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







The Mystery of the Nile HD gameplay by Metr81

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Metr81 is finishing Amstrad CPC games and put them as HD video on Youtube. I will now announce his video there (and add them a bit later in the games database).

The first game to be announced isn't well known by me : The Mystery of the Nile (El misterio del nilo) , written by Made in Spain, edited by Zigurat and distributed by Firebird.


Youtube video



Boulder Dash XL on PC and Xbox360

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You can read (in french) a test of Boulder Dash XL already out on Xbox360 (13th July) and on PC (end of 2011).

There are at least 3 possible gameplays :

  • arcade : easier as you cant be crushed, you have life points (no direct death)...
  • puzzle : more interesting than the arcade mode
  • retro : back to the original !


The Oliver Twins web site (all the Dizzy games)

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You can read the history about The Oliver Twins on their web site, they are the authors of the Dizzy games (and many others).



CPCWiki moving to a new server

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EDIT : CPCWiki is moving to a new server, and not available yet on the new one.



MegaFlash available (a new 512 Ko ROMBOX) by Bryce

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Bryce has released his MegaFlash, a new 512 Ko ROMBOX to be able to use ROMs like QuickCMD on your Amstrad CPC. You can PM him on CPCWiki quickly if you want to be able to order one.

The price is 75 €, centronics cable 7 €, edge connector cable 10 € and postage 5 €.

MegaFlash above a 3 inch disk  the MegaFlash ROMBOX 



PC-CPC v0.1at beta (Amstrad CPC emulator) on CPCWiki

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CPCWiki is back after a few hardware problems, you can download on it the lastest beta version of the PC-CPC emulator by Ludovic Deplanque (Demoniak).




Gamebase CPC v21 and Matéo are out (litteraly)

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GameBase CPC V21 is out since 14th July 2011. As is my new nephew Matéo born the same day at 2:51pm, the poor kid doesnt know yet who is his uncle (a raving mad Amstrad CPC geek).