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| == Welcome to the Amstrad CPC Wiki! ==
| | <center>This site is an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad|Amstrad]] [[CPC|CPC]] related. There are now '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' about the CPC available.</center> |
| <br><center>This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad|Amstrad]] [[CPC|CPC]] related. There are now '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' around 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>
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| <center> '''CPC Related News''' </center>
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| | '''In the Shadow of the CPC - The Legacy of Amstrad Games'''<br><br> |
| {{#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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| *22/09/11: '''NoRecess''' released v2.3 of his '''[http://www.norecess.net/3/post/2011/09/hxc-floppy-emulator-manager-v23-released.html HxC Floppy Emulator Manager]'''!
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| *18/09/11: NEW GAME!!! '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2724.0 Edge Grinder]''' by '''Paul Kooistra'''!
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| *17/09/11: '''[http://www.norecess.net/3/post/2011/09/quickcmd-v22-released.html QuickCMD 2.2]''' released - support for '''[[MegaFlash]] added!
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| *15/09/11: [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2714.msg27881;topicseen#new Call] for a Megademo to celebrate the CPC's '''30th anniversary'''!
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| *15/08/11: Benediction and Brainstorm's demo named '''[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57525 Bloc Us!]''' ranked 9th at the Evoke 2011 this week-end.
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| *15/08/11: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2572.new#new JavaCPC Desktop]''' 1.0 official release!
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| *06/08/11: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2527.0 Megaflash]''', the programmable 512kb ROMbox by '''Bryce''' finally begun production!
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| *05/08/11: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2522.0 PC-CPC]''', a lovely new emulator has been released by '''Demoniak'''!
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| *05/08/11: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2514 Winape]''' at last updated to v2.0a18, too many changes to list here :)
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| *05/08/11: '''[http://genesis8.free.fr/index.php#caprice-v28-and-copacabana-v075-for-palm-os Caprice v28 and Copacabana v075]''' for PalmOS!
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| *05/08/11: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2243 Roland]''', the Javascript emulator, has been updated - now with a huge online games archive!
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| *27/07/11: Automatic Installer for [[FutureOS]] released. Works with the new [[MegaFlash]]. (English, French, German)
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| *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).
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| *23/07/11: '''[[QuickCMD|Quickcmd v2.1]]''' released!
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| *21/07/11: Bryce has released the '''[[MegaFlash|MegaFlash]]'''. Also the [[MegaFlashROManager]] was released by TFM.
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| *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'''!
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| *05/07/11: '''[http://roland.antoniovillena.es/ Roland]''', the online javascript emulator, now supports sound!
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| *05/07/11: New version of '''[http://www.cpcalive.com/cpcalive_en.html CPCAlive]''' with Z80 debugger improvement and corrections.
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| *28/06/11: Results and report (soon!) for the ReSeT #0 Party are '''[http://pushnpop.net/index.php?action=meetings&id=14 here]'''
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| *21/06/11: Major new release of '''[http://www.cpcbox.com/ CPCbox]''', now with sound!!
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| *09/05/11: '''[http://www.pushnpop.net/reset ReSeT #0 Party]''' is a CPC Meeting in France: 24-25-26 June 2011!
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| *03/05/11: '''[http://www.cpcmania.com/index2.asp?urldest=cpcdiskxp/cpcdiskxp.htm CPCDiskXP]''' 2.1 released :)
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| *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]!
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| *27/04/11: '''NoRecess''' published a great [http://www.norecess.net/interview-richard-wilson.html interview] with '''Richard Wilson''' of '''ParaDOS''' and '''WinApe''' fame :)
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| *17/04/11: '''ACID''' well and truly [http://www.octoate.de/wp/2011/04/15/another-acid-implementation-on-the-way/ ripped apart] :)
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| *17/04/11: '''NoRecess''' released v.2.2 of [http://www.norecess.net/hxc-floppy-emulator-manager.html HxC Floppy Emulator Manager]
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| *16/04/11: A very detailed interview of the Batman Forever Team published on '''[http://pushnpop.net/ Push'N'Pop]'''
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| *11/04/11: New game!!! '''[http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/hora-bruja.php Hora Bruja]''' released! :)
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| *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'''!
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| *06/04/11: NoRecess added an [http://www.norecess.net/interview-face-hugger.html interview with '''Face Huggger''']!
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| *06/04/11: Version 19 of '''GamebaseCPC''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/gamebasecpc/index.php?page=accueil added]!
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| | In the Shadow of the CPC is a tribute book entirely devoted to Amstrad CPC games. Through a careful selection of iconic titles, this project traces the history, creativity and soul of a machine that had a profound impact on European video games, particularly in France. |
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| | '''The first coffee table Amstrad CPC book!''' |
| Image:Edge_grinder_cpc.png|Edge Grinder
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| Image:Megaflash.png|First Megaflash off the production line! :)
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| Image:NTWICCT01.jpg|Now That's What I Call Chip Tunes
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| Image:Arquimedes.png|Arquimedes XXI
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| Image:Hora bruja.jpg|Hora Bruja
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| Image:BatmanForever.png|Batman Forever
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| Image:Subhunter2.png|SubHunter
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| Image:Uwol2b.png|Uwol 2
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| Image:xmas_2010_demo_screenshot.png|Xmas 2010 Demo
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| Image:MegaROM.png|MegaROM
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| Image:Ilogical.png|Ilogical
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| <div align=right>...[[OldNews|Older News]]...</div>
| | Richly illustrated, the book combines screenshots, anecdotes and interviews to bring back to life an era when a few kilobytes were enough to spark the imagination. It is aimed at both gamers of the time and those curious to discover an essential part of video game history. |
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| === CPCWiki updates ===
| | This project is above all a labour of love and a means of passing on knowledge, with the aim of preserving the memory of the CPC and paying tribute to the developers and gamers who brought this unique machine to life. |
| *18/08/2011: Server move complete, hunting bugs down... Currently Uploads are not possible.
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| *05/08/2011: Sorry for the downtime - hardware failure on the host side!
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| *12/01/2011: 2010: An '''[http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1865.0.html excellent year]''' for the CPCWiki!!!
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| *22/09/2009: The CPCWIKI moves to new domain [http://cpcwiki.eu CPCWIKI.EU]
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| *14/08/2009: The CPCWIKI moves (temporarily) to new domain [http://cpc-wiki.com CPC-WIKI.COM]
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| *22/07/09: Wiki & Forum moved to a new server
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| *14/07/09: Forum updated to 2.0RC1-1, Wiki updated to 1.15.1!
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| *Add the CPCWiki to '''your Homepage'''. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping|About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.
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| | By supporting this book, you are helping to revive a gaming heritage that is too often overlooked — and give it the place it deserves. |
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| === Become an Author! ===
| | '''Live now on [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/editions64k/in-the-shadow-of-the-cpc Kickstarter]!''' |
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| * [[PDW|PDW]] (unknown what this article shall be about...) (Note: PDW is believed to be German group of programmers who wrote CPC Demos)
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| #Top 5 Contributors from the last 60 days:
| | [[File:Dez80_intro.png|thumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/DEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course]]] |
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| <div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''All [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]''' | [[:Category:Stub|Extendable Stubs]]<br>'''[[Special:ContributionScores|List of most active contributors]]'''</small></div></div>
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| | *22/04/26: '''[[The_Speaker | The Speaker]]''' ROM edition has been released. |
| | *04/04/26: '''Alien the Xenomorph''' [https://capasoft.itch.io/alien-the-xenomorph has been released]. |
| | *11/02/25: '''[[Qbert | Q*bert]]''' beta version has been released for the Amstrad Plus range. |
| | *24/12/25: '''[[FutureOS]] 2025''' released! Many new features :-) |
| | *10/11/25: '''Pitfall II''' [https://21bloques.itch.io/pitfall2 has been released]. |
| | *02/11/25: '''Bug's Quest 2''' [https://yb-software.itch.io/bugs-quest-2 has been released]. |
| | *08/10/25: [[Future View VI]] released! In English, French, German, Spanish and Turkish. |
| | *06/08/25: '''El Hobbit''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://mojontwins.itch.io/el-hobbit-vah-kas-cut has been released]. |
| | *31/07/25: [[Oh Mummy Resurrected]] has been released for the Amstrad Plus range. |
| | *03/06/25: [[On File]] (2025) DBMS which supports Graphics has been released. |
| | *27/05/25: '''[[CPCGamesCD-CPCLoader | CPCGamesCD]]''' has been updated. [https://amstrad.es/cpcgamescd] |
| | *25/04/25: '''Phantomas en el Museo''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://mojontwins.itch.io/phantomas-en-el-museo-amstrad-cpc is released]. |
| | *05/04/25: [[ROManager]] 2.50 released! |
| | *08/03/25: '''[https://tartessos-games.itch.io/master-piece Master Piece]''', the latest game from Tartessos Games, has been released. |
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| *When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
| | <div align="right">...[[OldNews|Older News]]...</div> |
| *The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 8 KB of RAM to circumvent a spanish tax that was charged on imported machines with up to 64 KB memory.
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| *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.
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| *'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC. | | === CPCWiki related === |
| *The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''. | | *[[CPCWiki updates]] |
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| *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
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| *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
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| These people were kind enough to donate. All contributions went '''directly''' to our previous host, not our own pockets!
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| '''If you would like to donate us, please contact the admin-team in our forum. This will ensure the continuation of the project.'''
| | *When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128. |
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| | *The [[472|CPC 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 [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen. |
| '''2011:''' [[User:Bryce|Bryce]] (€75)<br>
| | *'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for CPC. |
| | | *'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Multiplan]] for CP/M. |
| '''2009:''' Prodatron (€1000)<br>Nurgle (€30)<br>Serge Querné (€30)<br>Roald Strauss (€50)<br> | | *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A. |
| | | *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''. |
| '''Donators from earlier years'''<br> | | *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to '''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage. |
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| *Bert Post Uiterweer, [[Rex|Rex]] of [[BENG!|BENG!]], [[Robcfg|Robcfg]], [[Prodatron|Prodatron]], [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]], [[User:Ervin|Ervin]]
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| === Where are CPC users from? ===
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| Click [http://www4.clustrmaps.com/user/7804b163 here] for the big map! Smaller map was removed to keep loading times down.
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