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== Welcome to the Amstrad CPC Wiki! == <br><center>This site hopes to evolve into is an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad|Amstrad]] [[CPC|CPC]] related. There are now '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' around about the CPC available.<br><br>'''[[Special:Random|Random Page]] | [[#Become an Author!|Contribute]] | [[Help:Editing|Editing help]] | [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum]'''<br>[[CPCWiki:Portal|CPCWiki Portal]] · [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum] · [[Photo Gallery]] · [[About|About]] · [[Special:Statistics|Statistics]] · [[CPCWiki:General disclaimer|Disclaimer]]</center><br><center>[[Image:forum.png|400px300px|link=http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum]] [[Image:Vs.png|400px300px|link=http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Speccy_Port]]</center><br><div style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 201, 201); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 243, 243);">[[File:Amstrad Addict Magazine ad.jpg|190px|thumb|left]]'''AMSTRAD ADDICT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCED<br><br> A new 60-page Amstrad magazine - '''Amstrad Addict''' - edited by '''David Crookes''' (Retro Gamer, PC Pro, GamesTM, Wireframe, Amstrad Action, WACCI) is taking pre-orders!<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 "gryzor" Papassilekas, Neil Reive, Stuart "Balrog" Whyte, Steve "WACCI" Williams and Andy Price. <br><br>There's an amazing type-in by Sean McManus, interviews with Richard Fairhurst and behind the scenes looks at Toki... and Vespertino. <br><br>And more. Like interviews with the people behind Protext and OCP Advanced Art Studio<br><br>
Preorder PDF or printed magazine '''[https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/amstrad-addict-magazine here]''' or follow the discussion '''[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/amstrad-addict-magazine here]'''!
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{{#ev:youtube|YJosZfm560Q|500}}<br>20/03/11: Amazing new '''Batman Forever''' demo [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,2085.new.html#new released]!!!! [UPD] Read an '''[http://www.norecess.net/interview-rhino.html interview] with Rhino'''!
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*27/07/11: Automatic Installer for [[FutureOS]] released. Works with the new [[MegaFlash]]. (English, French, German)
*26/07/11: '''[[WinApe|WinAPE 2.0A18]]''' released, get it from '''[http://www.winape.net/downloads.jsp WinAPE downloads]''' (if it doesn't update automatically).
*23/07/11: '''[[QuickCMD|Quickcmd v2.1]]''' released!
*21/07/11: Bryce has released the '''[[MegaFlash|MegaFlash]]'''. Also the [[MegaFlashROManager]] was released by TFM.
*05/07/11: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2426.msg25923#msg25923 Now That’s What I Call Chip Tunes]''' - a great music disk by '''Mr.Ship'''!
*05/07/11: '''[http://roland.antoniovillena.es/ Roland]''', the online javascript emulator, now supports sound!
*05/07/11: New version of '''[http://www.cpcalive.com/cpcalive_en.html CPCAlive]''' with Z80 debugger improvement and corrections.
*28/06/11: Results and report (soon!) for the ReSeT #0 Party are '''[http://pushnpop.net/index.php?action=meetings&id=14 here]'''
*21/06/11: Major new release of '''[http://www.cpcbox.com/ CPCbox]''', now with sound!!
*09/05/11: '''[http://www.pushnpop.net/reset ReSeT #0 Party]''' is a CPC Meeting in France: 24-25-26 June 2011!
*03/05/11: '''[http://www.cpcmania.com/index2.asp?urldest=cpcdiskxp/cpcdiskxp.htm CPCDiskXP]''' 2.1 released :)
*27/04/11: A new game! This time a port of Dinamic's '''Arquimedes XXI''' by '''Devilmarkus, PulkoMandy, voXfReaX''' and '''MiguelSky''', over [http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/arquimedesxxi.php here]!
*27/04/11: '''NoRecess''' published a great [http://www.norecess.net/interview-richard-wilson.html interview] with '''Richard Wilson''' of '''ParaDOS''' and '''WinApe''' fame :)
*17/04/11: '''ACID''' well and truly [http://www.octoate.de/wp/2011/04/15/another-acid-implementation-on-the-way/ ripped apart] :)
*17/04/11: '''NoRecess''' released v.2.2 of [http://www.norecess.net/hxc-floppy-emulator-manager.html HxC Floppy Emulator Manager]
*16/04/11: A very detailed interview of the Batman Forever Team published on '''[http://pushnpop.net/ Push'N'Pop]'''
*11/04/11: New game!!! '''[http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/hora-bruja.php Hora Bruja]''' released! :)
*08/04/11: Another [http://www.norecess.net/1/post/2011/04/added-interview-of-longshot-logon-system.html interview] by Recess, this time with '''Longshot / Logon System'''!
*06/04/11: NoRecess added an [http://www.norecess.net/interview-face-hugger.html interview with '''Face Huggger''']!
*06/04/11: Version 19 of '''GamebaseCPC''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/gamebasecpc/index.php?page=accueil added]!
*23/03/11: '''[http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/502-Caanoo-CAP32-Amstrad-CPC-Emulator-for-Caanoo-v1.1.2.html Caanoo-CAP32]''' for the Gamepark Caanoo updated!
*17/03/11: '''[http://www.retroreview.com/iang/UberCassette/ UberCassette]''' (wav->CDT) now supports Amstrad CPC :)
*15/02/11: [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1982 Sub Hunter] released! Read Axelay's interview [http://www.norecess.net/interview-axelay.html here]!
*10/03/11: {FR} A fantastic [http://www.phenixinformatique.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=244 interview with '''Marion Vannier'''], head of Amstrad France!
*09/03/11: Yeah!!! '''[http://fmsdevel.wisecoding.es/blog/cpcdroid---2011-03-02 CPCDroid]''', a great emulator for '''Android''', has been released!!!
*09/03/11: Small update of [http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/cpce/index.htm CPCE] released
*13/01/11: [http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/uwol-2-cpc/ Uwol 2 (Quest for Money)], a new game by the Mojon Twins!!
*13/01/11: New version of the [http://www.telefonica.net/web2/emilioguerrero/ccz80/ccz80.html CCZ80 compiler]
*13/01/11: [http://www.norecess.net/sdcc2pasmo.html SDCC2Pasmo v1.0] tool released for SDCC->Pasmo assembler conversions
*13/01/11: [http://cpcparts.net CPCParts] has a real domain name now!
*12/01/11: [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1871.0.html CPCInAJar], CPC emu in *exactly* 128kB released by Devilmarkus!
<center!-- 8 last news only, see http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/OldNews --> <gallery widthsdiv style=150px"overflow:auto; border: 0px solid #FFC9C9">Image[[File:NTWICCT01Dez80_intro.jpgpng|Now Thatthumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/DEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course]]] *17/10/23: 's What I Call Chip Tunes''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2023 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].Image*21/09/23:Arquimedes'''[https://amsnews.fr AMSnews.fr]''', a new french information site about the Amstrad. '''''Be the first to know'''''.png|Arquimedes XXIImage*07/06/23:Hora bruja'''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 free].jpg|Hora BrujaImage*27/02/23:BatmanForever'''SOH Tactics GX''', a new GX4000/plus strategy game [http://www.sohde.co.uk/SOHTacticsGX.html released].png|Batman ForeverImage*21/12/22:Subhunter2'''[[Current_Sources_Of_Software]]''', now as a wiki page.png|SubHunterImage*09/12/22:Uwol2b'''Hyperdrive''', a new vertical scrolling SHMUP [https://www.usebox.net/jjm/hyperdrive/ has been released].png|Uwol 2Image*04/11/22:xmas_2010_demo_screenshot'''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.50 has been released [https://unidos.cpcscene.net].png|Xmas 2010 DemoImage*30/10/22:MegaROM'''''Ramiro el vampiro III''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://mojontwins.itch.io/ramiro-el-vampiro-iii is released].png|MegaROMImage*17/07/22:Ilogical'''''Lala Prologue''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/07/lala-prologue-stunning-platformer-by.html is released].png|Ilogical<*24/gallery>01/22: '''''[[SymAmp]] 4.0''''', with Amiga MOD support and more [http://www.symbos.org/appinfo.htm?00005 is released]. </centerdiv>
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=== Did you know? ===
*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128 .*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 464 + 8 KB of unwired RAM , released in Spain to circumvent a spanish tax that charging 64 KB computers.*With a total of '''768×288''' pixels, the [[CPC|CPC]] was charged on imported machines the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.*'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for CPC. *'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Multiplan]] for CP/M. *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A. *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''.*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to 64 KB memory'''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.
*With a possible total amount of '''832 x 288 pixel''' (576 interlaced) the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] 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 and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
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