Jose Javier Garcia Aranda has released a new version of 8BP v38 (8bits de poder : 8bits of power), a RSX library to write Amstrad CPC games in basic (26 Kb max). You can download 8bp on github.

One thing about this version is the game Happy Monty (11th at CPCRetroDev 2019), you should read this article about how the game is done (spanish).

The Aleste 520EX is a russian clone of the Amstrad CPC and the MSX. It works not with AMSDOS but with the MSX DOS (see this russian site in english). There was already a thread about the Aleste 520EX on CPCWiki, but this time Sebastian Blanco is talking about the Aleste kit he just bought. Finally he isnt the only one in the Amstrad CPC community to have one. If you are interesting it's seems to possible to buy one kit by writing to tetroid at inbox ru like Sebastian did.

You can see a youtube video of an Aleste 520EX running the Phortem demo by Condense (and MSX games at the start of the video).

Une modified version of Caprice32 permits to emulate at least in part the Aleste 520EX.

Abandonware France has an interesting article about the history of the video game company Cobra Soft, in english.

The draw utility by AST/Imp4act Impdraw v2 is out since the 8th November, coming also with the release of iMPdos 512 (a FAT16 ROM for your xMass, M4 or Symbiface 3, it doesnt need Amsdos so an CPC 464 can use it). Click on the source link below for download (at the end of the first message).

La précédente version (v1.2) date d'avril 2016, les améliorations sont les suivantes :

• a huge zoom zone
• using he 4096 palette of the Amstrad Plus
• fullscreen support for the 3 graphical modes of the CPC (0, 1 et 2)
• possibility of creating plugins with OrgAms or any other assembler
• adds Undo/Redo
• 100% compatible xMass with iMPdos, M4 wifi board and Symbiface 3 (thanks to @Kris for testing it)
• in case of basic return or reset, you can get back your file
• an included utility to create frames
• Load/Save .win
• Load .scr 17 kb files
• integrated help

Beware, Impdraw uses more than 128 Kb, if you use WinApe please choose 4 Mb of RAM. Also a new version will be out in a few days

There is an interview of Stéphane F. on Amstrad.EU about his game the Carnival Masks which I wrote about last month.

The results of the CPCRetroDev 2019 competition are out, see below. Congratulations too all the teams for their efforts from the last to the first. Writing a game is certainly not the easiest thing to do between programmation, gameplay, graphics and sound. Thanks to you for all your work which helps the Amstrad CPC live still.

I will try to take time to test them all in the following days. My first try will be the 31th game : Cpcrogue as I like roguelike games.

• 01 - Miss input
• 02 - Ludic Break the loop
• 03 - EPIMETEO
• 04 - Cobra
• 05 - Bike masters
• 06 - Super Tongue Dino
• 07 - Hey Sailor !
• 08 - Ratones y mazmorras
• 09 - Woods rescue
• 10 - ManPac
• 11 - Happy Monty
• 12 - Jackstrad
• 13 - Shinobu
• 14 - League of tanks
• 15 - Dragon egg
• 16 - DiscRespect
• 17 - UFO driver
• 18 - Shadow soul
• 19 - Invasion a Marte
• 20 - Fitzroy in the dark
• 21 - Runninja
• 22 - Jack's bubble island
• 23 - PP space mercenary
• 24 - Combat tendency
• 25 - Project thing
• 26 - Retro tennis super wave
• 27 - Angry Kitten
• 28 - Area51Raid
• 29 - Mediaval brawl
• 30 - Plant Attack
• 31 - Cpcrogue
• 32 - Ronin Revenge
• 33 - Resignation Quest
• 34 - DJD
• 35 - CAPITAL QUIZ!

The last version of the CPCEpower Amstrad CPC emulator by Megachur is the v1911 (download link in the first message). The goal of this emulator is to emulates as best is possible the Amstrad CPC, like ACE. For linux users, you must use Wine.

GameBase CPC v33 is available since today.

Please download only one file at a time.

Fabrizio Radica has written a MOD of the well know instrumental piece of the Alan Parsons Project : Mammagamma (original on the official youtube channel). This track was out on the eye of the sky, released in June 1982 by Arista Records.

You can listen to these three versions of this MOD :

• Amiga on Youtube, download Amiga version
• Amstrad CPC on Youtube using the printer port with Digiblaster, download Amstrad CPC version (both AY and digiblaster)
• Amstrad CPC on Youtube using AY internal sound

Credits : original music by The Alan Parsons Project, conversion by Fabrizio Radica, graphics by Devilmarkus, player by Prodatron, videos Amstrad CPC done with the JavaCPC emulator.

Trantor is a run and gun released in 1987 on Amstrad CPC, edited by U.S. Gold. It was programmed by David PERRY, graphics by Nick BRUTY and music by David WHITTAKER.

On OursoN Retrogames's youtube channel, Kukulcan is showing a speedrun of 4 minutes and 40 seconds on Trantor.

A new version of the ANSI-C compiler SDCC v3.8.0 is available since the 15th April 2019 for windows, linux and MacOS.

The last version of CHIPNSFX tracker+player suite by CNGSoft is out since the 3rd October 2019.

There is also a new version of the Z80 assembler UZ80 (10th October 2019).

You can see the 35 games in competition for the CPCRetroDev 2019 on Youtube.

The last version of the C compilator for PC and MacOS z88dk v1.99c is out since January 2019, more details here.

Seen on MO5, a new adventure game is out on Amstrad CPC : ISS Emergency, also on ZX Spectrum, Commodore Plus/4 and C64, and PC too.

ISS EMERGENCY has been originally written for the Commodore Plus/4 et C64 by John Whatson, then adaptated by Gareth Pitchford with DAAD converted by Siz for the other 8bit platforms.