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






WIP Rally III by Titan for Amstrad CPC, programmers needed please

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Rally II is a racing Amstrad CPC game released in 1985 by Loriciels. Titan wish to remake this classic games with new graphics et a nice presentation to create Rally III. All new graphics are ready, now he needs a programmer and a muscian to exploit what he did, so don't hesitatte to contact Titan if you are interested by this project.



Sonic GX for Amstrad GX-4000 by norecess464 is available

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Working regularly during seven years, Sonic GX (downloadble on Pouet) for the Amstrad console GX-4000 is at least available for the pleasure of the small and older ones (well especially for the older actually...). You can also download Sonic GX locally. The archive holds the instruction manual, the slide presented at the BCP 5 and of course the cartridge as a .CPR file.

Sonic GX has been of course coded by norecess464 (also level design), but it's also the work of :

  • CeD : graphics conversion
  • Targhan : audio conversion and player
  • TotO : design and support
  • Slype : instruction manual

Have fun with Sonic GX, you will find below the video taken during the Benediction Coding Party 5 where norecess464 presents coding techniques used for his game Sonic GX.


Youtube video




Uniload by Futur's, an Amstrad CPC(+) game launcher using Unidos

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Better late than never, Uniload by Futur's was announced on CPCWiki the 10th November 2024. It's a game launcher for Amstrad CPC(+) to be used with the Unidos ROM which manages several Amstrad CPC mass storage expansion cards.

You can create your own game database on MorphOS, AmigaOS, macOS, Windows and Linux to be used with Uniload thanks to the Uniload Database Creator utility, or download on the site Barjack's game compilation. Beware about one quarter of the games in this compilation won't work with Uniload (track load instad of a files version, error in the database).



Abatape by Abalore, tape emulation featuring multi loading on Amstrad CPC and more

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Abalore has a project he is working since September 2024 : the Abatape.

It is using an Arduino Nano ATMega328p@16 Mhz, a 700 mAH battery for about 24 hours of use, a SD reader and an OLED screen. It is especially able to detect the two motors making a real taping moving the magnetic band so it can support multi loading. Someone did suggest to add writing support to create new tape files. The Abatape supports of course the Amstrad CPC (.CDT) but several other computers as it is based on a Maxduino firmware :

  • Spectrum : TAP, TZX
  • MSX : CAS, TSX
  • ZX80 : O
  • ZX81 : P
  • Acorn Atom, Electron : UEF (without compression), TSX
  • Dragon 32/64, Tandy CoCo : CAS, TSX
  • SVI Spectravideo : TSX
  • Oric 1/Atmos : no .TAP support unless converted to TSX

Youtube video



UPX v5.0.2 by The UPX Team for ms-dos and other OS

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UPX v5.0.2 by The UPX Team is an executable compressor for several operating systems including ms-dos. It is very useful notably on PC XT where disk space was limited, whatever 5,25 or 3,5 disks or on hard disks. At the time of my Amstrad PC 1512, I was using Lzexe by Fabrice Bellard (who also owned an Amstrad PC 1512 DD), Diet by Teddy Matsumoto, PKLite by Phil Katz (PKWare) then later UPX.



Amspirit v2.03b RC4, an Amstrad CPC(+) emulator by Dmanu78

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A new version of Amspirit, an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows by Dmanu78 is available on his web site. There are 32 and 64bit versions.

The thread on CPCWiki is here.



The Amstrad CPC(+) emulator ACE-DL by Roudoudou available on Raspberry PI

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Roudoudou has released a Raspberry PI version of his Amstrad CPC ACE-DL emulator on the 13th Octobre 2025. There is no update for the other operating systems. He is working on supporting other hardware expansions. This version has been tested on a Raspberry PI 5 but should work on a PI 4.



GX-Pong, an Amstrad GX-4000 game by Stephen Waywood

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GX-Pong by Stephen Waywood and graphics/design by Oncle Ced and Viny-Kun is a game for the Amstrad GX-4000 console. It's an order for a french convention française wich will take place in November 2026 where Oncle Ced will present a stand about the video game history (1970 to half 1990).


Youtube video



Arkos Tracker v3.4 by Targhan is available

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Arkos Tracker v3.4 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 v3.4 features :

  • Amstrad PCW support
  • Spectravideo 318/328 support
  • Merge song option (don't thank me @Prodatron !)
  • Export as TXT (which may please @m_dr_m)
  • Skip the possible amsdos header when loading .SKS and .128 (once again to please @Prodatron !)
  • RASM 2.3.9 compatibility
  • Much better import of Chp'n'sfx songs
  • and other cool stuff!