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








No more little problems with this Amstrad CPC sound chip replacement by vRetro

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The small compatibility problems for this replacement chip for the Amstrad CPC sound chip have been corrected with more releaxed timings. Instead of buying an original sound chip for too much money, it is more interesting to buy this functional equivalent AY-3-8912 by vRetro.



RASM v2.1 by Roudoudou, a multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC, integrated with ACE-DL

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The last version of multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v2.1) was released the 24th October 2023 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.



ACE-DL by Roudoudou, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows

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It's released ! ACE-DL by Roudoudou (Another CPC Emulator for DownLoad) is available, the port for windows, linux and MacOS of ACE by Offset.

To download it, it's available on Roudoudou's web site.



Amspirit v0.953b, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Dmanu78

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A new version of Amspirit, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Dmanu78 is available on the System.CFG forum for windows. There is a 32 and 64bit version. Reading all the thread is a good idea if you didnt read it already as it's a complete genesis of this emulator.

This version mostly is correcting bugs, better management of the edsk format to manage protected games and new ergonomic features.

The thread on CPCWiki is here.



Memory Full, history of the Amstrad CPC demo scene by Hicks (printing done)

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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 v0.17, Pascal programmation for Amstrad CPC, 8086 and more

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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.



WIP Keymaster's Journey by 21st Century Amstrad, an Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023

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Keymaster's Journey by 21st Century Amstrad is a WIP Amstrad CPC gamme for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest. For the moment you can see the sprites which will be used in the game on their Twitter account.



Jewel Master by Raul Garcia, an Amstrad CPC arcade game for the CPCRetroDev 2023

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Jewel Master by Raul Garcia (Retromaniacos) is one of the first released games for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest.

It's a simple arcade game, use QAOP to move and get the 4 treasures. I am blocked at one level (see screenshot below) as there were only 3 treasures.

The video below is showing the game.