Category: Amstrad CPC
Rockstar ate my hamster is a cult classic, but why?
Back to the future is an all time classic movie franchise, but how were the games? Lets find out.
Back in the late 80`s there was a phenomenon about to launch in the UK, (No i`m not talking about shell suits) i`m talking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (In the UK the Ninja was replaced to Hero Because…you know….reasons). Konami released one of the greatest arcade games ever into the arcade in 1989, the 4 player simultaneous play…
Kitsune’s Curse is a flip-screen platformer for the Amstrad CPC with 64K of RAM or more. Our hero, the ninja spy Kitsune, released Osaka Castle from evil by putting together the pieces of the Golden Tail, a magic stone with great power. But not all ended well for everybody. When the true nature of our hero Kitsune was revealed, the…
One of the most expected and respected contests in the retro computing community is turning 10 years old and ready to roll! The Tenth Edition of the BASIC 10-Liner has started and already waiting for your submission. This edition’s rules are pretty much the same as last year’s. BASIC games can be written for all 8-bit computers, as long they…
Bitmap Soft is pleased to announce that the fun run’n’gun game Galactic Tomb for Amstrad is now available as a physical release on pre-order basis from their website. Originally released by ESP Soft as a free download in 2018, the Bitmap Soft cassette version differs in that it includes English translations. Galactic Tomb sees you take control of the most…
Yesterday CPC RetroDev 2019 came to an end in a high note. The award ceremony was streamed live directly from the Universidad the Alicante, where Francisco Galego presented the many games and the well-deserved winners. You can still watch the event at http://vertice.cpd.ua.es/206906. Chupigames snatched the first place of the best game with its Miss Input scoring 373 points. Miss Input is…
With the end of the submission phase on October 30th, the CPCRetroDev 2019 organizers and judges will start to work hard to find, among the 35 games submitted, the winners for each of the categories. The announcement of the winners is planned for Friday, November 8th, 2019. For the General category, the jury members will analyze the following criteria: Fun,…
The Mojon Twins have announced the immediate availability of Che-man!, a new game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, and also for the NES! The game is available as a free download and is compatible with any good emulator in case you don’t have the real deal at hand. The game also had a limited run of 30 physical copies (in…
Bitmap Soft is looking to be the next ‘big player’ in the software publishing space for vintage home computers with the launch of two cassette format debut titles – All Hallows (ZX Specrum) and Chronicles of Nanako (Amstrad CPC). Established earlier this year by Darren Doyle and Jamie Battison, Bitmap Soft will be specialising as a software house publishing new…
