Category: Amstrad CPC
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…
The biggest french Amstrad CPC party, the ReSeT #28, will take place in Coutances – France from 24th-26th June 2016. It is open to all computer enthusiast and for everyone who is intersted in coding, electronics, graphics, music, etc.. Competitions: Demo: No size limit. The entry must be runnable on CPC 6128 or 6128 Plus, without any extension. Intro (256b,…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
Are you tired of seeing the heroes getting everything always right and at the end saving the world? What if they are the lady in distress this time? Heroes Rescue gives you the opportunity to do just that! In the new game in development for the Amstrad CPC, you are the one who has to save the Ninja Turtles and…
VICE.COM has published an excerpt from the book Electronic Dreams – How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer by Tom Lean. The book was recently published by Bloomsbury Publishing and tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time turning it into a user-friendly domestic technology. It also covers the other side of the history with the…
