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Imaginario Colectivo, an Amstrad CPC adventure/platform game by ESP Soft

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Imaginario Colectivo is the last Amstrad CPC game by ESP Soft (adventure/platform).

History, programmation and graphics by GG, sound by McKlain, edition by Litos.

From the same authors : Hora Bruja.

loading screen of the Amstrad CPC game Imaginario Colectivo



Captain Blood Legacy, the following of the Captain blood game by Exxos

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A following to Captain Blood by Exxos (later renamed to Cryo) should be a good thing : Captain Blood Legacy.

But when we know that they sacrificed the Amstrad CPC used to program the original game, should we howl to the moon, hoping that this sacrifice wont be useless ? Will this following game be enough to fill the emptyness created by this awful destruction ? I do hope so...

loading screen of the Captain Blood Amstrad CPC game



An Oh Mummy remake on Iphone and ... Sega Megadrive

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Oh Mummy is an Amstrad CPC classic, programmed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft in 1984. The music comes from a child music : The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid.

There is a Oh Mummy remake for Mummy pour Iphone by Lentrica Software for 0,99 €.

An Oh Mummy remake for Sega Megadrive by 1985 Alternativo (Spain) can be ordered in advance, the game being available in October 2012.

gameplay screenshot of the Amstrad CPC game Oh Mummy





Sardina Forever by GenSoft ( 2012), a remake of Sabrina (1989)

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Sardina Forever by Gen Soft (showed at the RetroMadrid 2012) is available on Amstrad ESP.

It's a remake of the Sabrina game by Iber Soft in 1989. It's the original programmer Javier Garcia who wrote the remake.

The remake include a new loading screen by David (6128) and music by McKlain.

Controls are Q, A, O, P to move Sardina and 1, 2, 3 to beat people.

loading screen of the Amstrad CPC game Sardina Forever



Les tuniques bleues : nord vs sud is now available on Iphone/Ipad

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As announced in march, the remake of the Amstrad CPC game is now available on Iphone and Ipad under the name Tuniques bleues : nord vs sud.

There are 2 versions, the first one at 1,99 € and the other one at 2,99 €, I couldnt see at first glance their differences.

loading screen of the Amstrad CPC game North and South




an iOS program : ZX Nostalgia Arcade edition volume 1 : The Mojons Twins

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Looking on Itunes in the apps store with the Amstrad keyword, I was surprised to see an iOS application written by Manuel F. Garcia CABELLO (ZX Nostalgia Arcade edition volume 1 : The Mojons Twins) which let you playing several game written by The Mojons Twins, who are prolific authors of ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC games.



Uwol 2 Quest for money, an Amstrad CPC platform game by the Mojons Twins

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Talking about the Mojons Twins, I went to their web site and found their latest Amstrad CPC game : Uwol 2 Quest for money.

As usual, you can also download the source of the game if you are curious.

loading screen of the Amstrad CPC game Uwol 2 quest for money




HD Gameplay by Metr81 of the Amstrad CPC game Jet Set Willy

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Here is a new HD video by Metr81 of the Amstrad CPC game Jet Set Willy edited by Software Projects in 1984.

If you prefer, you can see the video of Jet Set Willy with comments in spanish.

Jet Set Willy is the following of the classic Manic Miner, you have to find 65 items in a big house and be allowed to sleep with your wife.

loading screen of the Amstrad CPC game Jet Set Willy



A dream come true, an all in one video game console, with a GX4000 inside soon

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The Unity project by Bacteria is ambitious, to make an all in one video game console (see Hack a Day).

At the moment, you have the following video game consoles inside :

  • Sega SMS (done, not added into system yet)
  • Nintendo NES (done, not added into system yet)
  • Mattel Intellivision
  • Nintendo GameCube
  • Nintendo GBA
  • Amiga CD32
  • Philips CD-i
  • Playstation
  • Playstation 2

And he is working on adding others consoles, including our Amstrad GX4000 !



Barbarian 1987, a remake programmed in basic with QB64 by F.L.

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For the 25 years of Barbarian, F.L. delivered us Barbarian 1987 : the most faithful remake possible of this game which did cut a lot of heads years ago.

F.L. did program it with in basic (QB64), which is a windows compiler. You can get out your gwbasic or quick basic programs and still run them with QB64, or use the new features bringed by QB64 (like networking).

screen of the Barbarian amstrad cpc game



New wizball loading screen by ste86 and a remake on Retrospec

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Ste86 has created a new loading screen for the wizball Amstrad CPC game (to the left below, original screen to the right below).

Wizball was written originally for C64 by Jon Hare and Chris Yates (who created Sensible Software) in 1987. The original music was written by Martin Galway. The Amstrad CPC version was released the same year by Ocean.

There is a remake of Wizball on Retrospec for windows and mac.

new loading screen of the wizball Amstrad CPC game by ste86   original loading screen of the wizball amstrad cpc game



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