Category: Amstrad CPC
BG Games Production is eagerly ramping up Amstrad enthusiasts’ anticipation of its impending full release of its port of the classic Amiga pinball simulator, Pinball Dreams. Development of Pinball Dreams for the Amstrad CPC is pretty much completed with the game at the final stages of testing. I was fortunate enough to have been granted a trial version of the…
PLATO is the great, great, great granddaddy of the online computer network. Developing forums, email, multiplayer networked games, screen sharing, and instant messaging, it is responsible for many of the things we take for granted today. AJ and Joerg take a deep dive with IRATA.ONLINE’s Thomas Cherryhomes into why PLATO is as awesome as it is, and how it still…
The Future Was 8 Bit is pleased to announce the availability of their new multi-format release, RodMan. Developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keranen, your objective is to guide RodMan around multi- screen maze levels, collecting pills, avoiding enemies and using bombs to eliminate the bad guys. RodMan is available the The Future Was 8-Bit in a Special Triple Cassette Edition covering…
Retrobytes Productions has released a short promotional trailer for Jarlac, it’s latest up-and-coming release for the CPC. The game is being developed as an entry for the CPCRetroDev 2018 competition, and things are certainly shaping up based on the promotional video released earlier this week. There’s no word on gameplay features or plot, but the gameplay features a muscle-bound warrior…
How do you keep track of all the different machines released over the years? How do you catalogue different versions of games, down to the different packaging? And how can you ensure that the game you’re looking for is real and authentic? Databases, that’s how! The Martin Ahman, AJ Heller and Joerg Droege talk to Fred Fischer from Consolevariations and…
Several months ago, we were excited to preview Dawn of Kernel, the latest game in development for the Amstrad CPC 464 by Juan J. Martinez (Resucing Orc, Magica, Golden Tail). The game has finally been released to the general public, and we finally got some time to go hands-on with this nifty little flick-screen arcade shooter! In terms of system support, the…
It is always exciting to hear about the beginning of a new edition of CPCRetroDev. The 6th edition of the retro game creation contest of the University of Alicante has been announced and set to start receiving submissions. The Amstrad CPC 464 game developers will have until October 31st to send their entries. Although promoted by the University of Alicante and…
Sebastian Braunert’s new Amstrad platformer has been released. First announced on Facebook November 2017, Pink Pills is a charming platformer featuring a very cute looking dog called Moritz. The game features some well known tunes from the 80’s and also a fantastic rendition of the Beatles “Yellow Submarine”. Here, in his own words, Sebastian describes an overview of the game:…
Eagle-eyed forumites over at CPCWiki have spotted early signs that a conversion of TAD Corporation’s Toki could be set to receive a conversion to the Amstrad CPC. AmstradGPP, a duo of French developers, recently uploaded a series of images to their Twitter account to showcase progress that they have made on the game. According to the post, despite being amateur…
Safar Games recently announced that their text-adventure game, Athanor 2 – The Legend of Birdmen, has been given a full UK English release. According to a post made by the game’s author, Eric Safar, on the official website, 50 copies have been made available for purchase. This isn’t an especially large quantity, so we suggest that adventure game fans who…
