News about Amstrad CPC, PCW, Notepad NC100 NC150 NC200, PDA600 and also Amstrad PC






RASM v2.3.6 by Roudoudou, a multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC

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The last version of multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v2.3.6) is released today on Github.

This multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC (for linux, windows, and also for MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC. It's recommended to use it with the new emulator also by Roudoudou : ACE-DL released today, to get symbols and breakpoints importation and much more.



Battlot (2022) for Amstrad CPC by Inufoto now also for CPC+

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Inufuto is a japanese who write many games, each time for several platforms including Amstrad CPC. He wrote initally Battlot in 2022, this year he is releasing a new version of Battlot for Amstrad CPC+ with hardware sprites. You will find there the Youtube channel of Inufuto.



Arkos Tracker v3.2.6 by Targhan is available

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Arkos Tracker v3.2.6 by Targhan is available on his web site. This is no longer a beta version, the site has many tutorials. This version is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Intel and ARM).



LocoBasic v0.1.74 by Marco Vieth, a Locomotive Basic light and quick

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After CPCBasic unchained and CPCBasicTS unchained, Marco Vieth (author of the first Amstrad CPC emulator CPCEmu) has released LocoBasic five months ago.

LocoBasic is a streamlined adaptation of Locomotive BASIC, designed primarily for calculations. It is lightweight and can run either in a browser or on the command line using Node.js. It has NO GOTO but supports a subroutine style with GOSUB. Line numbers are optional and only needed to start a subroutine or a DATA line for RESTORE.

You can try LocoBasic here.

This new version brings the following features :

  • SVG Output
  • Examples to check out: Sierpiński triangle, Mandelbrot set, "Little Architect" demo
  • Real-Time Clock RSX commandsexample=drawclk
  • Also included : syntax highlighting editor for BASIC


CPCemu v3.0.2, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Rainer Loritz

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Rainer has released CPCemu v3.0.2 (24th April 2025). It's available for Windows, Android and MacOS (a bit later for iOS and Linux).

This new version is available on CPCEMU's web site.

This version corrects the following bugs :

  • Android: Lagging hardware keyboard input
  • Missing or wrong mapping of some hardware-keyboard keys
  • Selection of keyboard layout during setup sets hardware keyboard layout now, too, and configures national ROMs where appropriate
  • SymbOS 4.0 boots from disks now
  • Fixed bank-switching bug: SymbOS boots with RAM sizes between 128k and 576k now
  • M4 board (Windows version): Folders can now be deleted, |CD,".." works now
  • M4 board/SymbOS: SD card live mode significantly improved, but still not reliable enough for production use. Caveat emptor! If you have used live mode before please make sure to restore all SymbOS files, they might have become damaged
  • Portable version (Windows): ROM paths are relative now



Interview with Jesús Martínez del Vas, author of a book about the Amstrad history in Spain

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In less than 67 minutes, you will be able to see an interview with Jesús Martínez del Vas, author of a book fist released the 8th November 2019 about the Amstrad history in Spain : Queremos Su Dinero (we want your money). You will learn more about Indescomp, Amstrad Spain and José Luis Domínguez (founder of Indescomp in 1982).

The book is now available as an ebook on Amazon : Lo Increíble : El vendedor de libros puerta a puerta que transformó con Amstrad la informática en España.

For more informations (from 2019) :



CPCemu v3.0.1, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Rainer Loritz is available

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Rainer has released CPCemu v3.0.1 (19th April 2025). It's available for Windows and MacOS (a bit later for Android, iOS and Linux).

This new version is available on CPCEMU's web site.

This version corrects the emulator not starting on most Windows 11 machines. Besides, the setup of the Dobbertin HD20 was flawed. The file for the virtual harddisk was created in the executable directory (which, depending on its location, failed due to lack of write permissions). The new version uses (as originally intended) the folder where cpcemu.cfg is located ("%APPDATA%\CPCemu" in Windows and "Library/Application Support/CPCemu" in MacOS). The virtual HD20 file will be automatically created the first time the HD20 is used (for which the X-DDOS ROM needs to be loaded, e. g. as ROM 5).




4deKades by Creative People for CPC, an Amstrad CPC demo

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4deKades by Creative People for CPC is a demo for Amstrad CPC written by :

  • Tom et Jerry (music)
  • Optimus (code)
  • Eliot (code)
  • Krusty (code)
  • m_dr_m (code)
  • Voxy (palettes)