Archives for the month August 2023 of Genesis8 Amstrad Page




How the Bad Apple was coded on an Amstrad PC 1512 by Rodrik Studio

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A video by Rodrik Studio where he explains how he has coded the Bad Apple demo on an Amstrad PC 1512. At the start of the video you will be able to hear the music played with traditionnal music instruments.



Rodolfo Skylarriente, the archaeologist by Sakis Kaffesakis, an Amstrad CPC adventure game

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Rodolfo Skylarriente, the Archeologist is a graphic adventure game on Amstrad CPC by Sakis Kaffesakis, Manossg (music), Brundij (digitized screens) and MiguelSky (traduction), available in english, french, greek and spanish.

A video of the solution in english is available.



Joyce v2.4.2 by John Elliott, an Amstrad PCW emulator (May 2023)

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The Amstrad PCW emulator Joyce v2.4.2 by John Elliott already available for unix, windows and MacOS.

There is also a development version 2.5.1 (February 2023)





SDCC v4.3.0 (C programming for Amstrad CPC) on PC and MacOS

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A new version of the ANSI-C compiler SDCC v4.3.0 is available since the 7th June 2023 for windows, linux and MacOS.



CPCRetroDev 2023 is announced

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The CPCRetroDev 2023 competition is announced. You can check the details on CPCRetroDev.

You can submit your game from the 13th October to the 2th November 2023. The award cermony will be the 17th November 2023 at 7:00pm.

The games will be submitted on Itch.io.



Benediction Coding Party #3 by Eliot (27-30th October 2023)

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The meeting Benediction Coding Party #3 organazied by Eliot will take place from Friday the 27th to Sunday the 30th October 2023 at the Salle polyvalente, 44 rue de la Poterie, Gavray sur Sienne (50450).

For more informations go to the Benediction Coding Party #3's web page.



New firmware for the USIfAC II and ULIfAC by Ikonsgr

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Ikonsgr has released new firmware for his expansion cards USIfAC II and ULIfAC . THe ULIFAC is the last iteration of his card which started with the USIfAC 1.



HxC Floppy Emulator Manager v4 released by NoRecess

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The 4th version of the HxC Floppy Emulator Manager is available.

It features :

  • User can now edit up to 20 slots (previous version: 15 slots was the max.)
  • New UI, removed the old "demomaker style" presentation, now displaying more files on screen (with longer filenames)
  • DEL key added to move back to parent folder while navigating
  • The manager now skips DSK files when using a HxC SD/Slim device
  • The Help page now reports the firmware version + build date of the Manager
  • Switched compilation to SDCC 4.2.0 (resulting better Z80 implementation)
  • Now compiled using RASM from roudoudou (previous version: Pasmo)
  • Now compressed using ZX0 packer (previous version: the good old Bitbuster)
  • Smaller binary (11KB) resulting a faster load from BASIC prompt (previous version: 16KB)

It remains compatible with the 64KB RAM-based machines, and the ROM version is sdirectly available into the AUTOBOOT.HFE file.




Backbit Pro, a possible replacement for the C4CPC by Gérald ?

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The C4CPC isn't made anymore by Gérald due to lack of time and exploding costs (x3).

But the Backbit Pro could be a possible replacement. Beware it's more than 100 dollars, but you also have the to buy the corresponding Amstrad CPC+/GX4000 adaptater :

  • the adaptater has a chip for ACID protection bypass
  • The adapters include a solderless jumper (one jumper is included, and extra jumpers can be purchased, required for ACID bypass)
  • 3.5mm jack allows connecting a BackButton (to move back in the menu without touching the backbit pro, some systems such as Amstrad require an included solderless jumper) or a GenAssister
  • Supports cartridge images (BIN/CPR) up to 1MB in size
  • Real-time-clock remembers date & time even after shutoff. Useful when creating new files or versions
  • One-button diagnostic mode helps you identify system faults (on most systems)
  • Upgradeable via MicroSD card

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