Thanks to Gareth Fenwick and Kevin Moon, Lee Cook has scanned the box and manual of the Amstrad CPC+ cartridge of Chase H.Q. 2. I let you discover the photos by following the link. This box had not the original cartridge sadly. But if Lee Cook finally discover such a cartridge he will dump it for the pleasure of everybody.
Head Over Heels enhanced is an enhanced version of Head Over Heels first released in 1987 on Amstrad CPC and PCW (monochrome of course, 4 colors for this version), édited by Ocean Software and made by Jon RITMAN, Bernie DRUMMOND, F. David THORPE and Bob WAKELIN. It was ported on Amstrad PCW by Habi Soft with colour support and some optimized routines .
Génération Micros has just released yesterday an interview of Laurant WEILL, founder of Loriciels.
Classic Adventurer is a newspaper about adventure games by Mark Hardisty. Last issue number 12 just got released. As usual you can buy it printed or download it for free in PDF format..
Génération Micros has done a video about the french editor Loriciels two days ago (french inside). There is a microphone problem at the start of the video.
All the Amstrad CPC games created for the CPCRetroDev contest from 2013 to 2023 are available locally on Genesis8bit. Thanks to Asertus for the source of the file (857 Mb).
Doña Elisa de Avalón by Carlos M. Aguirre is a text adventure game for Amstrad PCW, MS-DOS (CGA/EGA/VGA), Amiga, Atari ST, and ZX Spectrum.
In the time of King Arthur, Doña Elisa de Avalón was kidnapped by a sorcerer. She must escape before dire fate happens to her.
The video below is the Atari ST version of Doña Elisa de Avalón.
Check the haThus's Twitter account as he is working on a new Amstrad CPC platforme game : Ozzo C47 Explorer since at least November 2024.
HaThus is the author of another platform game Nita released in 2023 for the CPCRetroDev contest in mode 1, and a new version in mode 0 in 2024 which I invite you to play.
You can listen to an interview of haThus in spanish espagnol about Nita (mode 0) on Voox.
Inufuto is a japanese who write many games, each time for several platforms including Amstrad CPC. He wrote initally Mazy2 in 2022, this year he is releasing a new version of Mazy2 for Amstrad CPC+ with hardware sprites. You cab check the Youtube channel of Inufuto. The goal of the game is to find the exit of the labyrinth, there are monsters on the way so find a knife and throw it to kill them and be able to exit safely.
Turrican est un jeu de plate-forme pour Amstrad CPC sorti en 1990, édité by Rainbow Arts.
Jean-marie has modified Turrican to use 128 Kb, which permits to add music form the Atari ST game, and more. This second version should be the last.
The link of the download is on CPCWiki.
Génération Micros has interviewed Patrick MONTHIER who wrote the Amstrad CPC adventure game Firescape in 1987 when he was 18 years old. One year before, he got a monochrome Amstrad CPC 464. Firescape was written in Locomotive basic in about one summer (about 2-3 months), alone (coding and testing). In the game you are inside an hotel which is burning and you have to get out, quick.
Amélie Minuit for Amstrad CPC is a action game by ERE Informatique in 1985, made by Patrick DUBLANCHET and Michel RHO.
On OursoN Retrogames's youtube channel, Kukulcan is doing a speedrun on Amélie Minuit.
CPCGamesCD is a live CD by MiguelSky with emulators and the NVG Amstrad game collection. It has been updated on the 27th May 2025. You can also download CPCGamesCD on Itch.io.
You have Amstrad CPC game boxes but they are getting old and you want give them a new life with a new cover in a new box ? Then Coverbook by Barjack (Praline Editions) is for you. For more informations, I invite you to see the Youtube video below, pre-ordre your Coverbook as it will cost you less.
Speed Racer by Noël Moulin is an action game (tron like) for Amstrad CPC. It is available for download on Amstrad.EU's forum.
There are two loading screen for the game, one made by TITAN.
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