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







CPCGamesCD updated (27th May 2025)

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CPCGamesCD is a live CD by MiguelSky with emulators and the NVG Amstrad game collection. It has been updated on the 27th May 2025. You can also download CPCGamesCD on Itch.io.

  • Includes frontend, new CPC Loader 3.2 by TroelsK
  • Includes NVG games update 23.05.2025
  • Includes NVG maps update 23.05.2025 and more
  • Includes NVG apps update 23.05.2025 and more
  • PCW games update (285 games). Thanks, PCWWIKI
  • Includes Snap-Pack by MiguelSky (5569 images)
  • Added version 3.0.2 of JavaCPC Desktop emulator
  • Added 14.02.2025 of Caprice32 emulator
  • Added version 3.0.2 CPCemu emulator
  • Added version 1.10.0 of PCW emulator


Turbo Rascal SE v0.19, Pascal programmation for Amstrad CPC, 8086 and more

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Turbo Rascal SE (TRSE) v0.19 (spring 2025) is out. It's a complete suite (IDE, compiler, programming language, image sprite level resource editor) intended for developing games/demos for 8 / 16-bit line of computers, with a focus on the MOS 6502, the Motorola 68000, the (GB)Z80 and the 8086. TRSE supports application development for the C64, C128, VIC-20, PLUS4, NES, Gameboy, PET, ZX Spectrum, TIKI 100, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, 8086AT, Amiga 500 and the Atari ST 520 (complete list here). With the benefits of a modern IDE (error messages, code completion, syntax highlighting etc) and a bunch of fast built-in tools, it has never been easier to program for your favorite obsolete system !

You can join the TRSE group on Facebook.

The video below is a gorgeous Amstrad CPC demo programmed with TRSE : Morketid, a very good one in my personal opionon.



Coverbook by Barjack (Praline Editions), how to pimp your Amstrad CPC game boxes

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You have Amstrad CPC game boxes but they are getting old and you want give them a new life with a new cover in a new box ? Then Coverbook by Barjack (Praline Editions) is for you. For more informations, I invite you to see the Youtube video below, pre-ordre your Coverbook as it will cost you less.


Youtube video



Fuzix v0.5.1 alpha 2 (unix clone) for Amstrad CPC 6128 by ajcasado

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Ajcasado has released Fuzix version 0.5.1 alpha 2 for Amstrad CPC 6128 (original by Alan Cox).

It's a new linux like operating system for the Amstrad CPC which can handle upto 1024 Kb of RAM.



SugarDS v0.9, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS and DSi

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SugarDS v0.9 is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS and DSi by Nige Rideout (github). This version features :

  • Fix disk write-back so it doesn't potentially corrupt a .dsk file! Sorry about that
  • Improved save/load state so it preserves Dandanator carts and Extended Memory > 128K
  • More robust CRTC handling to fix games like Hypernoid Zero, Galactic Tomb 128K and Bomb Jack Extra Sugar
  • You can now put [[cmd]] in the title of the .dsk file to force a RUN command
  • Other cleanups, minor timing improvements and fixes as time allowed


Speed Racer by Noël MOULIN, an Amstrad CPC action game

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Speed Racer by Noël Moulin is an action game (tron like) for Amstrad CPC. It is available for download on Amstrad.EU's forum.

There are two loading screen for the game, one made by TITAN.


Youtube video



4deKades (bugfix) by Creative People for CPC, an Amstrad CPC demo (with code source)

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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)

This new version (local download) corrects some bugs, there is also a specific version for each CRTC. The code source of 4deKades is on Github.


Youtube video



Fast AY Player by Vanity, a musical player for Amstrad CPC

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Fast AY Player (FAP) par Vanity is a constant-excecution-time and ultra-fast (10 raster-lines at most) AY3-891x music player for the Amstrad CPC. It was written by Hicks (Vanity) and Gozeur (Contrast) for the programmation and Zik (debug and help).

A big thanks to Targhan/Arkos, Grim/Semilanceata, toms/Pulpo Corrosivo, Tom et Jerry/GPA for support & testing. A special thanks to Zik/Futurs' for additional debugging & testing !

You can download FAP on Pouet (link above) or locally on Genesis8bit.


Youtube video



Echoes of the future, a text adventure game by DaReInt for Amstrad CPC

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DaReInt just released his Amstrad CPC version of his text adventure game : Echoes of the Future, also available for pour ZX Spectrum, MSX, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Amiga, GBA and C64 (for only 2 euros).

He is also the author of other text adventure games, check them on his Itch.IO page.