CPCRetroDev 2016, the 4th edition of the retro game creation contest of the University of Alicante. This contest awards the best and most creative developers of the retro scene, able to develop the best games for Amstrad CPC 464. The main characteristics of this year’s contest are:

• AWARDS ( 1.050 € )
  
  • Special awards
    
    • 125 € : Gominolas to the best music
    • 125 € : Jon Ritman to technical development
    • 125 € : Dinamic to innovative playability
  • PRO Category
    
    • 300 € : Best game
    • 150 € : Second best game
    • 75 € : Third best game
  • BASIC Category
    
    • 100 € – Best BASIC game
    • 50 € – Second best BASIC game

• PRO jury will be directed by The Oliver Twins, and will be composed by Escuela Politécnica Superior, RetroManiac, Devilish Games, Lucera Project, Fase Bonus, Amstrad Eterno and El Mundo del Spectrum.
• Special awards will be assessed by César Astudillo (Gominolas), Jon Ritman and Víctor Ruíz exclusively.
• Games awarded with a special mention will be given the special quality seal with the name of the award.
• A physical cassette edition with all presented games will be created and distributed.
• Any game themes are valid, as long as they are valid for all publics,
  • An additional 5 points will be given to games including any kind of gesture to the game Camelot Warriors (Dinamic, 1986) for his 30th aniversary.
• Submission deadline: October, the 26th, 2016, 23:59h (CEST Timezone)
  

Before submiting, please do thoroughly read the contest rules. Then, develop your game and fill in the form below for submiting your entry. Please, ensure that you correctly provide your email address, so as we can contact you.

Here you may find some links to developer tools for Amstrad CPC:

• CPCtelera game engine
• Librería CPCRSLib
• cpcitor’s cpc-dev-toolchain

One year before his death (1994), the creator of CP/M, Gary Kildall, had written his memoirs : Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry, but only available for his family and friends. It's now available for all and for free (see link just above, at the end of the article).

I wish you all a good and happy new year 2016. May the Amstrad CPC be with you.

Merry Christmas 2015 to all.

Christophe Coupez put his son Stanislas in front of an Amstrad CPC 464, what should be the final verdict ?

It seems that Amstrad forgot they made the Amstrad CPC+ if you take a look at the archived products page (which icon is an Amstrad CPC 464).

If you can read these lines, the web site is now up on the new server without problems.

A bit late, but happy new year 2015, may the Amstrad CPC shine on you. Good health too.

Two new more interviews are available on NoRecess :

• Made (Bomb), graphist
• BSC (Symbiosis), musician and programmer (Soundtrakker)

Available on NoRecess : a new version of HxC Manager forr 464/664 and an interview of Thriller (Cadjo Clan) a demomaker.

NoRecess's web site is moving to a new address.

You will find a complete report of the Reset meeting at Push'N'Pop (in french). The only problem is that the meeting only starts tomorrow o.O. So I wouldn't believe right away all what is written, especially the part about me :-) (by the way I prefer gin, not schnapps).

I dont know for you, but I would really want to have a birthday like the one NoRecess just had o.O

Happy man !

If you are a french lover, you should look at Very Hard 31 Amstrad CPC cent pour cent tout en un, a video done by the M05 association and released on the NoLife tv channel.

There is an update on CPC Game Reviews talking about the last Crackers Velus program, a reflexion game (taquin like) called Kamyzol.

The goal of the game is to move the red piece toward the exit by moving all others pieces with a twist, they can be moved only horizontally or vertically.