Tag: Amstrad CPC

mariuszw on AtariAge forum has ported over Ocean’s ‘The Great Escape‘ to the 8bit Atari!The Great Escape was originally released back in the 80’s on the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and also DOS. The perspective is an isometric view, much like Batman and Head over Heels on the ZX Spectrum. ScenarioThe player controls an unnamed prisoner of war…

lachlank over at cpcwiki.eu has released some very early footage of what is to become a port of Minecraft on the Amstrad!! This is pretty amazing stuff considering the limitations of the Amstrad Computer and it’s looking pretty good so far I must say! The game is Written mainly in C using SDCC/CPCTelera and also assembler to draw blocks. A…

Rick Dangerous was developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and DOS based PCs. The game was released in 1989 and published by Rainbird Software in Europe and the rest of the world, and on the MicroPlay label (part of MicroProse) in America. PlotThe plot of Rick Dangerous is largely based on…

Prodatron released a beta version of SymbOS v3.0 – his operating system for the Amstrad CPC and the MSX. The main new feature of this release is the support for the DenYoNet network card on the MSX, and a driver for localhost. There is not network support for the Amstrad, though. The author seems pretty excited with this new release…

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

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…

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,…

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

Seems the CPC Scene has woken up! We take a very brief look (not a lot of info currently) at an upcoming game release for the good old Amstrad computer. The game is called ‘The lost treasure of Cuauhtemoc’, now say that three times without getting tongue tied! ‘The lost treasure of Cuauhtemoc’ looks to be a platformer/adventure game in…