Category: Amstrad CPC

Amstrad CPC development library ‘CPCtelera’ version 1.4.2 has been released

CPCtelera is a C library for cross development for the Amstrad CPC 464, which also includes a set of tools including a tracker, image editor, Visual Studio code support and more. The version 1.4.2 has been released just in time to be used in the Amstrad CPC Game Development competition CPCRetroDev’17. Features included in this release: Updated SDCC compiler from version…

Amstrad CPC 464 Game competition ‘CPCRetroDev 2017’ is on. Money prizes included!

CPCRetroDev 2017 game development competition has been launched and is accepting games developed in any language for the Amstrad CPC 464. The winners will be getting 1,100€ in prizes, split into different categories: PRO, Universidad de Alicante students only and Special Mentions. The contest is organized by the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Alicante,…

Amstrad CPC Preview Version of Pinball Dreams, New Nightmare Table Graphics Update!

Back in October 2016 we announced the release of the Amstrad CPC version of Pinball Dreams by Batman Group. Today we have some interesting News from “Rhino” over at cpcwiki forums, showing a new preview table update called “New Nightmare”. Just like “Steel Wheel” and “Beatbox”, this new preview is looking fantastic!, we can’t wait to give it a spin! It will…

Basic 10Liners 2017 Results – You won’t believe what can be done in only 10 lines!

The 2017 10Liners contest is over. With 64 entries, this year contest is a staggering success. There are games for Atari, Commodore, MSX, Apple II and Amstrad and the quality of them is really impressive, considering how restrictive is a BASIC program in only 10 lines! But creativity wins! Here is the first 3 on each category: PUR-80 – Maximum of…

Roland v0.70 Amstrad/Schneider Emulator Released

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

New Amstrad CPC Game ‘The Lost Treasure of Cuauhtemoc’

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…

The story of Amstrad CPC by ‘Nostalgia Nerd’

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…

A History of the Early Computer Industry in 300 Adverts

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 – Development kit for Z80 gets new version

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…

Chibi Akuma(s), Amstrad Shoot ’em up Now Available to Download

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