You can see on Youtube an interview of Roland Perry made by The Centre for Computing History.

After StephBB, another serie of actually 39 videos to learn to program a game on Amstrad CPC by GameDevCodeur. The first video (french inside) is here.

Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Wood is a an adventure game created in the 1970s and sometimes considered like the first adventure game et parfois considéré comme le tout premier. Adventure a été réécrit par Fredrik Ramsberg et son logiciel de création PunyInform (local download of Adventure).

PunyInform v5.10 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 which works under linux, windows 1x with WSL2 or MacOS with Intel processor and OrbStack.

Stephbb75 is making video on Youtube about Amstrad CPC cross development. The last video (29th November) is available. The first five videos are here :

• installing SDCC, a C compiler
• drawing
• using disks
• draw an image
• create a slideshow

You don't actually play sports enough and you are asking yourself about your health, I have the solution for your problem if you have a Nintendo Switch : you only need to go to the Eshop and buy the Epyx Games Sport Collection which get 8 games no less :

• Summer Games (1984)
• Summer Games II (1985)
• Winter Games (1985)
• World Games (1986)
• Championship Wrestling (1986)
• California Games (1987)
• The Games – Winter Edition (1988)
• The Games – Summer Edition (1988)

Arkos Tracker v3 by Targhan is available on the new web site, the new site isn't complete but it holds already several tutorials. The last version available is v3.2.2 (1st December 2024). It's a beta version but totally usuable for windows, mac and linux (intel and ARM).

This new version brings a few bug fixes and many improvements in the user interface, especially in the Instrument Editor.

Assault by TheQproyect is a shoot them up game for Amstrad CPC, which will be available on the 14th December 2024.

It's an adaptation of the game Assault for the Atari 2600 console (see a video of the original game Assault on Youtube.

The Saboteur 2 mod by theALFEST is available as a beta on Itch.IO.

The original Albireo card was created by PulkoMandy, it offers mass storage (USB and SD card) and a serial port. It is nice to be used with the Unidos ROM (Futurs). Zik (Futurs) has obtained the agreement of PulkoMandy to create a v2.0 of the Albireo card without the serial port, and already two batches of the card have been sold. But to make a third batch, 20 to 25 orders are needed. So don't hesitate to torder one as the price of 25 euros is peanuts for the features.

The final version of Babaliba by ESP Soft has just been released as .DSK and will be soon available as .CDT tape file too.

After StephBB, GameDevCodeur, another serie of actually 10 videos to learn to program a game on Amstrad CPC in Locomotive Basic by zilogCAceFAIpu. The first video (french inside) is here, the ultimate goal being to recreate classic video game like Boulder Dash which is explained in the 10th video. And more to come.

On Elégance Editions by Oncle Ced, you can order the newspaper CPC Anachronie issue 2.

But you will also find stickers in french, english and german for Amstrad CPC 6128 to put on the disk drive, packs of 10 labels for 3 inch disks, a poster for CPC Anachronie 1, cartridges of Burnin'Rubber.

The ESP32AY by Alexander Sitnikov is a hardware AY musical player (Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, MSX, Pentagon, ZX Spectrum). It reads many different formats (more informations on Github).

Ajcasado has released Fuzix version 0.5.0 alpha for Amstrad CPC 6128 (original by Alan Cox).

Seen on the Facebook Amstradiens group, if you like wine (or not), vous must buy at least one bottle of the domaine of Thalie Mâcon-Bray "Le Verre Solidaire" 2023.

Archer presents his unofficial Amstrad CPC mini made with the hardware emulator CPCESP (CPCESP on Twitter) and 3D impression. It's nicely made.

Roudoudou has created a web site to learn Amstrad CPC assembler programmation even if you are just starting it (french inside).

Faster by Jonathan Thomas for Atari STE is a racing game announced earlier this year, in the wake of WEC le mans and Burnin Rubber, he just got released.

Conecta 5 en Navidad by ESP Soft has been released, it's a reflexion game (match 4 type).

Grazia Pizzuto has many videos of music of videos games played on piano, today it's video of Cybernoid 2's music by J. Dave ROGERS on piano.

The FD-1 drive is a second disk drive for Amstrad CPC 664 and6128 or first disk drive for Amstrad CPC 464 when you connect it to the DDI-1 drive controller.

Amstrad Retro Geek is showing a Gotek integrated inside a 3D print FD-1dans un FD-1 avec impression 3D réalisée par Benemerit (Madrid).

The Amstrad CPC 464 in the video has a DK'Tronics 64 Kb RAM extension and its ROM has been replace by one of the 6128 : basic v1.1 instead of v1.0.

You can order the issue 3 in english of the newspaper 64 NOPS on Ulule. It's a project by Hicks/Vanity and toms/Pulpo Corrosivo, the cover is made by Beb, 64 pages A4 and delivery will be in February 2025.

Don't forget the 64 NOPS web site even if they are no new articles since a moment.

Phantomas 2 was released in 1986 on Amstrad CPC by Dinamic Software. it was ported on Amstrad PCW by Habi Soft.

New versions by Roudoudou of his ACE-DL Amstrad CPC emulator (12/14/2024) :

• added new traductions
• added FullScreen mode for Linux/Windows users (F11 key or Apple-F)
• upgrade width/height limit to 512 in Graphics Explorer
• added Amsdos header option for Memory import in configuration saves
• now you can resize Graphics Explorer window + size saved in configuration
• display an error message when a file is not supported (instead of simply discarding it)
• bugfix step over in trace with HALT, LDIR, CPIR and other 'looped' instructions
• bugfix number of selected Upper Rom, displayed in Gate Array window
• bugfix number of selected bytes after a successful search
• bugfix recovery of explorers coordinates after close/reopening

The Saboteur 2 mod by theALFEST is available as v1 on Itch.IO.

Retro Piano Guy plays on piano the music of retro games including Defender of the Crown.

Star Trip by Osmium Path is an Amstrad CPC demo about 3D, a return to the past after the Utimate Megademo by Face Hugger.

It is written by Optimus (code) and Ham (graphics and music). It got the 4th place at the demo compo at the Demosplash 2024 meeting in November 2024.

You can see a video of Optimus explaining the 3D engine made for this demo.

Génération Micros has done a video about the story of a failure : the Amstrad 464-6128 plus and GX 4000 (french inside).

Tarzanete de la boca al ajete is an Amstrad CPC platform game by Retromakes released three days ago.

Mighty Street Fighter by AmstradGGP is available for Amstrad CPC.

Martine v0.40 is an utility written by the Impact group with a new big feature : an editor, and soon a linux version.

It's a CLI utility to convert JPEG or PNG image files into SCR/PAL or Overscan Amstrad CPC file screen. Multi os, you can convert any pictures to Amstrad CPC Screen. The files generated (.win, .scr, .ink) are compatible with OCP Art Studio and Impdraw V2 i2.

Don´t touch my eggs by Voxel Tower is an action game for Amstrad CPC, see the video by Voxel Tower, it is available since one hour !

Rick Dangerous 1 and 2 were written by : David K. PRIDMORE (code), Simon PHIPPS, Terry LLOYD (graphics).

Xyphoe interviews the graphist Simon PHIPPS to talk about the history and making of Rick Dangerous 1 and 2.

ConvGeneric by Roudoudou is a command line utility (windows, MacOS) to convert PNG to Amstrad CPC formats like sprites, tiles, complete screens... :

• Multimode support
• Software sprite conversion
• Tile extraction
• Tiled screens mode
• Metatile mode
• Screen conversion
• Hardware sprite extraction

Beware this utility can't reduce the number of colors, if you need this then use :

• Martine
• ConvImgCpc

Crystal Place is an Amstrad CPC reflexion game by Francesc ALCAUCER written 100% in Locomotive basic. He wrote four others games : CPC Invaders, Wrecking Ball, Tiny Deathmatch et Tetrid dotBAS.

I invite you once again to go listen to E-dredon's music for Amstrad CPC who write it for the Playcity (3 AY soundchip for 9 channels) or the Play2CPC.

The Play2CPC is an evolution of the Plus2CPC who let using CPC+ cartridges on an plain Amstrad CPC but with additional features :

• Extra audio capabilities (Yamaha YMF288 OPN3 soundchip)
• Sound mix into the CPC speaker or stereo audio jack
• Full Amstrad Plus ROM decoding
• Extra on-board V-ROM (512K RAM expansion mapped as ROM) for amazing new AAA games
• General purpose programmable raster interrupt
• Compatible with standard Amstrad cartridges and new extended formats
• 100% compatible with C4CPC
• Support for RW cartridges to save/update games, scores and settings
• Boot switch and reset button commodities

He wrote his Rasters music (1xYM2203, 3xOPs et 3xPSG) with the tracker Furnace (github) written by Tildearrow.

To make so beautiful Amstrad CPC loading screens like Eric Cubizolle (Titan), it's easy, you just need to use the same painting program : Multipaint by Tero Heikkinen AKA Dr. Terrorz, and maybe a bit of talent and mostly a lot of work.

Titan is describing Multipaint as a mmix of OCP Art Studio and Deluxe Paint for windows which offers the possibility of using the resolutions and palettes of a whole bunch of old computers including the Amstrad CPC (mode 0 and 1, overscan possible in mode 0).

I wish you a merry christmas and what better way to wish it than to present the last demo by Roudoudou (code), Pulsophonic (music) and TITAN (graphics with MultiPaint).

Crazy Piri has released an Amstrad CPC game : Kolotoc inspired of a TV game where you have to find a word.

Alexandre Nauguet just made another new loading screens for Amstrad CPC games, this time for Ghostbusters 1 and 2. First the original loading screens :

Then the new ones :

A new article by No Recess about this year 2024 is a recommended reading.

The last version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CPCEC by César Nicolas Gonzalez, was released yesterday on the 24th December 2024.

Disk Image Manager v2.8.1 by Damien Guard is an application for examining and manipulating disk images in the Standard and Extended DSK format used by many ZX Spectrum, Amstrad PCW and CPC emulators.

New version by Roudoudou of his ACE-DL Amstrad CPC emulator (12/24/2024) :

• spanish translations for the GUI (see flags with F12)
• ability to use (L)abels to jump in memory from Graphics Explorer
• augmenter ou diminuer le son avec les touches +/- du clavier numérique

RetroGamerDiaries presents the complete history of the gaming company Durell Software LTD.

CP/M Box by Habi Soft, an Amstrad PCW emulator, is available in version 1.10.0 : corrections and ameliorations, dark theme, speed controk, predefined sizes, EMR MIDI, reconfigurable keyboard.