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






Harrier Command by Ben James, another remake of Harrier Attack

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Ben James is the author of several 8bit inspired games (some on Nintendo Switch), including a remake o Harrier Attack in HTML 5 : Harrier Command, made with Defold. The link of the Android version doesn't work anymore.


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WIP Harrier Attacked Reloaded by Chris PERVER for Amstrad CPC+

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After Mimo's Quest, Christ PERVER is working on a remake of Harrier Attack : Harrier Attack Reloaded for Amstrad CPC+ which will use advance features like hardware sprites management.


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SymbOS C compiler v1.1 for windows by Prevtenet

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I missed the initial release of SCC (SymbOS C Compiler) in September 2024 by Prevtenet. The version v1.1 just got out today. It's a C compiler, a fork of Alan Cox's brilliant Fuzix Compiler Kit reworked into a complete development toolchain for SymbOS. Currently SCC runs on Windows and cross-compiles binaries for SymbOS, but can also cross-compile itself to run natively (albeit slowly) on SymbOS itself.

You can download SCC v1.1 on Github.



WIP the expansion card PicoCPC by Rodrik Studio and FreddyV

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Newsflash, Rodrik Studio is presenting the PicoCPC which was made with the help of FreddyV (PicoMEM's author) who announced it on Twitter.

The PicoCPC features :

  • ROM, so can change a 464/664 in a 6128
  • RAM, all mode except the mode C3 (important for at least CP/M+ and Fuzix) at the moment)
  • keyboard remapping to EN/FR/ES
  • Floppy disk Controleur (only work with 464 and 464+
  • MEA8000 emulation used in the Technimusique vocal synthetizer (french product)
  • Reset bouton

This PicoCPC is using the Raspberry Pico 2, so it could be possible to get more features in the future, like we can see what can be done with the Pico 1 used in the PicoMEM card with a PC XT. The sound of a Gravis Ultra Sound on an Amstrad CPC o.O ?


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Dungeons of Gomilandia, an Amstrad CPC puzzle game by Retroworks

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Dungeons of Gomilandia is an Amstrad CPC puzzle game Retroworks, first released on ZX Spectrum.

The dungeon is splitted in 55 rooms, each with a door for which you will need the key. Time is limited to get your liberty, it's up to you to get it.

loading screen of Dungeons of Gomilandia by Retroworks         


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The Key episode 2, an adventure game using the Paket engine in english and spanish

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The Key episode 2 is an Amstrad CPC graphical adventure game with a point and click interface, using the Paket engine released in 2019 for the demo Escape the ROM game , written by Jordi Sureda (graphics) and Santi Ontañón (code).

You can download the episode 2 of The Key after solving an easy puzzle (much more than the one for the first episode, small hint : use upper case and not lower case like me at the first try). The game is available in spanish and english.


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Mad Mix Game, an Amstrad PCW(+) by Enrique G. Gálvez

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Mad Mix Game is an Amstrad CPC action game written in 1988 by Rafael GOMEZ (code), Roberto Potenciano ACEBES (graphics) and Cesar ASTUDILLO (music), which was edited by Topo Soft. Today Enrique G. Gálvez did port Mad Mix Game on Amstrad PCW and PCW+ : 4 and 16 colors modes available with the emulators CP/M Box and ZEsarUX.


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Disk Image Manager v2.8.2 for windows by Damien Guard

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Disk Image Manager v2.8.2 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.