Tag: Amstrad CPC 464

Get The Cash!, New Amstrad Game Written in Hisoft Pascal

Get The Cash is a simple though playful fast paced game written in Hisoft Pascal and using Sean McManus’ Easi-Sprite Driver and Interrupt driven tune generator (AKA Tunegen) by Nick Keeling. The Opening Animation Sequence was written in Assembly. The aim of the game is to simply collect the required number of Money bags whilst avoiding the Brick Walls. With…

Vector Vaults, New Addictive Arcade Game for the Amstrad CPC

Vector Vaults is an original and addictive fast retro arcade game exclusive for the Amstrad CPC that will test your pilot skills. It’s the first game of the Hidden History Saga and upon completion will give you a secret code to use in Light Lands (the next entry in the series). Game play is based upon vector graphics (100% spriteless)…

Imperial Mahjong, New Amstrad Puzzle Game by Cargosoft

Imperial Mahjong is a reflexion game based on the Chinese game called ‘Mahjong Solitaire’, in which the player must make all the tiles disappear by selecting pairs that match. Features Outstanding new graphic modes: EGX (Extended GraphX): displays 16 colors in 320*200 instead of 4. EGX2: displays 4 colors in 640*200 instead of 2. First game on CPC to have…

Picrocs, New Amstrad Homebrew Version of Picross with a Crocodile Theme?!

Picrocs is a new Picross Clone Homebrew game with a Crocodile theme! for the Amstrad computer. The game ranked second with 13 votes to 40 in the compo “Croco or Dragon” organized by Amstrad.EU following an idea of Snake Plissken. You can download the game over at http://www.cpc-power.com. Source: http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/

Adiós a la Casta. Episode 2, Amstrad Homebrew Sequel Released and Available to Order!

Adiós a la Casta. Episode 2 has been released and is now available to order. Floppy version 3 “game” Farewell to Casta. Episode 2 ” Delivered in Jewel Case with 3 “disk and manual. If delivery is on hand it will be made at the “RetroBarcelona 2016” on 7, 8 and 9 October. Delivery from October 9 by mail. [youtube…

New Homebrew Amstrad CPC Games recap

We thought we would gather a list of the last few releases of Amstrad CPC Hombrew games on the scene. There are some fantastic games here not to be missed! Click the links to read about them and in most cases there will be a download in the thread, Enjoy :) Golden Tail (youtube) Heroes Rescue! The Return of Traxtor (youtube)…

Another Retro Scene Loss – Amstrad CPC Push'n'Pop website is gone

Push’n’Pop is known by the Amstrad demoscene for many years bringing articles and news related to the platform. Despite the sad news, the website shows a humorous message explaining what happened: Based on the message above, it seems Push’n’Pop team wasn’t very careful with their backup and because of their inability to bring the site back, it is gone for…

‘Adios a La Casta’ – A new game for the Amstrad CPC reaches beta

I’ve never seen an Amstrad CPC face-to-face, but after reading about it and playing with emulators, I wish a had personal experience with this machine for its capabilities. Nonetheless, it is always good to see new games coming out for the platform. This time, we welcome ‘Adios a la Casta Episode 1’ by 4Mhz group. The game is still in…

'The Return of Traxtor' – New game for Amstrad CPC

Juan J. Martínez has released a port of his ZX Spectrum game ‘The Return of Traxtor’ for the Amstrad CPC. There are 25 levels on the game. You have to use the tractor beam to move blocks into the bay, and fire to throw back the top-most block to the board. Match 3 or more blocks to destroy them before…

'Alan Sugar – The Amstrad Story' Book available on Internet Archive

‘Alan Sugar – The Amstrad Story’ was published in 1991 to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the flotation of Amstrad. This book tells of Alan Sugar’s rise from selling car aerials from the back of a van in the East End at 21, to become, according to Rupert Murdoch, probably Britain’s greatest entrepreneur and one of the richest men…