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







Restoring an Amstrad CPC 464 after floods in Spain (2024)

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The 29th and 30th October 2024, big floods have taken place in the province of Valencia in Spain.

Human losses are to be deplored, nothing will be able to bring them back, enormous damage, lost memories...

However, for the computers that we like, it is possible to do something. I will therefore let you see the restoration of an Amstrad CPC 464 that was found under mud. It looks like archaeology when it comes to removing the layer of mud that is still partly wet !


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Hundra, an Amstrad PCW(+) by Enrique G. Gálvez

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Hundra is an Amstrad CPC platform game written in 1987 by Ricardo PUERTO (programmation), Raul LOPEZ (graphics), Roman HERGUETA, Javier CUBEDO (music) and Luis ROYO (cover). It was edited by Dinamic Software.

Enrique G. Gálvez jus released yesterday Hundra for Amstrad PCW and PCW+ : 4 and 16 colors modes which are available with the two following emulators : CP/M Box et ZEsarUX.


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Transylvania Castle (2022) by Fitosoft now also in english (v1.3)

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Transylvania Castle by Fitosoft was released initailly in 2022 in spanish. It's a RPG game for Amstrad CPC. A new release is out (v1.3) with english support. Here is the description by the author :

The inhabitants of Transylvania are very concerned about a strange plague that has been ravaging this region for some time and killing many of its inhabitants. They think the origin of this plague is related to Count Dracula, a strange being who lives in a castle near the town, from which no one has ever returned.

To solve this enigma and end this plague, they have hired a professor specializing in "rare cases", Professor Van Helsin. Unfortunately, the carriage in which our brave professor was traveling on the way to the castle, the supposed origin of this disease, has suffered an accident, and when he woke up, he found some strange marks on his neck, an unequivocal sign that he has also contracted this terrible evil.

So in this adventure, you play the famous professor, and your mission will be to end this terrible curse, but you must hurry, since you only have three days before the curse ends your life… The first step will be to go through all the rooms of the castle until you find Count Dracula and end his life, only then will you be able to end this evil. Finally, you must find the key that allows you to escape from the castle, since after entering it, the heavy door has closed in your path and only with this key will you be able to open it.


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Trailer of Mighty Castle Adventure by Yogtze for Amstrad CPC

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Yogtze released yestaerday a trailer for his Amstrad CPC game Mighty Castle Adventure (video on Youtube).

You should really read the thread on CPCWiki which is interesting and has several nice videos. The game has been showed at the Benediction Coding Party and it's really superb. To follow closely till the release this year.


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Arkos Tracker v3.2.4 by Targhan is out

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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 v3.2.4 (14th February 2025). It's a beta version but totally usuable for windows, mac and linux (intel and ARM).

This new version brings many improvements and one big unique feature called Effect Context.




Harrier Attacked Reloaded by Chris PERVER for Amstrad CPC+ available

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After Mimo's Quest, Christ PERVER just released his remake of Harrier Attack : Harrier Attack Reloaded for Amstrad CPC+ which use advance features like hardware sprites management.

Beware if you already downloaded the game yesterday as it was released, there was a bug which made the game crashing. It is now corrected.


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