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Welcome, everyone, to the '''Amstrad CPC Wiki'''
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'''In the Shadow of the CPC - The Legacy of Amstrad Games'''<br><br>


This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad]] [[CPC]] related. There are now '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' around the CPC available. Feel free to [[help:editing|contribute]] or post your [[suggestions]] here, or in the [[discussion]] page!
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:464.png|right|thumb|250px|Amstrad CPC [[464]] with colour monitor]]
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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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.


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'''Live now on [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/editions64k/in-the-shadow-of-the-cpc Kickstarter]!'''
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=== CPC ===
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* [[CPC|In short]]
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* [[CPC old generation|CPC 464/664/6128]]
* [[Plus|CPC+/GX4000]]
* [[Clones]]
* [[Peripherals]]
* [[Emulators]]
* [[Magazines]]
* [[Technical documentation]]
* [[Schematics]]
* [[Literature]]
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=== Software ===
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* [[Games]]
* [[Apps|Serious software]]
* [[PD libraries]]
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[[File:Dez80_intro.png|thumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/DEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course]]]


=== Scene ===
*03/05/26: '''[[FutureOS]] 2026''' Spring Edition released! Better mouse support :-)
* [[Demogroups|Groups]]
*22/04/26: '''[[The_Speaker | The Speaker]]''' ROM edition has been released.
* [[CPC scene members|Scene members]]
*04/04/26: '''Alien the Xenomorph''' [https://capasoft.itch.io/alien-the-xenomorph has been released].
* [[CPC parties]]
*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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=== Development ===
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=== CPCWiki related ===
*[[CPCWiki updates]]
*[[Donors]]


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(Also check [[News and Projects]] for more CPC news.)
=== Did you know? ===
* Add the CPCWiki to your Homepage. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.
* A couple more skins added. You can check these out from your preferences page. Please note that these are not fully supported yet - that is, I just dropped the files there, and not all things are working 100% yet. [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 09:20, 6 August 2006 (CEST)
* More filetypes allowed for upload: now you can upload zip, rar, pdf and mp3 files. [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 08:54, 6 August 2006 (CEST)
* Should anyone wish to help with '''administering''' the CPCWiki, please do send an email - help would be appreciated, if you know your wiki stuff :)
*'''This wiki has moved to its own domain - [http://www.cpcwiki.eu cpcwiki.eu], thanks to the hosting that Kangaroo donated! A huge thanks :)''' !!!! [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 20:14, 4 August 2006 (CEST)
* I would urge those users who do register, to verify their email addresses. This will allow the system to send notifications when requested by the user (on watched pages, on changes etc), but most importantly, it will allow other users to send emails without revealing your email address! [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 20:14, 4 August 2006 (CEST)
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*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128.
*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.
*'''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 '''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.


=== CPC on the net ===
* [[Forum]]
* [[FTP]]
* [news://comp.sys.amstrad.8bit|Newsgroup: comp.sys.amstrad.8bit]
* [irc://random.ircd.de/#CPC|IRC-Channel: (English/German) #CPC on IRCNet]
* [irc://irc.neoxys.org/#CPC|IRC-Channel: (French/English) #CPC on NeoXys.org]
* [[Links]]
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Latest revision as of 10:22, 2 September 2026

This site is an encyclopaedia on all things Amstrad CPC related. There are now 4,324 articles about the CPC available.


In the Shadow of the CPC - The Legacy of Amstrad Games

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.

The first coffee table Amstrad CPC book!

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.

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.

By supporting this book, you are helping to revive a gaming heritage that is too often overlooked — and give it the place it deserves.

Live now on Kickstarter!

CPC Related News


Mastering Z80 Assembler Course

Did you know?

  • When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128.
  • The 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 was the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.
  • OpenOffice is the descendant of StarWriter for CPC.
  • Excel is the direct descendant of Multiplan for CP/M.
  • SymbOS supports 50x bigger hard drives than Win95A.
  • FutureOS can load a 178 KB floppy disc in 9 seconds.
  • FutureOS can manage up to 4 MB of extended RAM and 32 GB of mass storage.