Tag: Amstrad CPC 464

Guard the Castle, Amstrad CPC

You are on call tonight, it seems like an ordinary night, but… Lord Farquaad is trying to storm the castle by sending his monsters. You only count on your sword and your strength. Swing your sword and throw the waves of force to finish them off. Will you be able to stop them?Download: GuardTheCastle.dsk

Space Rescue in Jupiter Amstrad

In the year 2070, the Earth’s energy resources are not sufficient for the great demand of a booming overpopulation; new technologies and materials have allowed the extraction of energy in the upper layers of Jupiter’s atmosphere. From time to time, accidents occur in the mining-energy complexes that exist around the planet. Your mission is to rescue the miners if necessary. Control the…

Amstrad CPC RetroDev 2019 has been announced

The already traditional game development contest sponsored by the Universidad de Alicante has announced the start of its 2019 edition. CPC RetroDev 2019 aims to promote the development of games targeting the Amstrad CPC 464. This year contest is giving to the best games nothing less than 1.650 €, divided in the following categories: Special mentions: 150 € – Gominolas…

Duck Out, Speccy/MSX Port to Amstrad CPC Released!

Way back in May 2015 we announced a new game port called Duck Out (2D side-scrolling beat’em up). Duck Out was first released for the MSX and ZX Spectrum in 1989 by Dro Soft. 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…

Batman Group Shows off Horizontal Scrolling with a New Mario Demo on the Amstrad CPC!

While flicking through Twitter this morning, I came across a short video by Batman Group posted by Jose Maria. The video below shows an interesting Mario demo with a clear example of horizontal scroll on the Amstrad CPC. We can see how the character moves smoothly along the small designed stage. Obviously, at present it is nothing more than a proof of…

Roland v0.70 Amstrad/Schneider Emulator Released

Roland v0.70 has been released. Roland emulates home computers Amstrad/Schneider from the series CPC 464/664/6128 for Linux und Windows. Roland depends on SDL > 1.2 and SDL-Image. Download: Roland v0.70 Source: rolandemu.de, github.com

More New Fantastic Amstrad Homebrew Released

As promised, I am back with some more Amstrad Homebrew News. This time we take a look at Sir Ababol 2, Hire Hare and Outlaws. Sir Ababol II “The Ice Palace”, is the sequel to Sir Ababol by “The Mojon Twins”.The first installment was originally released on the ZX Spectrum (2010), then later on the Commodore 64 (2012) and also…

Amstrad Extravaganza! Fantastic News for Die Hard Amstrad Fans!

You may have noticed I haven’t updated much news this past week. I have been very busy with some important real life stuff, as well as working on some exciting future changes that will be implemented into the website in the very near future. We are confident you will appreciate the changes as and when they happen. Can’t really say much…

Amstrad CPC Preview Version of Pinball Dreams Now Available to Download!

Back in September we gave you the heads up on the upcoming Amstrad CPC version of Pinball Dreams by the great Batman Group, and today we have some fantastic News for you. The preview version of the game has been released to the public and you can download it right now over at pouet.net. Have fun ;-) [youtube HVv-oBN6AWA nolink] Download: pouet.net…

Coolbox, New Amstrad CPC Puzzle Game Written in Basic

Coolbox is a puzzle game in the vain of Block Dude the old calculator game. This game is completely written in Basic, no machine code or loaded files. It has multicoloured sprites, scrolling and in game music by Mr Lou. Download: Coolbox.zip Source: cpcwiki.eu