Category: Amstrad CPC
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…
Retrospekt website has published an interview with John Kavanagh, the guy behind the Kickstarter campaign that aim to bring a magazine all about 8-bit machines. The article starts with “John Kavanagh is no stranger when it comes to online magazine publishing. Having produced CPC Oxygen magazine for the Amstrad community, he has a strong passion for vintage computers, particularly those…
With a small target of €600 (for Kickstarted standards), the Eight Bit Magazine campaign has started and by the time I write this, has almost reached its goal. The project is a retro computer magazine that goes beyond the usual game review magazines we are used to. They plan to cover the hardware and programming side of computers from the 70’s to early…
There is a new game for iOS devices that is all about knowing your retro computers. ‘Retro PC Mania’ tests your knowledge with three game modes: Identify the model looking at the pictures Tell the brand name of the machine displayed Try to select the year of introduction of a computer The game doesn’t have the most incredible graphics but…
It’s a Pixel THING – Ep.#82 features Psygnosis, the Liverpool-based publisher that was created by some of the people that came from the defunct Imagine Software. On this episode, Pedro Loureiro tells the story about the studio and its legacy, going over the games published by them, including the first one, Brataccus and more. [youtube FCpXjibguLc nolink]
Retro Emulator Vision and Game (REV’n’GE) issue 49 in both Italian and English editions. The contents of the February issue: Altered Destiny Alternate Reality: The City Astro Pinball CDTV Genlock Dem Doctor Doom’s Revenge Genesis: Beyond the Revelation Rescue of Lorri in Lorrinitron Rescue on Fractalus! Retribution Rick Dangerous The magazine is available as free download following the link below….
Stack Overflow is a site for question and answers widely used by the software development community. It is valuable because all issues and answers can receive up/down votes, and they stay forever, accessible at any time. This is the second attempt to create a Stack Exchange site exclusive for vintage computer hobbyists interested in restoring, preserving, and using the classic computer and…
