The company Amstrad (Alan Michael Sugar TRADing) has been created the 8th December 1968. So at the end of this new year 2018, it will be 50 years of history, which are told in the last issue of the Retro Gamer magazine.

After the first Athanor (graphical adventure game), Eric Safar is working on Athanor 2 since 2015. The box of the game has been done this summer 2017 (illustration by Angel Bautista), now it's the production of the manual and the material clues.

A new video by ChinnyVision on Youtube who is testing nearly all Amstrad GX4000 games.

Pssst is a ZX Spectrum game by Ultimate Play the Game in June 1983. You play Robbie the robot which must protect plants from insects, each one needing a specific weapon. It was written by Chris Stamper (programmation) and Tim Stamper (graphics).

Announced a few months ago, the Amstrad CPC version by Salvador Cantero is now available on his web site.

Reidrac is already working since a moment on Kitsune's curse, but now he has another project, a shooter this time inspired by games like Cybernoid, Starquake, Jet Paco, and few other ideas.

Keith56, the author of Chibi Akumas (episode 1 and 2) has released a video on youtube to show the setup he has created for developing the multi-platform version of the 8 bit shooter Chibi Akumas with free and open source tools.

I wish you all a good and happy new year 2018. Good health for all you love. And also a year 2018 as rich as it was in 2017 for the Amstrad CPC, new programs, new hardware.

Basket Cases by CNGSoft is an Amstrad CPC basket game released for theCPCRetroDev 2017, where it got the 3rd place.

I havent got the time today to play it, it has nice graphics. On my TODO list.

Duck Out by CNGSoft is an Amstrad CPC conversion of a ZX Spectrum game created by Dro Soft.

You play a duck who starts in the kitchen of a restaurant, armed with a frying pan, and you must bash various opponents as you make your way out of the kitchen, into the city, and then to the park where you can be reunited with your girlfriend.

CNGSoft has made several improvements, including faster scrolling, modifications to the controls to make the game easier to play, and addition of sound effects and music (provided by Daniel Canales).

The information was in the issue 176 of Retro Gamer magazine, a new cartridge game for Amstrad GX4000, 464+ and 6128+ is available by SOHDE : BEARS!.

It's a maze/adventure/RPG game where you are a plucky young bear living in the forest surrounding Grizzly Manor. Something is afoot, Lady Grumpleton, resident of Grizzly Manor, hasn't been seen for days. It's up to you to set out from your cave and investigate !