The last version of multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v2.3.3) was released five days ago on Github.

• ability to remap any UTF8 char when using inline struct and parameter overload
• Rasm MSDOS version is back ^_^

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.

Erinia a spanish text adventure game by DaReInt is now also désormais also available in english (4 euros). Written with DAAD, this game is available for other computers. Don't hesitate to go to his Itch.IO page (link above), as he has written other adventure games.

ugBASIC by Marco Spedaletti is a compiled basic which works on many computers including the Amstrad CPC(+). In fact this compiler write the code so a program works whatever the features of the targeted computer, a feature which doesnt exist in hardware will be managed by software. For ugBASIC's github it's here, an official Facebook group of ugBASIC and even an ugBASIC forum.

There is also an IDE for ugBASIC v1.17 still by Marco Spedaletti available on Itch.IO for Windows.

Marco wrote in 2024 a Sokoban game : Soko64+, of course in ugBASIC.

After CPCBasic unchained and CPCBasicTS unchained, Marco Vieth (author of the first Amstrad CPC emulator CPCEmu) is releasing LocoBasic.

LocoBasic is a streamlined adaptation of Locomotive BASIC, designed primarily for calculations. It is lightweight and can run either in a browser or on the command line using Node.js. It has NO GOTO but supports a subroutine style with GOSUB. Line numbers are optional and only needed to start a subroutine or a DATA line for RESTORE.

You can try LocoBasic here.

The lastest Amstrad CPC game by Snauts is a platform game : MoonRN. It's a one button parkour platformer. Jump and double jump over platforms formed by moonlight. Reach right most edge of the raft to stop and advance level.

Check his other Amstrad CPC games on his Itch.IO page.

Hervé LANGE wrote several games on Amstrad CPC : B.A.T., Fer and Flamme, l'anneau de Zengara and le bagne de Nepharia. You can see an interview of Hervé LANGE on Youtube par RGCA in 2019.

The Saboteur 2 mod by theALFEST is available as v1.0.2 on Itch.IO. It adds game map (shift+m ingame) for 128 kb computers.

After three years of work, SymbOS v4 by Prodatron is available. It's a GUI OS for Amstrad CPC, PCW and Notepad 100/150/200, MSX, Elan Enterprise, ZX Spectrum Next, SymbOSVM.

The Desktop Manager has received new controls, such as one for drawing large grids and the long-missing fully functional tree view with collapsible nodes. Lists, trees and pulldown menus can now contain icons thanks to the new inline support of the Advanced Text Control.

The Sound Daemon provides platform-independent sound services for multiple programs. With Arkos Tracker-based PSG and MOD-based Wavetable support, users can enjoy high-quality sound effects and music in apps and games. GUI events can be assigned to system sound effects, improving the interactive experience.

The Printer Daemon acts as a spooler for multiple print jobs and supports unified formatting codes and network TCP/IP printing. It ensures seamless printing from different applications using a printer-specific driver.

SymbOS C Compiler (SCC) is the new ultimate developer kit for building SymbOS applications using the C programming language. Based on the Fuzix compiler, it features a proper libc port for plug-and-play compilation of existing code, extensive (Posix) wrappers and helper functions for SymbOS system calls, detailed documentation to help you get started with SymbOS programming, multithreading, graphics and sound support, and a complete sample application for reference. It can run on Windows as well as directly on SymbOS !

SymbOS 4.0 supports kernel-level data compression to save disk space. Transparent file management allows compression of existing file formats, data blocks can be decompressed up to 63 KB at a time.

Many other improvements have been added, such as the famous Alt+Tab task switcher, Usifac II/Ulifac support, Nova RTC support and countless more things.

Three new supported platforms have been added to the SymbOS family, including Amstrad NC100/150/200, ZX Spectrum Next, and SymbOSVM, which allows SymbOS to run almost natively on modern 32- and 64-bit platforms.

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.

A physical edtion of The Key Episode 2 is available as a tape, with a secret puzzle and a reversible cover. There a a limited number of tapes, so be quick.

One more interview by Retro Maniac, this time of Rolf Lakämper. As always the interview is bilingual, first in spanish then in english. Rolf Lakämper wrote six games on Amstrad CPC games including Mission Elevator.

Hostias Como Panes by Ivan AVILA (21Bloques) is his last game for Amstrad CPC, a beat them all.

Game Back has made an interview of Ángel García Delgado (AGD) who worked for the spanish game studio Iber Soft.

Game Back has made an interview of Luis Ángel Alda who worked for the spanish game studio Zigurat and later Gaelco.

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.

Rodolfo Skylarriente 3 is a graphic adventure game on Amstrad CPC by Sakis Kaffesakis, Manossg (music), Brundij (digitized screens) and MiguelSky (traduction). It is available now in french, but also at the start in english, greek and spanish.

A video of presentation in french is available.

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.

Brick Fabrik just released their Amstrad CPC game Roland Retires, which started in 2023. Code and design are by Mode 2 and music by Riskwood (you can listen to the music here).

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.

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 !

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.

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.

Krook is an action and puzzle game for Amstrad CPC by Tartessos Games.

It has been updated and you can now download an english/spanish cartridgeg for CPC+, and still of course english and spanisk .DSK, and a windows version too.

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).

If you have an Amstrad GX4000 or a CPC 464+ maybe 6128+ ? You don't have enough cartridges and you want to have more games on this format ? Then this video of DarkSteph is for you, you will discover how to program an EPROM for Amstrad GX4000 or CPC+.

A new version of the Caprice32 emulator maintained by Colin Pitrat is available for windows and MacOS.

This new version was released the 15th February 2025.

Stephen Smith on Twitter is announcing 3D ports of 8bit games like Exolon, 3D Monster Maze et Saboteur on his Itch.IO page (and more).

Go check Stephen SMITH's youtube channel for more videos.

Always in advance being late, even if I had seen very interesting content by Lee Cook some weeks ago on the Facebook group Amstrad GX4000/PLUS Users and after getting his agreement to publish here both in english and french his findings, I just found yesterday that Crack'n Rom Nostalgie just published one of his writings.

So I invite you to go read it (french only) while waiting for me to work a little more :-)

Interrupt-CPC is a new Youtube channel which is about Amstrad CPC demos, for the moment emulated on Linux with Retro Virtual Machine (RVM) and its CRT video filter. But future videos running on a real Amstrad CPC is possible.