dMagnetic v0.37 by Dettus is available since May 2023 for several versions of Unix (BSD, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo) with ANSI drawing in a terminal. This utility lets you play adventure games by Magnetic Scrolls.

The emulator is using the original files of the games for Amstrad CPC, C64, msdos, windows (1991 compilation), .MAG et .GFX files on the magnetic scrolls memorial.

The Key is a point and click Amstrad CPC graphical adventure game using the Paket engine discovered in 2019 in this video of the demo game Escape the ROM created by Jordi Sureda (graphics) and Santi Ontañón (code). The game is available in spanish and english on their web site

space_debris.mod in a well known musical file for PC, to be read with Mod Master for example.

BSC did port Space Debris on Amstrad CPC and it's simply wonderful ! Well in fact this video is one year old, too bad I missed it before.

You can check his Soundcloud page.

Another interesting video by Rodrik Studio who is repairing an Amstrad PC 1640.

MicroWeb v2.0 par James Howardest un navigateur web pour processeur Intel 8088 (et +), CGA, EGA, VGA ou Hercules, interface réseau ou port série et driver EtherSLIP), souris recommandée non nécessaire, 640 Ko de mémoire recommandé, EMS/XMS non nécessaire (mais permets de charger des plages plus importantes en taille). Cette nouvelle version apporte les fonctionnalités suivantes :

• Support for more video modes, including monochrome and colour modes (including Amstrad PC 1512 in 16 colors mode)
• GIF images are now loaded
• PNG and JPEG dimensions are loaded but not the content
• Improved font rendering and better Unicode support for accented characters
• More HTML tag support including tables and forms
• Can now leverage EMS memory (if available) for larger pages and images

New version by Roudoudou :

• Amstrad CPC ACE-DL emulator
• RASM v2.2.3
• WAV2AY v1.3

A new version of Amspirit, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Dmanu78 is available on its own web site now for windows. There is a 32 and 64bit version.

This version features :

• IPF and HFE file formats are now supported
• Binary files (with AMSDOS header) can be loaded into ram by dragging them onto emulator's window
• More and better command line options. Common file formats are automatically detected
• Improved UX and interface
• Extended RAM support, up to 4 Mb
• And as always, some bug fixes, including a major AY emulation fix, FDC timings adjustments, and a better handling of a couple of Z80 opcodes

The next major version will feature CPC+ and GX4000 emulation.

The thread on CPCWiki is here.

The latest Amstrad CPC artwork by Colin Thomson is a pirate ship. You can also see his two others Amstrad CPC drawing :

• Amstrad Drawing (Bob Ross style, american artist)
• Drawing a Parrot

I do hope that we won't be faced with a midlife crisis, as this year the Amstrad CPC 464 is just 40 years old. I leave you to the good hands of ChinnyVision who will talk about it better than me.

The last version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CPCEC by César Nicolas Gonzalez, was released the 28th March 2024.