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.

• FutureOS
• CPCISA
• MegaFlash by Bryce

Historic

These projects are not active since five years or longer.

• CPCng
• SYMBiFACE II expansion card
• SymbOS and SymStudio