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[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A new 60-page Amstrad CPC Range]] magazine - '''Amstrad Addict''' - edited by '''David Crookes''' (Retro Gamer, PC Pro, GamesTM, Wireframe, Amstrad Action, WACCI) is taking pre-orders!<div align=br><br> It includes an interview with '''Lord Sugar''' and in-depth articles by Roland Perry, Auntie John, Adam Peters, Nich Campbell, Xyphoe, Rob Scott, Themistocles "centergryzor"Papassilekas, Neil Reive, Stuart "Balrog" Whyte, Steve "WACCI" Williams and Andy Price. <br>== Welcome to <br>There's an amazing type-in by Sean McManus, interviews with Richard Fairhurst and behind the Amstrad CPC Wiki! ==scenes looks at Toki... and Vespertino. <br><br>And more. Like interviews with the people behind Protext and OCP Advanced Art Studio<br><br>

This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad|Amstrad]] [[CPC|CPC]] related. There are now Preorder PDF or printed magazine '''[[Specialhttps:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]//www.pixel.addict.media/shop/amstrad-addict-magazine here]''' around the CPC available. Feel free to [[Help:Editing|contribute]] or post your suggestions in follow the discussion '''[httphttps://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum/news-events/amstrad-addict-magazine here]'''! </div><br><div style="border-right: #dfdfdf 1px solid; padding-right: 0px; border-top: #dfdfdf 1px solidrgb(255, 201, 201); margin-top: 32px; padding-left: 0px0px 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-left: #dfdfdf 1px solid; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: #dfdfdf 1px solid0.5em 1em; background-color: #eeergb(255, 243, 243); text-align: center"><center>'''[[CPC|Amstrad CPC]] · [[Peripherals|Hardware extensions]] · [[Games|Games]] · [[Applications|Applications]] · [[Programming|Programming]]<br>[[Related News and Projects|News and Projects]] · [[Emulators|Emulators]] · [[Demogroups|Scene groups]] · [[CPC scene members|People]] · [[Magazines|Magazines]] · [[Links|Web links]]'''<br>[[CPCWiki:Portal|CPCWiki Portal]] · [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum] · [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/gallery Photo Gallery] · [[About|About - Contribute]] · [[Special:Statistics|Statistics]] · [[CPCWiki:General disclaimer|Disclaimer]]</div></div><br><brcenter>

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*17/09/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es CPCGamesCD] release.. *07/09/2008: Woo-hoo! CPC Sudoku [httpFile://wwwDez80_intro.kjthacker.f2s.com/games/index.html released]!!! *01/09/2008: [http://www.winape.net/ Winape 2.0b17] released! *24/08/2008: The [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/?id=shop&l=en CEZ GS Virtual shop] is open, featuring several Amstrad CPC titles for sale, including [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=17&l=en El Paciente 106] and the CEZ Collection vol. 1 pack in physical 3" disk format. *24/08/2008: StarSabre and Balloonacy released on tape from [http://www.cronos.toucansurf.com/ Cronosoft] @ £2.99 each (£1 goes to the author)! *22/07/2008: [http://www.cpcscene.com/?search=PHAT%20(Condense).zip New demo] release!&nbsp;:) *21/07/2008: Devilmarkus released an AMAZING [http://cpc-live.com/download.php?view.2 3D model] of a 464+monitor *12/07/2008: [http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sir-Alan-quits-as-chairman.4244035.jp Alan Sugar resigns as AMSTRAD chairman]*02/07/2008: [[Dsktoolspng|dsktools]] 0.2.2 is out. Support writing to side B and retry when there is a read/write fail. [http://dsktools.berlios.de] *12/06/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es CPCGamesCD] out. Now for Linux too! *11/06/2008: The [[Amstrad Actionthumb|Amstrad Action]] tribute issue 118 has been released. Download here: [http://www.lulu.com/content/2685625 AA118] *25/05/2008: [[SymStudio256px|SymStudio]] [http://www.dread-donkeycpcwiki.comeu/symstudio/ site] updated, [[Trebmint|author]] seeking testers for version .99. *15/05/2008: A new game release, [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/fichaindex.php?id=711&l=en# Capers in Cityland!] *21/04/2008: [http://www.cpc-emu.org/news.html CPCEmuDEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course] 1.6b released! *12/04/2008: Got a Nintendo DS? Make it play some real games with [http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php AmeDS 2.1]!!! *31/03/2008: [http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE] 1.90 re-released, with even more bugfixes in the FDC emulation and LPTCPC's new ability to send extended disc images from a real CPC through the parallel cable. *27/03/2008: [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=222642 JavaCPC] updated to 3.9 and gone open source! *23/02/2008: [[http://CPCrulez.free.fr/ hERMOL]] has released a CPC conversion of [[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/GamesDL_hack/index.php?list=S Street Fighter II]]<div><small>'''All [[News and Projects|CPC news]]'''</small></div></div><div style="border-right: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-right: 1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc5 1px solid; background-color: #ffffcc">=== Become an Author! ===

We are searching *17/10/23: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2023 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].*21/09/23: '''[https://amsnews.fr AMSnews.fr]''', a new french information site about the Amstrad. '''''Be the first to know'''''.*07/06/23: '''Gates to Heaven''', a new platformer by [[ESP Soft]] [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/gates-to-heaven-amstrad-cpc has been released], and their previous game, '''CPC Jewels''', can now be [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/cpc-jewels-amstrad-cpc downloaded for authors of free].*27/02/23: '''SOH Tactics GX''', a new GX4000/plus strategy game [http://www.sohde.co.uk/SOHTacticsGX.html released].*21/12/22: '''[[Current_Sources_Of_Software]]''', now as a wiki page.*09/12/22: '''Hyperdrive''', a new vertical scrolling SHMUP [https://www.usebox.net/jjm/hyperdrive/ has been released].*04/11/22: '''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.50 has been released [https://unidos.cpcscene.net].*30/10/22: '''''Ramiro el vampiro III''''' using [[the following articlesMojon Twins]] engine [https://mojontwins.itch.io/ramiro-el-vampiro-iii is released].*17/07/22: '''''Lala Prologue''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/07/lala-prologue-stunning-platformer-by.html is released].*24/01/22: '''''[[SymAmp]] 4.0''''', with Amiga MOD support and more [http: //www.symbos.org/appinfo.htm?00005 is released].

*[[Pride Utilities|Pride Utilities]] *[[Grim|Grim]] *[[PDW|PDW]] *[[Kevin Thacker|Kevin Thacker]] *[[Hisoft|Hisoft]] *[[Catloc|Catloc]]<div style="text-align: right"><small>'''All [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]''' &#124; [[:Category:Stub|Extendable Stubs]]<br>'''[[List of most active contributors|List of most active contributors]]'''</small></div></div><div style="border-right: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-right: 1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc5 1px solid; background-color: #ccffcc">=== What is the Amstrad CPC about? ===<center>{{#ev:youtube|2zn3UavCpiQ|300}}</center></div><br>

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*When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128 === CPCWiki related ===*The CPC 472 was a model released in Spain with an extra unsoldered 8K of RAM to circumvent the law that stipulated a spanish keyboard for all machines with up to 64KB memory *With a possible total amount of '''768 x 270 pixel''' (540 interlaced) the [[CPC|CPCCPCWiki updates]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever. *'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriterDonors]] for the CPC. *The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''. *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A. *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc.</div><div style="border-right: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-right: 1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc5 1px solid; background-color: #ccffcc">=== CPCWiki updates ===

*26/07/08: Edit new pages: FIXED; big file upload:&nbsp;FIXED; multiple file upload:&nbsp;REENABLED; rich text editor:&nbsp;REENABLED; video embedding: REENABLED! All problems fixed?&nbsp;:) *15/07/08: Upgrade to Mediawiki 1.13.0. Apologies for the short downtime. FCKeditor is incompatible, for now. *23/07/08: Cpanel and OS of the server upgraded, hopefully things will be stable now! *There have been SSH attacks on the server, rendering it unapproachable. Proxy has been reconfigured and, hopefully, uptime will be better now... *'''FCKEditor''' installedBecome an Author! Now you can easily edit pages. Please report any functionality issues. You can also&nbsp;''deactivate it in your user preferences.'' *'''[[VideoUpload|VIDEO EMBEDDING]] enabled for the wiki! Woo-hoo!!!''' <createbox> *'''[[Special:MultipleUpload|MULTIPLE FILE UPLOAD FORM]] installed. For the time being it doesn't work alright when put in the sidebar...''' default=Enter name of article to create *All the issues of ''Amtix!'', ''Amstrad Action'' and ''Amstrad Computer User'' have been uploaded and you can find them [[Mags|here]]buttonlabel=Create article! *Add the CPCWiki to '''your Homepage'''. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping|About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.width=40 </divcreatebox></div style="border-right: rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid; padding-right: 1em; border-top: rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0pt 0pt 5px; border-left: rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid; background-color: rgb(204,255,204)">=== Donors ===

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*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128.*The [[Rex472|RexCPC 472]] was a 464 + 8 KB unwired RAM, released in Spain to circumvent a tax charging 64 KB computers.*With a total of '''768×288''' pixels, the [[BENG!CPC|BENG!CPC]] was the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.*'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[RobcfgStar-Division|RobcfgStarWriter]] for CPC. *'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Prodatron|ProdatronMultiplan]] for CP/M. *[[User:GryzorSymbOS|GryzorSymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A. *[[User:ErvinFutureOS|ErvinFutureOS]]Thanks so much guys!</div><div style="border-right: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-right: 1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc5 1px solid; background-color: #ffcccc">=== Where are CPC users from? ===*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to '''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.

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