ABASC v1.2.3 (Amstrad BASic cross Compiler) by Fragarco is a cross-compiler written entirely in Python, with no external dependencies. This makes it highly portable and easy to run on any system that has a standard Python 3 installation.

It is designed to support the dialect of BASIC created by Locomotive Software for the Amstrad CPC series of microcomputers, ensuring that all existing documentation for this language remains fully relevant and useful.

Because ABASC is a cross-compiler that runs on modern systems, it also incorporates several features from Locomotive BASIC 2 Plus, offering a development experience closer to that of contemporary programming languages while preserving the classic style of the original BASIC.

In addition to the compiler itself, the ABASC package includes several auxiliary tools, such as an assembler and disk/tape image packers for generating DSK and CDT files. Full documentation for each tool is available in the DOCS directory, provided in both English and Spanish.

Two programs have been ported with little modifications with ABASC : Sultan's maze and 3D Maze.

The Benediction Coding Party #6 meeting organized by Eliot will take place from the Thursday 29th October (10h00) to Sunday 1st november (18h00) at the community hall, 2 impasse des Quatre Chemins (50450 Lengronne). You can arrive by train at two train stations, either Villedieu-Les-Poêles or Folligny where we can take you to the meeting (only 15 mn to the meeting by car). Price will be 16 euros each day except 10 euros for Sunday (drinks and food included). Please register early to help Eliot. For more informations click on the link above.

FreddyV has release his upgrade of the PicoMEM card : the PicoMEM2 ! More power means that you can use all sound cards at the same moment (how about Sound Blaster and Gravis Ultra Sound at the same time), DMA support, RTC, serial and LED expansion, I2C Qwiic connectors, front panel connector, thanks to the Pico 2 using the RP2350.

You can buy the PicoMEM2 at :

• Serdashop (belgium)
• Flamelily Retro (U.K.)

Return Home by WacKEDmaN is a new Amstrad CPC shoot them up game.

It is written in Z80 asm with the help of the AI Claude code, and the RASM assembler written by Roudoudou. It plays in mode 0 (6 coulors), your ship is at the right of the screen and the ennemies comes from the left. You can play with keyboard or joystick.

The Amstrad CPC emulator 1984 by Salvogendut is available as version 0.4.11.

But it's not the only program he worked on for Amstrad CPC :

• N4CEWENTERM, an ANSI Telnet Client for Amstrad CPC
• symcmd-settime : uan utility to set time with http under SymbOS
• conv2SGX : an utility to convert pictures to the SGX format used by SymbOS

Seen on Roudoudou's Youtube channel, Marmelade written by Stephane MERLO-UYTTENDAELE and Frederic SOL (édited by MBC Informatique) is graphical adventure game for Amstrad CPC released in 1987.

But it's in fact an non official french remake of an Apple 2 adventure game Masquerade written in 1983 by Dale JOHNSON (code) and Rick INCROCCI (graphics). A very difficult game with an official contest with a winning price of 1000 dollars, which was finally won.

This Amstrad CPC version of Masquerade was corrected in 2020 by The Crackers Velus, otherwise you can't finish the game. You can download this corrected version of Marmelade on CPC-Power. The longplay video of the finished game below is by Roudoudou.

Seen on Roudoudou's Youtube channel, CPC is back by Arkham is a PC demo for msdos in 1994 (download on Pouet) with Remdy and Pyro writing the code.

A new video by Génération Micros about ports ZX Spectrum games ports which weren't using Amstrad CPC features.

Time Bomb is an Amstrad CPC reflexion game written in 1985 by Chris TURNER. Today ShaCPC is presenting his Amstrad CPC(+)/GX4000 remake : Time Bomb GX as a .CPR cartridge file. You will need a M4 addon to load the .CPR with a plain Amstrad CPC.

Spanish interview by Game Back at the Amstrad Eterno 2024 of Angel Garcia Delgado (AGD), a prolific programmer on Amstrad CPC and other platforms including the PC. ShaCPC wrote just a few days ago a remake of one of the games of AGD (see below).