=== Software-Houses ===* This page covers important facts concerning the Amstrad CPC/Plus games. Visit [[Alligata Software]]* [[AMSOFT]]* [[Anco Software]]* [[Anirog]]* [[Ariola Soft]]* [[Beau Jolly]]* [[Cobra Soft]]* [[Codemasters]]* [[CRL]]* [[CRONOSOFT]]* [[Digital Integration]]* [[Dinamic]]* [[DMV]]* [[Domark]]* [[Durell]]* [[Electric Dreams]]* [[Electronic Arts]]* [[Elite Systems]]* [[Epyx]]* [[Firebird]]* [[ERE Informatique]]* [[Grandslam]]* [[Gremlin Graphics]]* [[Hewson]]* [[Hi-Tec Software]]* [[Image Works]]* [[Imagine]]* [[Incentive]]* [[Infocom]]* [[Infogrames]]* [[Konami]]* [[Krisalis]]* [[Kuma Computers]]* [[Loriciel]]* [[Lankhor]]* [[Leisure Genius]]* [[Level 9]]* [[Magic Bytes]]* [[Magnetic Scrolls]]* [[Martec]]* [[Mastertronic]]* [[MBC]]* [[Melbourne House]]* [[Microids]]* [[Microprose]]* [[Microstyle]]* [[Mikro-Gen]]* [[Mindscape]]* [[Mirrorsoft]]* [[New Age Software]]* [[Ocean]]* [[Opera Soft]]* [[Palace Software]]* [[Players]]* [[PSS]]* [[Psygnosis]]* [[Radical Software]]* [[Rainbird (software house)|Rainbird]]* [[Rainbow Arts]]* [[Silmarils]]* [[System 3]]* [[The Edge]]* [[Titus Software]]* [[Topo Soft]]* [[Tynesoft]]* [[Ubi Soft]]* [[Ultimate Play The Game]]* [[US Gold]]* [[Virgin]]* [[Vortex Software]]* [[Weeske]]* [[Zeppelin Games]]* [[ZiguratCurrent_Sources_Of_Software]]for sources of new games.
=== Games Which use hardware tricks ===With a list of Software houses, and the various and notable technics used in well known games.
Useful if you want to dissect '''''For a more complete list of games to work out how they did itor game related topics, check the "category:games" (and all its subcategories) at the bottom of this page.'''''
Please move to somewhere more appropiate==All games scores as reviewed by Amstrad Action==*[[Amstrad_Action_ratings | Amstrad Action Ratings]]
Hardware Scrolling== All-time top games ==
* R3 used to make smoother horizontal scroll* R5 used to make smoother vertical scrollArticle moved [[Top games|here]]
{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}|''Title''||''Year''||''Vertical''||''Horizontal''||''R3''||''R5''||''Confirmed'' |-|[[Action Force]]||||No||Yes||No||No|-|[[Axys]]||||Yes||No||No||Yes|-|[[Builderland]]||||No||Yes||No||No|-|[[FlySpy]]||||Yes||Yes||No||No|-|[[Ghosts 'n' Goblins]]||||No||Yes||No||No|-|[[Led Storm]]||1988||Yes||No||No||Yes||Yes|-|[[Legend of Kage]]||||Yes||Yes||Yes||Yes|-|[[Mission Genocide]]||||Yes||No||No||Yes|-|[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]||1990||Yes||Yes||No||No||Yes|-|[[Octoplex]]||1989||Yes||Yes||No||Yes(?)||Yes|-|[[Prehistorik 2]]||1992||Yes||Yes||Yes||Yes|-|[[Rick Dangerous 2]]||||No||Yes||No||No|-|[[Roland On the Ropes]]||||Yes||Yes||No||No|-|[[Super Cauldron]]||1992||Yes||Yes||Yes||Yes|-|[[Titan]]||||Yes||Yes||No||No|-|[[Turrican]]||||Yes||Yes||No||No|}== Software Houses ==
Rupture*[[A&F Software]]*[[Ace Software]]*[[Activision|Activision]]*[[Advanced Software Promotions]] *[[Alligata Software|Alligata Software]]*[[Alternative Software]]*[[Americana|Americana]]*[[AMSOFT|AMSOFT]] *[[Anco Software|Anco Software]] *[[Anirog|Anirog]] *[[Argus Press Software]]*[[Ariolasoft]]*[[Artic Computing]] *[[Atlantis Software]]*[[Beau Jolly|Beau Jolly]]*[[Blaby Computer Games]]*[[Blue Ribbon]]*[[(BES) Bourne Educational Software]]*[[Bubble Bus Software]] *[[Budgie]]*[[Bug-Byte]]*[[Byte Back]]*[[Cascade Games|Cascade Games]]*[[CDS Software]]*[[Cobra Soft|Cobra Soft]]*[[Codemasters|Codemasters]]*[[CP Software]] *[[CRL|CRL]] *[[Cronosoft|Cronosoft]]*[[Cult]]*[[Database Software|Database Software]]*[[Data Media]]*[[Delta Software]]*[[Design Design]] *[[Digital Integration|Digital Integration]] *[[Dinamic|Dinamic]] *[[DMV|DMV]] *[[Domark|Domark]]*[[Dro Soft]] *[[Durell|Durell]]*[[Edisoft]] *[[Electric Dreams|Electric Dreams]] *[[Electronic Arts|Electronic Arts]] *[[Elite Systems|Elite Systems]] *[[Epyx|Epyx]] *[[Firebird|Firebird]] *[[ERE Informatique|ERE Informatique]] *[[Grandslam|Grandslam]] *[[Gremlin Graphics|Gremlin Graphics]] *[[Hewson|Hewson]] *[[Hi-Tec Software|Hi-Tec Software]] *[[Iber Software]]*[[Image Works|Image Works]] *[[Josh|Josh]] *[[Ocean|Imagine]] *[[Incentive Software|Incentive]]*[[Indescomp]] *[[Infocom|Infocom]] *[[Infogrames|Infogrames]]*[[Interceptor Software]]*[[Kixx|Kixx]]*[[Konami|Konami]] *[[Krisalis|Krisalis]] *[[Kuma Computers|Kuma Computers]] *[[Loriciel|Loriciels]] *[[Lankhor|Lankhor]] *[[Leisure Genius|Leisure Genius]] *[[Level 9|Level 9]] *[[Magic Bytes|Magic Bytes]] *[[Magnetic Scrolls|Magnetic Scrolls]] *[[Martech]] *[[Mastertronic|Mastertronic]] *[[MBC|MBC]] *[[Melbourne House|Melbourne House]] *[[Microids|Microids]] *[[Microprose|Microprose]] *[[Microstyle|Microstyle]] *[[Mikro-Gen|Mikro-Gen]] *[[Micro Power Ltd.]]*[[Mindscape|Mindscape]] *[[Mirrorsoft|Mirrorsoft]] *[[New Age Software|New Age Software]] *[[Ocean|Ocean]] *[[Opera Soft|Opera Soft]] *[[Palace Software|Palace Software]] *[[Players|Players]] *[[PSS|PSS]] *[[Psygnosis|Psygnosis]] *[[Radical Software|Radical Software]] *[[Rainbird (software house)|Rainbird]] *[[Rainbow Arts|Rainbow Arts]]*[[Romik]] *[[Silmarils|Silmarils]] *[[Silverbird|Silverbird]]*[[Software Projects]]*[[System 3|System 3]] *[[The Edge|The Edge]]*[[The Power House]] *[[Titus Software|Titus Software]] *[[Topo Soft|Topo Soft]] *[[Tynesoft|Tynesoft]] *[[Ubi Soft|Ubi Soft]] *[[Ultimate Play The Game|Ultimate Play The Game]] *[[US Gold|US Gold]] *[[Virgin Games|Virgin Games]] *[[Vortex Software|Vortex Software]] *[[Weeske|Weeske]] *[[WoW Software|WoW Software]] *[[Zeppelin Games|Zeppelin Games]] *[[Zigurat|Zigurat]]
A technique for breaking the screen into more than one block vertically.Can be used to hardware scroll one part of the screen while another is static.== Copy Protection ==
{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}|''Title''||''Year''||''Confirmed'' |-|* [[Action ForceLenslok]]|||||-|* [[Enlightenment: Druid 2Loaders]]|||||-|[[Grell and Falla]]|||||-|[[Octoplex]]||1989||Yes|-|[[Prehistorik 2]]||1992|||-|[[Snowstrike]]|||||-|[[Super Cauldron]]||1992|||-|[[Turrican]]|||||-|[[Usagi Yojimbo]]|||||-|[[Xyphoes Fantasy]]|||||}
== Loaders == * [[Loaders]] == Games that can be started by joystick == This is a list of games that can be started from joystick. There are not as many as you would think. * Anarchy* Nebulus* Puzznic* Ranarama* Ping Pong* Donkey Kong == Programming methods used in games == * [[Programming methods used in games]]* [[Guidelines for Programming games]] == Porting == The method of converting game/data from one system to another, often with results that are not as good as if the game had been made/designed for the CPC from the beginning. *[[C64 Port]]*[[Speccy Port]]*[[Direct Disk to Cartridge Port]] == Scene conversions == * [[Converted_GX4000_games| Games converted to Cartridge format]]* [[ROM_List#Game_ROMs | Games converted to ROM format]] == External links == * A look at 464 CPC games by Novabug{{#ev:youtube|Vh9ZpaPbfsw|340}} [[Category:Games|*]][[Category:Games Programming]][[Category:Stub]]