SymbOSVM by Prodatron and Insane/Rabenauge is a virtual machine which goal is to run natively SymbOS on recent 32/64 bits processors.

SymCalc, a spreadsheet for SymbOS by Prodatron was first seen with screenshots in may 2024. Everything works in RAM, you need at least 192 Kb of RAM, with 126 lines and 64 columns (should be 250 lines later). An alpha version was released in June 2024.

Orgams is an assembler in ROM for Amstrad CPC, created by Madram, Drill and Hicks. A new version GG beta 6 is available (5th August 2024).

The documentation in french and english is available on Orgams' wiki.

ESPectrum is a ZX Spectrum emulator for the boards Ilygo TTGo VGA32 and Olimex ESP32-SBC-FabGL. There is now since a few an Amstrad CPC emulator named CPCESP, with a 3D printed packaging by Jose Lopez (other photos). The first software version of CPCESP was released the 7th July 2024 on Github. You can find CPCESP on :

• CPCESP on Facebook
• CPCESP on Twitter

News about No Recess, first an interview done by Dr JVTek, second some news about Sonix GX for Amstrad GX 4000.

Sew Ready is an Ebay seller in the United Kingdom, which is selling covers for retro computers (and their monitors), including the Amstrad CPC range. You can also find Sew Ready on Twitter.

Gunhed TV (David Hecq) is a known french youtubber with some videos on Amstrad CPC.

But it's also the author of the book Marion et les crocodiles d'Amstrad : L'histoire d'Amstrad France recommended by Roudoudou on his Discord. I just received it and I will read it at the end of the week.

Olivier Poncet is the author of an Amstrad CPC emulator : Xcpc v0.52.0 for Linux, BSD and Unix. It doesn't emulate the + models though.

He is talking about how to write an emulator on his web site.

And also quite interesting, he has released last month AYM JS which is a sound chip emulator written in JavaScript emulating the AY-3-8910 PSG (Programmable Sound Generator) and the YM2149 SSG (Software-Controlled Sound Generator). You can test AYM JS here (press the Power button and the Play button). At the moment YM files must be converted to javascript (but the conversion tool isn't available yet), but direct support of YM files is on the way.

Alaiing présent on Itch.IO, Twitch and Twitter/X is the author of windows remakes of the following Amstrad CPC games using the MonoGame framework, and of games on other platforms) : Bomb Jack (three first levels), Arkanoid (three first levels) and Airwolf (first level).

Stefan Vogt has released the Ghosts of Blackwood Manor for Amstrad CPC and PCW the 2nd December 2023. A new release 14 is out, it corrects a bug for all versions, so it is advised to update to this new version.

SymbOSVM by Prodatron and Insane/Rabenauge is available on its web site, it's a virtual machine which goal is to run natively SymbOS on recent 32/64 bits processors.

Star Cadre : Combat Class by Cyningstan Retro (on Twitter) is a game for msdos with CGA card. If you liked Rebelstar 1 and 2 on Amstrad CPC which is a part of the inspiration, then you will like Star Cadre. More informations on the developpment of Star Cadre : Combat Class on the web site.

No dosbox, PCEM or PC XT ? It's not a problem, you can play to Star Cadre : Combat Class by Cyningstan Retro in your internet navigator.

There are also other games on Cyningstan Retro web sites, including two C libraries used for the programming of these games : CGALIB and .

Tribus by Epic Adventures is a new adventure/RPG game written with the DAAD adventure engine. Even if it's a text adventure at start, emphasis is done on the RPG part so less text to read than in an usual adventure game. This game has an open world to discover, several NPC to talk to and missions to do, a lot of enemies with weakness which you must discover, a combat system with statistics and weapons, an adult story. It is recommended to read the documentation which explains the working of the RPG to face the dangers of your mission. The game is free, but if you want to support their authors, you can buy for 2 dollars the thank you pack which includes several elements.

New version yesterday by Roudoudou of his ACE-DL Amstrad CPC emulator.

After downloading the emulator, you can also get a SymbOS disk image or OPL3 music to be used with the Willy OPL3 plugin.

A new version of the ANSI-C compiler SDCC v4.4.0 is available since the 29th January 2024 for windows, linux and MacOS.

Minesweeeper by Under4Mhz is a reflexion game for Amstrad CPC released in January 2024. It's a remake of the classic game for windows.

Fitzroy Feels the Heat by Awergh is an action and reflexion Amstrad CPC game for the CPCRetroDev 2023 contest. It has been updated to v1.5 in April 2024.

You can download Fitzroy Feels the Heat on its Itch.io page.

Manuel3D is the author of 3 Amstrad CPC programs, two utilities : New font for Amstrad CPC and Draw a star, and also a game : the hangman.

On his Youtube channel, his latest video is one about a case for an Amstrad CPC 464, but I dont know if he is the author of the 3D model.

Tenebrae by Haplo has been ported to msdos with a 80286 and more. It's an excellent reflexion/puzzle game. You are moving in a roguelike environment with an important twist : you can only do it a lighted zone... It also exists for other computers including Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore.

Elégance Editions by Oncle Ced is the place to order the newspapers Fanzine GX (issues 1 to 3) and CPC Anachronie (issue 1, the second is W.I.P which will also be about other 8bit machines). 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.

New version (16th August 2024) of mTCP NetDrive, an utility by Michael B. Brutman which lets you connect under ms-dos a network drive which is in fact an image disk hosted on a windows or linux server (disk drive or hard disk image) for only 6 Kb of RAM (adds the RAM for the packet driver though).

A nice utility to use with the PicoMem card by FreddyV.

Orgams is an assembler in ROM for Amstrad CPC, created by Madram, Drill and Hicks. A new version GG beta 7 is available (18th August 2024).

The documentation in french and english is available on Orgams' wiki.

Inufuto est un japonais auteur de plusieurs jeux disponibles pour de nombreuses plate-formes dont l'Amstrad CPC. Son dernier jeu est un mix de Pengo et Load Runner : Osotos. You will find here the Youtube channel of Inufuto.

Bertrand Brocard was interviewed by Arcade-de-Monts, a young canadian specialized in this type of interview of video games pionneers on his Youtube channel which you should consult.

Bertrand Brocard did create Cobra Soft with Gilles Bertin in 1983.

The last version of multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v2.2.6) was released yesterday on Github.

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.

Just Get 9 is a tile-based puzzle game for the Amstrad CPC. If you like 2048, tetris, coloris, color flood, you’ll like it. It is written by cpcitor (code) and The Other Days (music).

You can download Just get 9 on Itch.IO to get this latest version of this excellent game (patch 3), it brings :

• More status display
• More varied music
• Lots of subtle improvements for even better experience
• Improvements specific to playing on real CPCs