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






3DManiaks, an Amstrad CPC demo by the group Impact

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3DManiaks by Impact is their latest production, an Amstrad CPC demo which is quite nice to see. You can download it on Pouet or on CPCWiki. You can also see 3DManiaks sur Youtube.

The demo has been written by :

  • Demoniak (code)
  • Kris (art)
  • CMP (design)
  • Mast/FtL (music)

Youtube video




CHR$(143) by Nicolas JEAN, a tribute to Amstrad CPC 464 CHaRacter$ based games

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CHR$(143) on Steam by Nicolas JEAN for 3,29 € is a game for windows being a tribute for the Amstrad CPC 464 (user-defined) "CHaRacter$" based games.

Guiding a small group of "agents", you will gradually discover a Lost World, the seemingly simple graphics of which conceal its hidden complexity...

You will learn to move in it, to understand its physical properties, to accumulate sufficient stocks of materials, to build structures, machines and vehicles, to engineer various types of power plants to fullfill your growing needs for energy, and to search, sometimes even in the fog of war, for the enemy that your destiny requires you to defeat...

72 built-in levels + unlockable User Level Editor and (experimental) unlockable LAN Multiplayer Mode.

You can see on Nicolas JEAN's Youtube some videos including ones about level 5 et 6 (spoiler alert).


Youtube video



RASM v1.6 by Roudoudou, a multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC

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The last version of RASM is v1.6 (29th October 2021).

Rasm is now available on Github (documentation included).

This multi platform assembler (linux, windows, but not only like MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC.



Josh, a reflexion and arcade game for Amstrad CPC by Retropoke

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Josh is a reflexion and arcade Amtrad CPC game by Philippe MOULIN (Retropoke) for the code, Kukulcan for the introduction and game ending, and Rayxamber for the music.

This following description comes directly from CPC Power : between reflexion and d'arcade, Josh will bring you in varied enigmas which aim is to get all fragments of diamonds in a box of the same color to go to the next level. On your road, you will find differents objects which will help you to accomplish your mission and differents ennemies who will want you to loose. Beware you have only one try and any mistake will plunge you in an infinite void.

Retropoke has written many other software for Amstrad CPC this last years, check on CPC-Power.


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736 Kb of RAM on an Amstrad PPC 512 and PC 1640 by Retro Theory

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Thanks to the Super PC/Turbo XT BIOS 3.1 Retro Theory now has 736 Kb of RAM under msdos, super fast booting compared to the stock BIOS/ROS. Mem check is skipped, parity checking had to be altered, and CGA 80Col is hardcoded for now.

He had to modify the source code for testing the Nec V30 processor which is on the PPC 512. This stock new BIOS works well on an Amstrad PC 1640.

The additionnal RAM comes of course from an ISA board.



Jewel Warehouse 2 by EgoTrip, a platform/reflexion game for Amstrad CPC

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After Jewel Warehouse released in 2016, Egotrop just released its following, simply Jewel Warhouse 2, a platform/reflexion game for Amstrad CPC. It uses the development framework CPCTelera.

There is also a Nintendo DS version Jewel Warehouse.


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Puzzle Bobble by Crazy Piri is available for download

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Crazy Piri has released yesterday its Puzzle Bobble, have fun !

Credits are : Benjamin (OneVision) Yoris for the graphics, Stephane (Shaan) Liuzzi for the sound and Miguel (RedBug) Vanhove for the code. For the loading screen : Cedric (LeZone) Grandemange for the graphics, Alexis (KOOPA) Lambin for the sound and Bruno (Kukulcan) CPCPOWER for the code. Additionnal credits : Julien (Targhan) Nevo for the musical player AKG and Andre Leiradella for the 280 QR code library : qrc1.


Youtube video