Chibi Akumas (Episode 2 : Confrontation!) by Keith56 is available. Dont forget to use a 256 Kb RAM expansion, real or emulated, for best results.

Not really a fresh news (2011), but while reading the thread about the english version of the abbaye of crime, that there is an updated version of Zynaps due to CPC Wiki user with the following updates :

• Loader & overscan code : SyX
• Overscan splash screen : TotO
• Splash screen music : Neil Grieve (C64) converted by SuTeKH/Epyteor
• Splash screen music play-routine : Targhan
• Cheat-Mode & Raster-Logo patch : CPC-Wiki & SaroneTC

A new video by John Gage : synchronized music of the arcade game 1943 (Capcom) converted on Amstrad CPC by Probe Software (AY in stereo) and Amiga.

The original music is written on both computers by Jason C. Brooke with the same octave and tempo.

It's done, The Abbey of crime, the spanish Amstrad CPC game based on the book The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco has been translated in english by :

• Khaz
• Nicholas Campbell
• ||C-E||
• robocfg

Beware, it's a Work in Progress translation, but a good part has been done already.

In 2009, Quasar switched from paper area to numeric as a wiki. Today, you can order the past issues of the fanzine Quasar, either in paper, disk or PDF format.

On main page, click on the link Le Bazar.

Amstrad CPC Mémoire écrite is an Amstrad CPC web site by Frédéric BELLEC to preserve Amstrad CPC documents, programs, newspapers, etc...

There is also a facebook page for Amstrad CPC Mémoire écrite.

Here are the last 3 photos byOlivier Bruneau who had an Amstrad CPC 464 with a defective drive tape, so he removed it after seing a forum where someone had the same problem and the radical solution he used. The photos now includes a DDI3 USB Floppy Emulator by Zaxon.

Thanks to Olivier for letting me put his photo on the web site.

The shadows of Sergoth is a new dungeon crawler in development for the Amstrad CPC 6128. The level shown in this youtube video of The Shadows of Sergoth are not the definite ones, and there is still a lot of things to add, like sounds, monsters, puzzles,...

The game is developped by :

• Chris94 : specification, game programming, graphic design, level design and translation
• Kukulcan : game story, game scripting, game intro programming and level design
• Ced : game story, game scripting and graphic design
• Rayxamber : sounds and musics
• TJ/GPA : sounds and musics
• Maxit : translation
• MiguelSky : translation

The happy testers are : Fredouille, Galamoth, Maxit, Snake Plissken and Tanuki.

Thanks to all of them !

September and all kids are back to school, for Khomenor it's also a coming back with season 3 which opens with the Exolon Amstrad CPC game by Raffaele Cecco and edited by Hewson in 1987 (french speaking inside).

A live stream in two parts by Xyphoe featuring Amstrad CPC games impossible to play (or very hard) :

• Airwolf, Commando, Prohibition, 3D Stunt Rider
• Red Heat, Action Force, Guardian Angel, Cybernoid II, Popeye 2, Trailblazer