Category: Amstrad CPC
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,…
[youtube 2xPAjOGHj2Y nolink] Modern storage devices is the dream of every retro-computer user, and users of Amstrad CPC are not out of the party, thanks to the C4CPC Flash Cartridge. Using a microSD card slot and USB port for loading games, the C4CPC slots into either a GX4000, CPC464 Plus, or 6128 Plus systems as if it was a standard…
Roland Radio is a new radio streaming 24/4 Amstrad CPC music. The companion website has also the shows schedule, track lists and a discussion forum. “Over 1900 tracks from games, demos, intros and outros are waiting to be listened.” You can stream the shows using any kind of stream player, for almost all formats are supported. Link: Roland Radio
