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The Amstrad CPC generation, are we getting that old ?

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Below you will find an extract of the excellent french site Dans Ton Chat (some IRC chat goodies).

Couchax: Shit, my sister has a new boyfriend, an older man (older than mathusalem), about 10 years older than her ! What a pity ! She bringed him back to the house just yesterday... I am quite ashamed !

Adrien: What's the problem ? It's not you who is dating him, so what... If your sister is feeling well with him, it's what is important ?

Couchax: I dont care about this, I am telling you that I am really ashamed...

Adrien: Why o.O ?

Couchax: I was very badly beaten to Super Street Fighter 4, never has been beaten like that before...

Adrien: What a shame, being beaten by the Amstrad generation...

Couchax: Yes...(-_-)'

Doh, I am feeling 10 years older now in the space of just a few seconds... :-)




Arquimedes XXI HD gameplay by Metr81

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Here is a new HD video by Metr81 of Arquimedes XXI, written by Dinamic Software in 1986 for Spectrum and MSX, and adapted on CPC in 2011 With the efforts of DevilMarkus, MiguelSky, PulkoMandy (french translation, main music conversion), voXfReaX (english translation).

You will find the multi-lingual solution of this game on the source of this news.




What if the adventure game Maupiti Island was on Amstrad CPC ?

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What if ... Maupiti Island has been made on Amstrad CPC ? Then we would have these nice screenshots made by Hwikaa :

1st screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  2nd screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  3rd screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  4th screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  5th screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  6th screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  7th screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  8th screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game  9th screenshot of a possible Maupiti island Amstrad CPC game 



Bloc us, a new Amstrad CPC demo showed at Evoke 2011

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A new Amstrad CPC demo has been showed at the Evoke 2011 demo party by Benediction and Brainstorm (Krusty, Voxfreak and Ultrasyd) : Bloc us.

result of the CAT command with the Bloc us Amstrad CPC demo  loading screen of the Bloc us Amstrad CPC demo  title screen of the Bloc us Amstrad CPC demo




JavaCPC Desktop 1.0 official release

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JavaCPC Desktop is a brand new Amstrad CPC emulator. It is based on JEMU (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jemu) and is an extremely improved release from JavaCPC 6.7.

JavaCPC Desktop is designed to be used on Windows systems only, but maybe can run also on other systems, but a few features will be missing then.

JavaCPC is no freeware any longer! It's new license is "Donationware".

What does this mean :

  • JavaCPC and all of it's contents are free, and are allowed to be shared
  • It's available sources are not complete but you are allowed to use them
  • If you register JavaCPC, please also think about a little donation. (JavaCPC consumes much time in it's development)
  • The only legal download place is http://sourceforge.net/projects/javacpc/ or also http://cpc-live.com/
  • Other people who wants to offer JavaCPC on their own webpages, please contact me under webmaster at cpc-live.com

What is new, what can I expect as a JavaCPC 6.7 user ? JavaCPC Desktop is a completely rewritten emulator, which offers you a big spectrum of apps and tools. It comes with it's own desktop!

The tools and apps :

  • Integrated Z80 Assembler: Feel free to create your own programs in Z80 Assembler. Compile them directly into the CPC's ram.
  • Improved Debugger
  • Virtual Keyboard: You cannot find your key you need? Use the virtual Keyboard then.
  • Alarm Clock: A simple alarm clock, which reminds you when you have something else to do.
  • YM-Control: Record and playback your own YM files.
  • Manage DSK (Windows only!): Copy files from your PC on a DSK or vice versa.
  • Audio Capture: Record your favourite CPC sound as WAV file.
  • TapeDrive: A fully controllable virtual tape drive. Supports CSW, CDT, WAV and MP3
  • JavaCPC Paint: Paint your own screens in normal mode or also as Overscan pictures. Convert existing images to CPC format. (Supported import-Formats: PCX, TGA, BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG, SNA)
  • Mandelbrot: A simple app to paint Mandelbrot fractals directly on the CPC screen.
  • Tiled Mapeditor: You can use it to create game maps etc...
  • Poke Finder: A simple tool to find PEEKS and POKES to cheat in games.
  • Calculator: A scientific calculator which understands string input with brackets etc...
  • WebBrowser: A webbrowser
  • GameBrowser: Don't waste your time by downloading hundreds of CPC games without checking them! Just load them directly into the emulator and play them.
  • Virtual Floppy: A little thingie to see what your virtual disc drive does.
  • SubPopRadio: Listen to the best CPC-tunes available in WWW !
  • JavaCPC Chat: Chat with other JavaCPC users all over the world. (Experimental)
  • Favourites: Add and load your favourite DSK, CDT or SNA files with a few mouseclicks only!
  • DSK2CDT: Simple filetransfer to copy files from an existing DSK file on a new CDT file (Windows only!)
  • And much more !!!

Further questions ? Feel free to contact me at webmaster at cpc-live.com