News about Amstrad CPC, PCW, Notepad NC100 NC150 NC200, PDA600 and also Amstrad PC






Cheman, the last Amstrad CPC game by the Mojon Twins is out

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Cheman is the last Amstrad CPC game (and ZX Spectrum) by the Mojon Twins, a mix of platform and adventure.

It was available as a tape physical edition at the RetroZaragoza 2019 which took place the 28th October at the Delicias Civic Center in the Zaragoza town.

But it's still possible to get a physical edition if at least 25 people are interested (check the first link up there).




Recalbox is supporting the Amstrad GX4000 console

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Recalbox v6.1 is a Linux distribution first for Raspberry Pi but also now for Odroid cards and PC (32 and 64 bit). It's a specialized distribution for emulation of old game consoles and computers. Last version is supporting the Amstrad GX4000 console.






Vasm v1.8g, a portable and retargetable assembler, can compile Z80 assembler, but not only

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Vasm v1.8g is a compilator for several platforms :

  • Unix
  • AmigaOS 68020
  • Atari MiNT 68020
  • MorphOS
  • AmigaOS4
  • PowerUp
  • Atari TOS 68000
  • WarpOS
  • Windows

And of course, it can compile Z80 assembler, but it's not the only processor it can manage.



Caprice Forever v2019-10, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Frédéric Coste for Windows

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Caprice Forever v2019-10 by Frédéric Coste is a modified version of the Caprice emulator (by Ulrich Doewich) for windows.

  • Increase full speed
  • Improve assembler compilation using Pasmo
  • Add breakpoint on Read/Write memory accesses
  • Fix minor bugs



Collapse OS, a new future OS for Amstrad CPC ?

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Collapse OS is a z80 kernel and a collection of programs, tools and documentation that allows you to assemble an OS that can (available on Github) :

  • Run on minimal and improvised machines
  • Interface through improvised means (serial, keyboard, display)
  • Edit text files
  • Compile assembler source files for a wide range of MCUs and CPUs
  • Read and write from a wide range of storage devices
  • Replicate itself

Additionally, the goal of this project is to be as self-contained as possible. With a copy of this project, a capable and creative person should be able to manage to build and install Collapse OS without external resources (i.e. internet) on a machine of her design, built from scavenged parts with low-tech tools.

His author has been contacted, he seems interesting in porting it on Amstrad CPC. It already works on RC2014 and the Sega Mega Drive.