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[[Category:Websites| ]][[Category:Network| ]][[Category:Scene group| ]][[Category:Wiki| ]][[Category:Hardware| ]][[Category:Software| ]][[Category:CPC History|**]]
 
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*[http://www.cpczone.net CPC Zone] ***NOW DEAD*** Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, coverscans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.  
 
*[http://www.cpczone.net CPC Zone] ***NOW DEAD*** Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, coverscans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.  
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*[http://www.symbos.de SymbOS] (includes the website of the two new hardware projects [[SYMBiFACE II|SYMBiFACE II]] and [[CPC TREX|CPC TREX]])  
 
*[http://www.symbos.de SymbOS] (includes the website of the two new hardware projects [[SYMBiFACE II|SYMBiFACE II]] and [[CPC TREX|CPC TREX]])  
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*[http://www.amibay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=50 AMIBAY - Wanted Hardware]
 
*[http://www.amibay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=50 AMIBAY - Wanted Hardware]
  
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*[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/ Unofficial WWW Amstrad Resource]
 
*[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/ Unofficial WWW Amstrad Resource]
  
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*[ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/ NVG]  
 
*[ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/ NVG]  
 
*[ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/cpm/ CPM] - related Amstrad things
 
*[ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/cpm/ CPM] - related Amstrad things
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==== Commercial sites  ====
 
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*[http://www.retrogames.co.uk/ Retrogames - for where you can get your CPC Goods (Currently Offline)]
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*[http://www.retrogames.co.uk/ Retrogames - for where you can get your CPC Goods]
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*[http://www.retroscene.co.uk/amstrad-c-11.html Retroscene - Amstrad Games, Computers & Consoles for Sale]
  
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*[news://comp.sys.amstrad.8bit CSA8]  
 
*[news://comp.sys.amstrad.8bit CSA8]  
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*[http://www.wacci.org.uk/ WACCI] (Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club Incorporated) - WACCI was a UK based user group that supported the Amstrad CPC computer. It was a subscription-only, printed English magazine published bi-monthly and available throughout the world. The current issues of the magazine are now reproduced on this website.  
 
*[http://www.wacci.org.uk/ WACCI] (Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club Incorporated) - WACCI was a UK based user group that supported the Amstrad CPC computer. It was a subscription-only, printed English magazine published bi-monthly and available throughout the world. The current issues of the magazine are now reproduced on this website.  
  
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*[irc://irc.freenode.net/#cpc IRC-channel] #cpc on irc.freenode.net (a big IRC-network), one cpc-channel among many others out there on various networks.
 
*[irc://irc.freenode.net/#cpc IRC-channel] #cpc on irc.freenode.net (a big IRC-network), one cpc-channel among many others out there on various networks.
*[irc://irc.neoxys.org/#cpc IRC-channel] #cpc on irc.neoxys.org, IRC-channel of cpcscene.com
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*[irc://irc.freenode.net/#cpc-fr IRC-channel] #cpc-fr on irc.freenode.net, french scene channel (replacing #cpc on Neoxys and #cpc on Europnet)
 
*[irc://proxy.epiknet.org/#phenixinformatique IRC-channel] #phenixinformatique on proxy.epiknet.org, french channel.
 
*[irc://proxy.epiknet.org/#phenixinformatique IRC-channel] #phenixinformatique on proxy.epiknet.org, french channel.
 
*[http://cpc-live.com/chat Flash-chat] Browser chat in Flash.
 
*[http://cpc-live.com/chat Flash-chat] Browser chat in Flash.
  
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*[http://www.pushnpop.net Push'n'Pop] Amstrad Demoscene.
 
*[http://www.pushnpop.net Push'n'Pop] Amstrad Demoscene.
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*[http://www.norecess.net NoRecess {the website}] is a Canadian site dealing with news related to NoRecess/Condense.
 
*[http://www.norecess.net NoRecess {the website}] is a Canadian site dealing with news related to NoRecess/Condense.
 
*[http://www.khisanth.com/podcast The Kilobyes Podcast] Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general
 
*[http://www.khisanth.com/podcast The Kilobyes Podcast] Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general
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Revision as of 18:35, 21 December 2017


Software-related


  • CPC Zone ***NOW DEAD*** Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, coverscans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.
  • PhenixInformatique French forum and much more(French)
  • CPC-Power, a great French site with links and info on all your favorite games - and many more besides :)
  • The Amstrad Computer Game Resource
  • Amstrad ESP (ES) All about the Spanish software for CPC. RUA Magazine and ESP Soft links.
  • CPC Game Reviews - CPC Game Reviews is a website which, as its name suggests, contains reviews of games for the Amstrad CPC computer - hundreds of them, in fact. It also contains a collection of advertisements which have been scanned from Amstrad CPC magazines.
  • Amstrad Zone
  • Prodatron's page (Prodatrons homepage includes the infos and downloads of his productions as well as a lot of downloads for CPC Digitracker modules (MDL), OCP Art Studio pictures and Scene demos)
  • Best of CPC (ES)
  • Arkos Demogroup - The page of Arkos, with some great demos, diskmags, games and tools.
  • CPC Hardware - ***DEAD*** (F) Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like RS232 interfaces etc.
  • FutureOS homepage - Official homepage of the operating system FutureOS for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus.
  • CPCGamesCD homepage
  • The CPC Demoscene Optimus website about the CPC demoscene with a list of some of the best CPC demos with reviews and screenshots.
  • Amstradeus Lots of interviews, manuals for download and much more. (French)
  • AMIBAY - Software For Sale
  • AMIBAY - Wanted Software



Hardware-related




Document resources




FTP sites


  • NVG
  • CPM - related Amstrad things



Commercial sites




User Groups


  • CSA8
  • CPC Zone Forum: ***NOW DEAD*** The most popular and active (? maybe some french forum is more active) forum on the net.
  • CPC-Forum.de: The new most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene.
  • WACCI (Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club Incorporated) - WACCI was a UK based user group that supported the Amstrad CPC computer. It was a subscription-only, printed English magazine published bi-monthly and available throughout the world. The current issues of the magazine are now reproduced on this website.



Chat


  • IRC-channel #cpc on irc.freenode.net (a big IRC-network), one cpc-channel among many others out there on various networks.
  • IRC-channel #cpc-fr on irc.freenode.net, french scene channel (replacing #cpc on Neoxys and #cpc on Europnet)
  • IRC-channel #phenixinformatique on proxy.epiknet.org, french channel.
  • Flash-chat Browser chat in Flash.


Emulators




Others


  • Push'n'Pop Amstrad Demoscene.
  • The Snake Becomes the Key is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Very well done but not updated any more.
  • CPC Oxygen - home of the same-name great fanzine and AA scan repository. Not updated in a long time.
  • Genesis 8 - Genesis 8 is a spartan, but often-updated Amstrad-related news site.
  • CPC Scene - Various stuff. Of much interest: The CPC online radio station!
  • CPC Rulez (Alternative Link) (FR) A great french site, updated frequently, with software reviews, utilities, games, demos, hardware info. A treasure and a must-visit if you speak french (though not necessarily so).
  • CPC scene map
  • CePeCe.info (ES) - Spanish CPC portal and web-hosting facilities for your CPC webpage.
  • CPCCRACKERS - French site about crackers for the CPC.
  • CPC 6128 Europe - European portal. - DEAD
  • Octoate.de - English site which features news, some articles and meeting pictures.
  • Programming Turbo Pascal on a CPC! - A collection of Turbo Pascal programs with some CPC Specific programs.
  • Oldschool gaming - Games reviews of recent games for the CPC!   
  • GX4000.co.uk, a new site devoted to the hardware and software of the oft-neglected games console.
  • Grimware is a really nice site with hardware info and hacks for the CPC machines... give it a try!
  • NoRecess {the website} is a Canadian site dealing with news related to NoRecess/Condense.
  • The Kilobyes Podcast Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general