Turbo Rascal SE (TRSE) is 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 X86. TRSE currently supports application development for the C64, C128, VIC-20, PLUS4, NES, Gameboy, PET, ZX Spectrum, TIKI 100, Amstrad CPC 464, 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 !

TRSE runs on Windows 64-bit, Linux 64-bit and OS X. Development began on Feb 24th 2018. The TRSE framework contains a number of project examples for multiple platforms, including almost 200 runnable tutorials. TRSE also contains a real-time ray tracer that can export (compressed) data for demo and game production.

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Leuat has written an Amstrad CPC demo with TSRE : Mørketid released for the Syntax demo party 2020. The group is Proxima with code and graphics by Leuat and music by Mibri.

Musik100 by BSC is an Amstrad CPC demo of a new sound engine. You will find more details on CPCWiki.

You can see and especially listen to this demo on Youtube. Listen also to this other youtube video using the same sound engine.

Dont be afraid to go to his Soundcloud page.

Martine is an utility converting JPG and PNG images to Overscan screen or window for Amstrad CPC (and Plus series). The last available version is v0.26 which was released the 22th January 2020.

Impact has also released 3 demos in 2020 :

• Regulus (June 2020), a small demo (32kb) to show the possibilities of the new version of ConvImgCpc in converting ASCII ART type images and animations
• ChoDemo (August 2020), a demo
• Kraftwerk Autobahn By Martine, another showcase for the Martine utility

Seen on Pouet, two Amstrad CPC demos by Oneman :

• Dash 4 in 1 released in September 2020
• Starbobs464 for Amstrad CPC or Starbobs464 for Amstrad GX4000 released in May 2020

Corona Crisis demo 2020 is a german Amstrad CPC demo by Alex and AXEL by the Treble A group. It needs 128 Kb of RAM. There are 4 parts on 2 disks, including a bonus part on disk B. Type run"readme for some informations and run"corona to launch the demo. My german is too rusty to read the first part, other parts are in english.

After Octopus Pocus in 2019, Pulpo Corrosivo has released Daymo of the Tentacle for the Amstrad CPC, which got the 3rd place at the oldskool intro contest at the Revision 2020. The code was written by Toms, music by Targhan and graphics by Barjack (link on Pouet).

Kenshiro is a demo for the Amstrad GX4000 console or the Amstrad CPC+ computer by Cyrille GOURET about the manga Ken the survivor. There is a screen by Eric Cubizolle (2019) and two unknown songs (more later maybe for their name). The Kenshiro demo is available on Youtube.

Square Roots par Vanity has been released at the Revision 2020 for the 4k intro (link on Pouet). The code is written by Hicks, graphics by Beb and music by Tom et Jerry.

Vanity got the first place for this 4 Kb demo for the oldschool intro composition.

There is a video of this intro by Beb himself.

Batman Group has been interviewed by Homebrew Legends.

CeD a gagné la première place pour un graphique lors d'un concours sur un groupe Facebook : Amstrad CPC pour toujours and beyond !.

Roudoudou did two videos about the creation of his non official invitro on Amstrad GX4000 and CPC+ for the demo party Alchimie 13 where Amstrad users will be present :

• first video
• second video

Alchimie 13 will take place on the 1st to 3rd November 2019. Roudoudou has written a small Amstrad GX4000 and CPC+ invitro not official Rouleau de printemps for this demo party where Amstrad users will be present.

Octopus Pocus by Pulpo Corrosivo has been released at the Revision 2019 for the oldskool contest where it got the 6th place. It needs 128 Kb, a CRTC 0 or 1. The code was written by Toms, music by Targhan, graphics by Rexbeng, Beb and Barjack, with help by Hicks (link on Pouet).

The third Kind by Vanity has been released at the Revision 2019 for the 4k intro where it got the 3rd place (link on Pouet). The code is written by Hicks, graphics by Beb and music by Targhan

Gloire à Piou by Overlanders has been released at the Revision 2019 for the oldskool contest where it got the 11th place. The demo was programmed entirerly on an Amstrad CPC first with DAMS then with Dorgams. The music is written by Jess with Starkos.

There are two versions of the demo :

• Gloire à Piou, version shown at the Revision 2019 (1. DSK)
• Gloire à Piou, finale version (1 .HFE)