Frank CPC by rh1tech is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Raspberry Pico 2. It supports HDMI, VGA, and composite-TV output, SD card file browser. PS/2 keyboard, NES/SNES gamepads, optional USB HID (keyboard, gamepad, XInput). Disk (.DSK, .IPF), tape (.CDT), and cartridge (.CPR) loading, audio over HDMI, I2S, or PWM.

Check also at his OS for Pico 2 with a Windows 95 look.

Cadence v2.0 by Abalore is out. It's a multi platform Amstrad CPC emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.

The source code is on this Github depot while you will find the downloads on this other Github depot of Cadence.

Dmanu has just released a light version of his Amstrad CPC emulator Amspirit : Amspirit Lite in 64bit for Linux (soon Raspberry PI too), Windows and MacOS. Amspirit Lite is also available on his Github.

It is released, the Amstrad CPC+/GX4000 version of Bomb Jack by Anthony Flack after the revisited version in mode 1 : Bomb Jack Extra Sugar in 2025.

Lunke8086 is working on an operating system for old PC as a hobby. The goal is a monolithic OS for retro hardware with a GUI. There are two versions :

• GentleOS/16 : at minimum, it only requires an 8086+ CPU, 192 KB of RAM, and a CGA display supporting 320x200x4 mode, qui supporte CGA/VGA, clavier et haut-parleur. Check on which computer it runs just below (not mine)...
• GentleOS/32 : at minimum, it only requires an i386 CPU, 4MB of RAM, and a VGA display capable of 640x480x16 mode. It supports VGA/SVGA, keyboard, PS/2 mouse, serial mouse and PC speaker.

The goal it to corrects bugs, optimize and add new GUI applications.

Olivier Poncet is the author of an Amstrad CPC emulator : Xcpc for Linux, BSD and Unix. It doesn't emulate the + models though.

And also quite interesting, he has released in 2024 AYM JS which is a sound chip emulator written in JavaScript emulating the AY-3-8910 PSG (Programmable Sound Generator) and the YM2149 SSG (Software-Controlled Sound Generator). You can test AYM JS here (press the Power button and the Play button). At the moment YM files must be converted to javascript (but the conversion tool isn't available yet), but direct support of YM files is on the way.

ZEsarUX 13 is a multi platform emulator, Amstrad CPC and PCW (and many others). You can compile the unix sources directly or get a binary for :

• linux 32/64 bits
• Mac OS X
• Windows
• Raspberry pi (raspbian)

Mananuk (sur Twitter) has released the Dark Knight on Amstrad CPC in 2024. At the end of 2025, you have a new loading screen by Titan, and the game is also available for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

Arkos Tracker v3.6.0 by Targhan is available on his web site. The site has many tutorials. This version is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Intel and ARM).

This v3.6.0 brings ST-SID support and more.

Cadence v1.4 by Abalore is out. It's a multi platform Amstrad CPC emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It do not support CPC+ but can read .CPR cartridge and run Alcon 2020 for example.