Category: Amstrad CPC

Adiós a la Casta. Episode 2, Amstrad Homebrew Sequel Released and Available to Order!

Adiós a la Casta. Episode 2 has been released and is now available to order. Floppy version 3 “game” Farewell to Casta. Episode 2 ” Delivered in Jewel Case with 3 “disk and manual. If delivery is on hand it will be made at the “RetroBarcelona 2016” on 7, 8 and 9 October. Delivery from October 9 by mail. [youtube…

Magica, Cutesy Amstrad Game in Development

Reidrac (Juan J Martinez) is creating a new *one-screen (*Bubble Bobble, Snow Bros etc) Arcade game called Magica. In Magica you play a sorceress that has to recover all the potions stolen from her laboratory by creatures sent from different worlds. Potions are distributed in several dungeons. She can use her magic to stun the enemies, then hit them, and…

Pinball Dreams on the Amstrad CPC? You better believe it!

Batman Group (creators of Batman Forever Demo) have returned with some jaw dropping news! Pinball Dreams (yeah that awesome game that was on Amiga) is coming to Amstrad! Apparently using only 40% of the Amstrad’s capabilities is a pretty amazing feat. Graphics for the game will be created with Perfect Pix, a graphics tool released by the group themselves, which…

Defence, Amstrad CPC game by Shining

Defence is a so-called tower defence game written by Shining during the years 2014-2016. Your task is to prevent the enemies reaching their goals by placing weapons around the playground. In the best case, you place the weapons in a way, which forces the ground enemies in a maze. The game should run on every CPC and Plus with 6128…

New Homebrew Amstrad CPC Games recap

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)…

Remember the 80’s by Slipstream – Amstrad

[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

July is BASIC Month on Reddit's Retrobattlestations

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…

'Oliver Twins' to be jury on Amstrad CPC Game Development Competition

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…

Wifi hardware expansion for the Amstrad CPC

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…

CPCRetroDev 2016 – The 4th edition of the Amstrad Game Development Competition

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 €…