Last information was 9 days ago (13 October 2023), the books of Memory Full, history of Amstrad CPC demo scene by Hicks are now printed. All shipping should be done for October and should have already started.
Turbo Rascal SE (TRSE) v0.17 is out. It's a complete suite (IDE, compiler, programming language, image sprite level resource editor) intended for developing games/demos for 8 / 16-bit line of computers, with a focus on the MOS 6502, the Motorola 68000, the (GB)Z80 and the 8086. TRSE supports application development for the C64, C128, VIC-20, PLUS4, NES, Gameboy, PET, ZX Spectrum, TIKI 100, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, 8086AT, Amiga 500 and the Atari ST 520 (complete list here). With the benefits of a modern IDE (error messages, code completion, syntax highlighting etc) and a bunch of fast built-in tools, it has never been easier to program for your favorite obsolete system !
You can join the TRSE group on Facebook.
The video below is a gorgeous Amstrad CPC demo programmed with TRSE : Morketid.
The Picomem ISA card created by FreddyV is for all 808x computers and brings additionnal RAM (if you don't have 640 Kb), EMS memory, hard disk and disk drive images support, thanks to a Raspberry Pico (like the PicoGUS sound card). It's still work in progress. Rodrik Studio did two videos about the Picomem, one in english, the other in french :
Informations about the availability (24th September 2023) of Memory Full, history of Amstrad CPC demo scene by Hicks : all the work will be sent to the printer this week, and you will received a message as soon as the shipping delay will be known. Then 80 kilogrammes will need to be shipped by the post office.
A new production by Oneman : USS Cygnus 192, an Amstrad CPC+ and GX4000 demo.
A video is available of USS Cygnus 192 by Oneman.
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.
Madram has released a new Amstrad CPC demo : Emotion Trouble during the Revision 2023 demo party. All code and sound are written by Madram. Another nice demo.
Pulpo Corrosivo has released a new Amstrad CPC demo : Checkmate during the Revision 2023 demo party. The code and graphics are written by Toms and the music by Tom et Jerry. A nice demo.
Announced on CPCWIKI, Hicks has written Memory Full, history of the Amstrad CPC demo scene that you will be able to order on Ulule. I just ordered one, will you be the 133th to order it ? With some more we could have 464 orders, maybe 664 or lets become mad 6128 (or plus...).
The STNICCC2000 demo by Oxygene is a classic on Atari ST, which was ported on many other machines. In 2022 it now works on any PC with msdos, even on a 8088/8086, but a 80286 is preferred for a reasonable speed.
You can see the demo running on an Amstrad PC 3086 (video by FreddyV, see below) or the official video of the Revision 2022.
SMFX is an Atari ST demo group, they have released their first Amstrad CPC demo : FMR CPC during the Benediction Coding Party #2. The code was written by spkr, graphics by Exocet and music by Crazy Q.
Impact has released a new Amstrad CPC+ demo : Veteran Megademo during the Benediction Coding Party #2, for the CPM's anniversary. The code was written by AST, Sid, Demoniak and Kris, graphics by Demoniak and Kris, music by Madmax.
Resistance has released a new Amstrad CPC demo : Sphere during the Benediction Coding Party #2. The code was written by Roudoudou, graphics by Beb and Hwikaa, and music by Tom et Jerry.
Pulpo Corrosivo has released a new Amstrad CPC demo : Foursome during the Benediction Coding Party #2. The code was written by Toms and graphics by Beb.
Roudoudou has updated his Amstrad CPC+ demo CRTC 3, you can download CRTC 3 v2 : several bugfixes in order to keep a proper 50Hz at transitions, fix some visual glitches, a new screen conversion for the Serval, more colors, better palette choice, better dithering, and the final Wasp is now truly interactive.
For more news, Go to home page