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








Blocktris, an Amstrad CPC reflexion game by Under4Mhz

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Blocktris by Under4Mhz is a new reflexion/puzzle game for Amstrad CPC, based on a ms-dos game.

It's a Tetris clone with some nice background images.


Youtube video




Gates to Heaven, an Amstrad CPC game by ESP Soft

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Gates to Heaven by ESP Soft is available. It's a platform game, graphics by Juan Esteban Olmo Mari (sad1942), music by Corncob, programmation by Raúl Simarro (Artaburu) and story by Litos.


Youtube video





Vexed, an Amstrad CPC puzzle game by Under4Mhz

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Vexed by Under4Mhz (I like the name) is a new puzzle game for Amstrad CPC. Match blocks and dont leave one or you must start anew the level.

I found a new way to play it, see below (well when I will find how to use the buttons as the joystick button, I am new to EmulationStation).

Vexed on a PiBoy XRS (Raspberry PI 4 inside)


Youtube video



v1.4 of the Contiki v1.x fork (an operating system) for Amstrad CPC by Pulkomandy

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Pulkomandy has released a new version v1.4 of his fork of Contiki v1.x for Amstrad CPC. More informations on his Contiki page (with the download).

Contiki is a small operating system for embedded devices. While version 2 of the system is designed to run on embedded devices and has an IP and IPv6 stack as the main feature, the 1.x version of the system is better known for being ported to several 8-bit and 16-bit home computers.

Contiki's screenshot, an operating system ported on Amstrad CPC by Pulkomandy



Classic Adventurer issue 11 is out by Mark Hardisty, about adventure games (March 2023)

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Classic Adventurer is a newspaper about adventure games by Mark Hardisty. Last issue number 11 was released in March 2023 as usual as a free download or in printed format.