Category: Amstrad CPC
Roland v0.70 has been released. Roland emulates home computers Amstrad/Schneider from the series CPC 464/664/6128 for Linux und Windows. Roland depends on SDL > 1.2 and SDL-Image. Download: Roland v0.70 Source: rolandemu.de, github.com
It all started back in 2015 when a new Amstrad CPC game was revealed here on VITNO. Although the game development was never abandoned, there was very few information throughout the last two years. This month, we finally have more updates about the game created by 4Mhz for AMSTRAD CPC, coded by JGNAVARRO, music and sound fx by MCKLAIN and graphics by SAD1942. The…
Peter Leigh has released a 2-video special about the Amstrad CPC. The 1-hour long video is available on Nostalgia Nerd YouTube channel and tells a detailed story of the origins of Amstrad and how the iconic Amstrad CPC came to be. If you are from one of the countries where Amstrad sold the CPC, it is a great opportunity to revive the…
One of my favorite past times if the browse computer magazines from the 80’s and early 90’s not only looking not only at the articles but also at the adverts just to see what was being offered at the time, and at the end, having a glimpse of the computer history. I was happy to see that Retrocomputaria, a Brazilian retro computer site,…
Z88DK is a C cross compiler package that targets the z80 and consists of a C compiler, an extensive set of assembly language libraries, an assembler / linker, and a tool for generating executables in a number of formats. Development in C, assembly language or a mixture of the two is directly supported. After one year since the last release, it…
Back in December we reported about “Chibi Akuma(s)”, a new spoof-horror crazy shoot ’em up coming to the Amstrad CPC. As promised the game has been released. Download it from the link below. Download: ChibiAkumas_3Disk.7z Website: chibiakumas.com
We are in a golden age of retro printed magazines, with excellent examples dedicated to different retro computers and one great multi-platform. Just before Christmas, I had in my mailbox Freeze 64 and 8-Bit Magazine. We mentioned these publications before, but I decided to talk a bit more about both to, hopefully, help those who are on the fence about buying them. Freeze…
Nibiru is a new Shoot ’em up game by Jose Javier Garcia Aranda, programmed in BASIC, using the library 8BP, version V26b. You will find it in the “GameExamples” folder over at github.com. You are the pilot of a destroying ship and you must defeat the planet Nibiru and its leader, “Gorgo”, an almost invincible millenarian reptile. You must destroy the galactic birds…
While browsing through CPCWiki forums today, I came across a thread about a new Shoot ’em up game coming to the Amstrad CPC, that is certainly worth mentioning. According to the creator Keith56, Chibi Akuma(s) is a spoof-horror firepower crazy shooter! The game play is heavily inspired by Death Smiles, with a more cartoon style like Cotton, but be warned though, the…
Oh Mummy is a computer game originally for the Amstrad CPC models of home computer. It was developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft in 1984. It was often included in the free bundles of software that came with the computer. The object of the game is to unveil all of the treasure within each level (or pyramid) of the…
