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Wolfenstrad, an Amstrad CPC demo by Dirty Minds

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A new Amstrad CPC demo by the Dirty Minds group : Wolfenstrad, written by Optimus, graphics by Voxfreax and music by Sice.

You can download the Wolfenstrad demo here or on Pouet. You can watch it on Youtube.

This demo was shown at the FOReVER XIII demo competition. It uses a wolfenstein 3D like motor, already shown more than one year ago on Youtube.

It was prgrammed in C with SDCC but also in Z80 assembly.





Amstar issue 1 and 3 sold on Ebay, ouch...

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You really have to love your Amstrad CPC to pay 180 € for the issue 1 of the french magazine Amstar and 159 € for the issue 3 of the same Amstar.

200 € for an Amstrad CPC 664 without its screen on Ebay, it's another nice sum of money.

Be original, for the 2012 St Valentin, offer an Amstrad CPC to the person you love, seing the current price, it seems to be a beautiful gift that make her jump into your arms for a lovely ambrace (or not, just try it and let me know if it works. I wont reimburse you if the gift isnt appreciated).

For the end, a special prize : the Amstrad CPC game Meurtre en série by Cobra Soft again on Ebay for 329 €, with its physical clues).





ReSeT #8 Amstrad CPC meeting

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The next edition of the ReSeT meeting is on the way, organized as usual by Eliot.

There will be 4 compétitions :

  • demo : runnable on CPC6128 or 6128 Plus, without any extension
  • 256 bytes, 1 or 4 Ko intro : runnable on CPC6128 or 6128 Plus, without any extension.
  • graphics : all formats/modes are allowed. The entry must be submitted with its viewer program runnable on CPC or Plus
  • music : any executable music on CPC or Plus. The entry must be submitted with its player. No size limit

The ReSeT Party will take place from Friday 22th (10:00) to Sunday 24th of June 2012 (18:00) at Foyer des Jeunes Travailleurs in Coutances (162 rue Régis Messac). The price is 10 euros per day for the entrance, drinks and food. You can book a double room at the party place for 20 euros per night.

Go to the web site for more informations





The disk utility ManageDsk v0.20g by Demoniak is available

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ManageDSK v0.20g by Ludovic Deplanque is out. Its interface is available in english, french and spanish. It features :

  • create an empty .DSK file,
  • add files in a .DSK file,
  • extract files from an .DSK file,
  • rename files in a .DSK file
  • delete files in a .DSK file,