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






Mighty Street fighter by AmstradGGP v1.1 is available for Amstrad CPC

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Mighty Street Fighter v1.1 by AmstradGGP is available for Amstrad CPC, it features :

  • Implementation of a 2-speed Turbo mode that can be combined with all current difficulty levels
  • Simplification of the buttons (controllers) by removing the charge function. From now on, all special moves are performed diagonally down, right, or left, depending on the direction of the NPC. This makes combat more dynamic
  • Speeded up the selection cursor in the menu
  • Offset of the difficulty indicator stick figure because it was difficult to see on some CRT screens
  • Revision of Vlad's spinning special move
  • Reed, Vlad, Bud may have some non-blocking visual issues on an exceptional basis. A review will come later.
  • All characters enlarged by +/-10%
  • Changed Vlad's clothing colors from Red to Blue
  • The scenery has been reworked, limiting the use of hatching. The combat zone has been brightened and redone. The sky is now based on the same pattern for all levels

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The last oath by Narkhos, a graphical adventure game for Amstrad CPC in english

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Le Dernier Serment par Narkhos is a french graphical adventure game for Amstrad CPC released in 2024. This year it's the english version the Last Oath which is available.

Seing the posts on CPCWiki, it is appreciated. But if you are loading too many ROMs, it can be a problem as the program is using a lot of RAM.

The video of the french version Le Dernier Serment is made by Xenomorph.


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WIP Micro Machines on SymbOS + V9990 by Trebmint and Prodatron

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Micro Machines for SymbOS and V9990 graphical card by Trebmint and Prodatron is an hommage to the game made by Codemasters. The game is work in progress but it is shaping quite nicely as you will see in the video below.


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Master Piece, an Amstrad CPC reflexion game (chess) by Tartessos Games

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Master Piece is an Amstrad CPC reflexion game by Tartessos Games, which is using the MK1 Pestecera engine by The Mojons Twins. It's a chess oriented game, but you really don't need to like the chess game to be able to play this one.

Move the pieces across the board in the same way as in standard chess, but making a capture with each move. The goal is to finish each level with only one piece remaining: The Master Piece. 199 challenges that progress from beginner to expert level.


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1994 U.K. advertisement for Amstrad computers

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Posted on the Amstrad IBM PC compatibles Facebook group par Stéphane LeMochi, here is an 1994 U.K. advertisement for Amstrad computers : PenPad 600 (1993), PCW 10 (1993), Notepad NC100 (1992) and Notepad NC200 (1993), PC série 7486 (1992 or 1993) and 9486. The 9486 PC serie was using Intel processors 486 SX and DX was released in 1994 as stated on the new Amstrad web site (product page), with two documents : first and second PDF with technical informations. I was surprised that the Notepad NC200 was more than three times the price of the Notepad NC100 !

1994 U.K. advertisement for Amstrad computers




Can it run Doom8088 by FrenkelS ?

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Of course your Amstrad PC 1512, 1640, PPC 512, PPC 640 and more (286 and 386) can run Doom8088 by FrenkelS. The fist version of Doom8088 was released the 28th August 2023.

Doom8088 can run in text mode, MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA and MCGA. It can use EMS if any for a 64 Kb buffer, and XMS for a RAMDRIVE if you have some. This version is based on GBADoom, a port of PrBoom for Game Boy Advance.

Below a video of Doom8088 in CGA.


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