News and Projects

News

This is an overview of the last CPC related news. You will find a complete list of all news in the [archive].

18/01/2010: New The Amstrad CPC Game Screenshot Catalog version released.
18/01/2010: New The Amstrad CPC Game Load Screen Catalog version released.
26/01/2009: New Arnold/Linux version released.
23/12/2008: The CPC-Klassentreffen 2009 (CPC-Reunion 2009) wil take place from 29.05.2009 to 31.05.2009 in Erlangen, Germany! Join us!
09/12/2008: New Arnold/Linux version released.
28/11/2008: new CPCAlive version out, 1.09c
05/11/2008: New PSPCap32 version, with cheat support and memory monitor!
23/09/2008: New PSPCap32 version!
17/09/2008: New CPCGamesCD release..
07/09/2008: Woo-hoo! CPC Sudoku released!!!
01/09/2008: Winape 2.0b17 released!
24/08/2008: The CEZ GS Virtual shop is open, featuring several Amstrad CPC titles for sale, including 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 Cronosoft @ £2.99 each (£1 goes to the author)!
22/07/2008: New demo release! :)
21/07/2008: Devilmarkus released an AMAZING 3D model of a 464+monitor
12/07/2008: Alan Sugar resigns as AMSTRAD chairman
02/07/2008: dsktools 0.2.2 is out. Support writing to side B and retry when there is a read/write fail. [1]
11/06/2008: The Amstrad Action tribute issue 118 has been released. Download here: AA118
25/05/2008: SymStudio site updated, author seeking testers for version .99.
15/05/2008: A new game release, Capers in Cityland!
21/04/2008: CPCEmu 1.6b released!
12/04/2008: Got a Nintendo DS? Make it play some real games with AmeDS 2.1!!!
31/03/2008: 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: JavaCPC updated to 3.9 and gone open source!
23/02/2008: [hERMOL] has released a CPC conversion of [Street Fighter II]
15/01/2008: Dedicated book about the CPC in progress [Follow it here!]
19/12/2007: X-Mas 2007 Another X-mas demos released by [hERMOL]!
30/11/2007: YaPaDOS: Alpha 7 released with mayor bugs corrected, ParaDOS tool added.
04/11/2007: CPCE 1.85 released, bug fixes in SF2 IDE, tape speedup and Win32 dialog for ZIP files.
28/10/2007: YaPaDOS: AMSDOS/ParaDOS to harddisk redirection, alpha version with most of features finished.
18/10/2007: Hate Beats : new Amstrad CPC Plus demo released by Ukonx
06/10/2007: NEW game for Amstrad CPC available for download : Delirium Tremens by Antonio Elic , Bernardin Katic et Alen Blazevic. D
04/10/2007: an invitro for Castellum Secretum 2 meeting has just been released and is available here.
01/10/2007: GP2XCap32 and PSPCap32 released, with major improvements (close to fullspeed, sound is now played in 16 bits and stereo, new speed limiter function and much more)
30/09/2007: Castellum Secretum 2 meeting will be held in Segré, France, from 26 to 28th october.
17/09/2007: CPCE 1.84 released, with assorted bug fixes and enhancements. A hotfix was released on 23/09/2007.
17/09/2007: WinAPE 2.0 Alpha 14 released. FDC emulation enhancements and some bug fixes.
04/09/2007: Img2CPC released. A command line tool to convert images to headers ready to be used with z88dk. Also can be used with little changes with WinAPE integrated debugger.
01/09/2007: A lovely demo screenshot gallery has been compiled by PulkoMandy!
30/08/2007: SymbOS 2.0 has been released including 1024KB, fast Mode2, richtext and PCW support
30/08/2007: Cosmos 2.0 (personal cost monitor) has been released
29/08/2007: Paciente 106, a great-looking and promising graphic/text adventure has been released!
28/08/2007: Frogger finally released for the Amstrad Plus. Get it here.
09/08/2007: A new version of Virtual CPC is available for download! Many additions like video or audio recording, Symbiface II emulation etc,etc...
08/08/2007: WinAPE 2.0 Alpha 13 released. Assembler improvements, Amstrad Plus emulation improvements, Graphics editing and Session Recording, and dozens of other improvements and fixes!
04/08/2007: FreeOCP v0.012b released, with new palette page and complete A/B drive support
03/08/2007: CPCAlive 1.08f released with bug fixes.
30/07/2007: FreeOCP v0.010 beta has been released.
29/07/2007: CPCE 1.83 has been released.
07/07/2007: A hotfix of CPCE 1.82 has been released.
03/07/2007: CPCE 1.82 has been released.
24/06/2007: CPC Loader updated with some nice changes!
16/06/2007: CPCE 1.81 has been released with many bugfixes and several new services.
08/06/2007: SymAmp 2.0 has been released and is also able to play PT3 sounds now
23/05/2007: Cyborgs rolling demo discovered, ripped and uploaded for your viewing pleasure :)
20/05/2007: CPC Rulez has some CPC games that have been tweaked for the CPC+, with updated palette, nice fades etc. For now: Operation Wolf, Rick Dangerous , Cybernoid et Solomon's Keys, Double Dragon, Cybernoid II!
26/04/2007: The official website for SymStudio has been launched and contains the new version 0.95.
07/04/2007: Binary Sciences has released Groops, a puzzle game for CPC 6128.
06/04/2007: Virtual CPC 1.05a released. Changes concerning performance. Improved code for Consecutive Screenshots.
03/04/2007: The Amstrad CPC TopList is online now: It's the list of the most frequented CPC websites, where everybody can join.
01/04/2007: Croco Chanel N°4 Only 1 month away. Join us now !. (Invitro)
28/03/2007: CPC-Forum.de has been opened to become the new and most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene
25/03/2007: PSPCap32 v1.1.6. has been released (read more here)
17/03/2007: RetroEuskal 2007 will take place from the 20.-23.07.2007 in Bilbao/Spain.
12/03/2007: MadriSX 2007 photos online.
10/03/2007: CPCE New Version.
17/02/2007: WinApe New Version.
17/02/2007: VirtualCPC New Version.
10/01/2007: FutureView IV has been re-released with some changes!
07/01/2007: Croco Chanel N°4 Very important CPC meeting near Paris from 4,5 & 6 May 2007
06/01/2007: New version of WinCPC with lots of nice details
28/12/2006: Hermol has released a demo for Christmas 2006.
29/12/2006: [51 converted from the ZX Spectrum to the Amstrad CPC|Nicholas Campbell has converted Area 51 from the ZX Spectrum to the Amstrad CPC]
28/12/2006: CPCE v1.71 has been released
27/12/2006: Prodatron released version 1.1 of his SymbOS operating system, which now officially supports the MSX2.
24/12/2006: Sorcery Plus remake for the PC, based on the CPC version (of course!)!!!
20/12/2006: CPCE v1.70 has been released
28/09/2006: CPCTapeXP, a Tape->CDT GUI-based utility has been released!
27/09/2006: Croco Chanel N°4 CPC meeting near Paris (France) in May 2007 call for attenders !
16/09/2006: CPCE v1.61 has been released
18/11/2006: WACCI and CSA8 social meet-up, at the Pillars of Hercules pub, Greek St, London
09/12/2006: [forever|Third issue of CPC forever released]
09/09/2006: ['number of balls' record broken with the release of Boules et Bits|News:CPC 'number of balls' record broken with the release of Boules et Bits]
09/03/2006: [2 will take place in december in Germany|Burgparty 2 will take place in december in Germany]
09/01/2006: [Art Album released|Freax Art Album released]
09/01/2006: [CEZGS game Phantomas saga Infinity|New CEZGS game Phantomas saga Infinity]
08/28/2006: [2006 party in South Germany|XzentriX 2006 party in South Germany]
08/24/2006: [2.0 Alpha 9 has been released and moved to a new domain|WinApe 2.0 Alpha 9B has been released and moved to a new domain]
08/19/2006: [v1.5 has been released|ManageDsk v1.5 has been released]
08/15/2006: [with a new domain and soon a new version including SYMBiFACE II support|WinCPC with a new domain and soon a new version including SYMBiFACE II support]
08/01/2006: [v1.60 has been released|CPCE v1.60 has been released]

Projects

This is a list of big CPC related projects, which are currently active. This list does not contain previews of unreleased productions or CPC emulators.

Historic

These projects are not active since five years or longer.

CPCng
SYMBiFACE II expansion card
SymbOS and SymStudio