Jose Javier Garcia Aranda has released a new version of NOMWARS (tape and disk) written with 8BP v41 (8bits de poder : 8bits of power), his RSX library to write Amstrad CPC games in basic and asm.

A physical edition of the game can be bought on Hobby Retro.

You can download 8bp on github.

You can also get SPEDIT v14, an utility to capture sprites from games or pictures made with an utility such as ConnvImgCPC, Martine...

And finally, he is working on a menu application for DES cartridges, to allow easy launching on games installed inside such a cartridge.

The last version of RASM is v1.6 (29th October 2021).

Rasm is now available on Github (documentation included).

This multi platform assembler (linux, windows, but not only like MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC.

PunyInform v3.1 by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson is a library written in Inform 6 to create adventure game (pure text, no graphic support contrary to DAAD) using the Z-machine virtual machine which will run on 8bit computers (or more recent computers too). PunyInform has a parser, knowing of common verbs and a framework to write adventure games.

PunyInform is based on the Inform 6 library written by Graham Nelson. Its goal is to make easily adventure games in Inform 6, with a manual describing the differences between the official library and PunyInform..

Games using PunyInform can be compiled in z3, z5 and z8 format (z3 being the best format for 8bit computers, other formats have more features). Compared to the Inform 6 library, it means that there is no support for the Glulx virtual machine but z3 format is important as Inform 6 doesnt support it.

To compile games written with PunyInform, you should use the Inform 6 compiler maintained by David Kinder. Binaries are available on if-archive. PunyInform needs Inform v6.35 (or more).

They are tutorials to write adventure game with PunyInform (end of the page) and all the documentation including a 8 page cheat sheet (quick reference)..

To try your game after compilation, you can use WinFrotz by David Kinder, to create map easily you can use Trizbort.

And finally, to create an Amstrad CPC and PCW disk image, you will have to use the Puddle BuildTools.

Seen on CPCWiki, Bread80 did put on github the unassembled firmware of the Amstrad CPC 6128 on github (Basic will come in a few weeks). He talks about it on his web site and Twitter.

It's time to upgrade the firmware and speed of Basic !

PunyInform v3.0 by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson is a library written in Inform 6 to create adventure game (pure text, no graphic support contrary to DAAD) using the Z-machine virtual machine which will run on 8bit computers (or more recent computers too). PunyInform has a parser, knowing of common verbs and a framework to write adventure games.

PunyInform is based on the Inform 6 library written by Graham Nelson. Its goal is to make easily adventure games in Inform 6, with a manual describing the differences between the official library and PunyInform..

Games using PunyInform can be compiled in z3, z5 and z8 format (z3 being the best format for 8bit computers, other formats have more features). Compared to the Inform 6 library, it means that there is no support for the Glulx virtual machine but z3 format is important as Inform 6 doesnt support it.

To compile games written with PunyInform, you should use the Inform 6 compiler maintained by David Kinder. Binaries are available on if-archive. PunyInform needs Inform v6.35 (or more).

They are tutorials to write adventure game with PunyInform (end of the page).

To try your game after compilation, you can use WinFrotz by David Kinder, to create map easily you can use Trizbort.

And finally, to create an Amstrad CPC and PCW disk image, you will have to use the Puddle BuildTools.

Pascal SEGUY is the author of the DAMS utility (assembler and desassembler), edited by Micro Applications in 1985 and by Audiogenic Software LTD in the U.K.

I just discovered in a CPCWiki thread about FutureOS that Mr. SEGUY did put the source code of DAMS on Github.

Turbo Rascal SE (TRSE) v0.13.216 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 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 !

Join TRSE on Facebook !

I dont have the details of the new features of this version.

New articles are available on 64 NOPS, a blog about programmation on Amstrad CPC by Hicks (Vanity) and Toms (Pulpo Corrosivo). There is a english translation of a french one by Tom and Jerry about musical composition software, and more articles about the FDC by Roudoudou (in french) :

• musical composition software on Amstrad CPC (english) and the french version
• discovering the FDC (issue 1)
• discovering the FDC (issue 2)
• discovering the FDC (issue 3)
• discovering the FDC (issue 4)

You can download a first beta version of an upgraded Elite by Fessor which is available on CPCWiki :

• Splashscreens 1 and 2 revised, Splashscreen 2 is now a showcase similar to the 16bit Elites
• The mechanics of the BBC disk version, which reloads various shipsets, have been reproduced
• In the savegames it is now noted which shipset is active, they are therefore incompatible with the officially published versions, so you have to start a new career
• Routines for loading / saving savegames in order to be compatible with future changes to the game (encryption against program code deactivated)
• Unused code commented out and a little over 1000 bytes gained. This may be enough to retrofit the two missing missions (Hunting the Constrictor / delivering Thargoid-Plans), but I have to take a closer look at that in the BBC code

PunyInform v2.8 by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson is a library written in Inform 6 to create adventure game (pure text, no graphic support contrary to DAAD) using the Z-machine virtual machine which will run on 8bit computers (or more recent computers too). PunyInform has a parser, knowing of common verbs and a framework to write adventure games.

PunyInform is based on the Inform 6 library written by Graham Nelson. Its goal is to make easily adventure games in Inform 6, with a manual describing the differences between the official library and PunyInform..

Games using PunyInform can be compiled in z3, z5 and z8 format (z3 being the best format for 8bit computers, other formats have more features). Compared to the Inform 6 library, it means that there is no support for the Glulx virtual machine but z3 format is important as Inform 6 doesnt support it.

To compile games written with PunyInform, you should use the Inform 6 compiler maintained by David Kinder. Binaries are available on if-archive. PunyInform needs Inform v6.34 (or more).

They are tutorials to write adventure game with PunyInform (end of the page).

To try your game after compilation, you can use WinFrotz by David Kinder, to create map easily you can use Trizbort.

Trebmint is the programmer of the Quigs language to write cross platform programs for SymbOS (Amstrad CPC, MSX et Elan Enterprise). He wrote a demo using the G9K framework for the graphic card V9990. Here are two videos showing it :

• G9k CPC test in SymbOS on real hardware running in SymbOS as a multitasking application
• G9k (v9990) multitasking demo in SymbOS running multiple apps at the same time

The swarm is coming... by Minilop Retroware (on Twitter) is a WIP game for ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. It's a cybernoid like game with 4 levels made on ZX Spectrum and one only on Amstrad CPC for the moment. Graphics are nice, there are two videos available on Twitter :

• The Swarm is coming..., menu and gameplay
• The Swarm is coming..., gameplay

The finale PC version of the beat them all Shadows of Death by Titan (Eric Cubizolle) is available. Cooperation play is possible.

I am late to write about a WIP game as its release could maybe be soon, it's the beat them all Shadows of Death by Titan (Eric Cubizolle).

You should really go look at CPCWiki and of course the official web site of Titan which has many informations, graphics, pre-version for windows (using the motor OpenBOR) and Amstrad CPC.

Code and graphics are by Titan, musics by Pulsophonic, sound effects and voices by CosmoBuggi.

The last version of RASM is v1.5 (19th July 2021).

Rasm is now available on Github (documentation included).

This multi platform assembler (linux, windows, but not only like MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC.