Category: Amstrad CPC
The PDF-magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) Issue 35 is out. The magazine focuses on reviewing retro games released for several platforms. This edition brings: Lords of the Rings – Amiga Firelord – C64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum Firestar – MSX Tau Zero Redux – C64 Cobrastrike – Macintosh and much more… Link: Download Free PDF
[youtube cictUOfIJwA nolink] Great news coming directly from subreddit Retrobattlestations: The CPCRetroDev is a yearly game development competition held in Spain. The competition aims at discovering talented developers by asking them to develop retro games for 80’s machines. As you retrodevelopers know, computational limitations are a key factor for fostering creativity and encouraging new technical achievements and discoveries. Contest platform…
The guys over at C64.com have interviewed Mevlut Dinc. Mevlut is a game designer and has coded games on various systems such as the Commodore 64, Spectrum and Amstrad computers. The games he worked on are: Gerry the Germ, Prodigy, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Ninja 2, Time Machine, First Samurai and the development system for the C64GS….
[youtube rushX-wtDig nolink] The Centre for Computer History in Cambridge – UK has announced that the next Retro Gaming Night is happening on June 26th, from 7pm to Midnight. Besides the obvious retro-gaming-jam, the event also allow you to bring that extra retro game or hardware to swap or sell during the event. The space is limited and you can…
Outrun was ported from Arcade to various game consoles and computers, the best retro port in my opinion is the PC Engine version, an excellent conversion and very close to it’s Arcade counterpart. The Amstrad CPC version unfortunately is quite the opposite, a rushed and unfinished Speccy port, this abomination is legendary and notorious amongst CPC fans for being, hmm…how…
ReSeT is an Amstrad demoparty in Coutances, located in northwest France. Previously called Amstrad Expo, this party organized by Eliot / Benediction, is a real success each year since 2000. Through its convivial atmosphere, the ReSeT party is an event opened to all the computers enthusiasts no matter about their level and interest: code, electronic, graphics, music, games. You will…
Oceano is an Amstrad deep sea submarine maze game made in AGD by EgoTrip and he has also ported it over to the Spectrum too. Amy decided to explore the seas in search of 20 fabled power crystals that have long been lost in the ocean. However there are robotic fish guarding them, and acidic bubbles that can damage her…
Oceano is the new game released by EgoTrip for the Amstrad CPC. In Oceano you are playing Amy who explores the sea to collect 20 power crystals which were lost in the ocean long time ago. During her journey through the deep sea, you have to avoid robotic fishes, acid bubbles and prevent sinking of the submarine. The game was…
Originally a Speccy title, Duck Out! is 2D side-scrolling beat’em up. The player controls a cartoon duck with a frying pan, who escapes from a restaurant and heads to the local park to meet his date with a girl. Along the way, this crazy duck ends up fighting numerous enemies such as scary middle aged men, cats, dogs and lizards! The…
Version 1.0 of CPCtelera has been released, a game engine for the Amstrad CPC, allowing C developers to create powerful games and animations for the Amstrad CPC using cross-compiler tools on your Mac, PC or Linux. CPCtelera is based on the SDCC C compiler, offering a wide range of features, lika a low-level library with support for graphics, audio, keyboard,…
