Category: Amstrad CPC
We thought we would gather a list of the last few releases of Amstrad CPC Hombrew games on the scene. There are some fantastic games here not to be missed! Click the links to read about them and in most cases there will be a download in the thread, Enjoy :) Golden Tail (youtube) Heroes Rescue! The Return of Traxtor (youtube)…
[youtube uIgDvgae8EI nolink] Platform: Amstrad CPC, Amstrad Plus Type: musicdisk Release date: July 2016 Release party: Sundown 2016 Compo: Wild demo Ranked: 2nd Download: Slipstream_-_Remember_The_80’s.zip Source: pouet.net
Subreddit RetroBattlestations is promoting another BASIC Month. This time around, the idea is to run the BASIC program Terraspin, a Turtle graphics type program created for the contest. The contestants will have to type in the program on any retro computer that runs BASIC and post take a picture of it running. The rules state very clearly that screen only or emulators are…
Philip Oliver has confirmed that he an his brother Andrew Oliver will be part of#CPCRetroDev 2016 jury. Philip and Andrew, known as The Oliver Twins, will evaluate presented games with respect to 4 main aspects: Fun&Engagement, Technical Quality, Graphics&Artistic Quality, and Music&Sound Effects. Their evaluation will be part of the general score that will decide on the best games in…
M4 Board is a WiFi adapter for the Amstrad CPC that allows you to connect the CPC to a PC to access files and also directly to the Internet. With the M4 your CPC will be able to: Emulate Romboard, currently up to 16 ROMS, can be uploaded/removed via Web Interface. Download files from internet via WiFi. Mass storage to…
The University of Alicante has launched the 4th edition of CPCRetroDev, the game development competition for the Amstrad CPC 464. Offering 1050 Euros in prizes, divided in 3 categories, the game competition calls for participants. Anyone interested to participate can send his/her entry until October 26th, 2016 (23h59m CEST timezone). The categories and prizes are as follows: Special awards 125 €…
The 2016 BASIC 10-liners contest is a staggering success with 89 games in 4 categories. The number of entries and the quality of the programs shows that BASIC is still a viable language for many usages, and fun to program. Your very own Vintage is The New Old had an entry called “Typing Hero” for the MSX, and it did…
CPCTelera is a modern, cross-platform game engine for the Amstrad CPC using the C language. Francisco Gallego, the main developer responsible for the library has announced that, after a long development cycle, the version 1.4 has been released. This is a major release with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Also, the license was changed from GPL to LGPL,…
John Kavanagh has announced to his Kickstarter campaign backers that the issue 1 of the Eight-bit Magazine is in full production and on contrary to what he has published, it won’t have 48 pages, but 60! John also tells that the issue 2 work has started, and he is looking for authors to help make the magazine relevant. I am particularly…
CinnyVision episode 115 has brought a fascinating featured article telling the story about how Amstrad bought Sinclair back in 1986. The report claims to dig deep into the facts, which are not always accurate throughout the Internet with articles based on magazine reports from that time when not all facts have been fully understood, or even publicized. The video also…
