions of The Pawn.
Repairing and Servicing a 3" Floppy Disk Drive by Noel Llopis
-If you are interested by the hardware of the Amstrad CPC (and GX4000), you should go read Noel Llopis's Twitter.
His Youtube channel Noel's Retro Lab has at the moment a video about repairing and servicing a 3 inch floppy disk drive.
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