SpecIde by MartianGirl is a ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC old (non CPC+ emulation) whose first version was April 2024. The current features are :

• Emulation of ZX Spectrum 48K (Issue 2/3), 128K, +2, +2A and +3
• Emulation of Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128. No support for Plus models yet!
• FDC765 disk drive emulation. (Scan commands are missing yet)
• Emulation of Spanish 128K, +2, +2A and +3
• Emulation of Pentagon timings (but no BetaDisk yet! Sorry for that!)
• PSG (AY-3-8912/YM-2149) sound emulation
• Turbosound emulation. Supports two and four PSG modes
• Covox/Soundrive emulation
• Loading of tapes via .tap and .tzx tape images, and .csw files
• Loading of disks via .dsk disk images
• Flashloading of .tap files and .tzx that use the ROM routines
• Flashsaving to .tap files using the ROM routines
• Full screen video mode detection
• Double scan interlaced modes. (Gigascreen modes)
• Kempston/Sinclair/Cursor/Fuller joystick emulation from the PC joystick/gamepad
• Fuller box audio
• Works in GNU/Linux, Windows, and MacOS

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.

From a Tweet by Lu to his video on Youtube presenting the HIDMAN by Rasteri which let you use USB keyboard/mouse on a PC XT, AT, serial and PS/2 port, like the Amstrad PC (PC1512, PC1640, PC2xxx, PC3xxx, PC4xxx) and more as stated on the HIDMAN's github page by Rasteri where you will also find a shop to < a href="https://retrohackshack.com/product/hidman-usb-keyboard-converter/">buy this accessory on Retroshack.

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.

The latest Amstrad CPC drawing by Colin Thomson is the Urquhart Castle that sits beside the Loch Ness in Scotland (Wikipedia link).

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.

• Includes frontend, new CPC Loader 3.2 by TroelsK
• Includes NVG games update 23.05.2025
• Includes NVG maps update 23.05.2025 and more
• Includes NVG apps update 23.05.2025 and more
• PCW games update (285 games). Thanks, PCWWIKI
• Includes Snap-Pack by MiguelSky (5569 images)
• Added version 3.0.2 of JavaCPC Desktop emulator
• Added 14.02.2025 of Caprice32 emulator
• Added version 3.0.2 CPCemu emulator
• Added version 1.10.0 of PCW emulator

Turbo Rascal SE (TRSE) v0.19 (spring 2025) is out. It's a complete suite (IDE, compiler, programming language, image sprite level resource editor) intended for developing games/demos for 8 / 16-bit line of computers, with a focus on the MOS 6502, the Motorola 68000, the (GB)Z80 and the 8086. TRSE supports application development for the C64, C128, VIC-20, PLUS4, NES, Gameboy, PET, ZX Spectrum, TIKI 100, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, 8086AT, Amiga 500 and the Atari ST 520 (complete list here). With the benefits of a modern IDE (error messages, code completion, syntax highlighting etc) and a bunch of fast built-in tools, it has never been easier to program for your favorite obsolete system !

You can join the TRSE group on Facebook.

The video below is a gorgeous Amstrad CPC demo programmed with TRSE : Morketid, a very good one in my personal opionon.

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.

Ajcasado has released Fuzix version 0.5.1 alpha 2 for Amstrad CPC 6128 (original by Alan Cox).

It's a new linux like operating system for the Amstrad CPC which can handle upto 1024 Kb of RAM.

SugarDS v0.9 is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS and DSi by Nige Rideout (github). This version features :

• Fix disk write-back so it doesn't potentially corrupt a .dsk file! Sorry about that
• Improved save/load state so it preserves Dandanator carts and Extended Memory > 128K
• More robust CRTC handling to fix games like Hypernoid Zero, Galactic Tomb 128K and Bomb Jack Extra Sugar
• You can now put [[cmd]] in the title of the .dsk file to force a RUN command
• Other cleanups, minor timing improvements and fixes as time allowed