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Prohibition remake as Java-applet

01/26/2012 - 23:44 - genesis8

Devilmarkus is working on a Prohibition remake in Java.

loading screen of the Amstrad CPC game Prohibition

Source : CPCWiki's forum

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The disk utility ManageDsk v0.20g by Demoniak is available

01/25/2012 - 23:14 - genesis8

ManageDSK v0.20g by Ludovic Deplanque is out. Its interface is available in english, french and spanish. It features :

Source : CPCRulez's forum

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New teaser video of R-type by Easter Egg

01/24/2012 - 23:39 - genesis8

a new teaser video is available on the Easter egg's R-type remake site, also news musics and background pictures.

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How to write a double side DSK for use on an Amstrad CPC

01/15/2012 - 13:39 - genesis8

To write a single DSK image file you can either use :

Beware, WriteDSK works on the CPC (you must have a PC 3,5" with the .DSK which will be copied on the same 3,5" drive or another 3" drive). It supports the CPC Booster by Antitec.

But if you want to write a double sided DSK, you will have to use CPCDiskXP by Mochilote for the moment.

P.S. : from the WriteDSK documentation, it should support double side DSK.

Source : CPC Wiki's forum

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Bubble Bobble remake (BB4CPC) by César Nicolas Gonzales

01/14/2012 - 22:23 - genesis8

In 1986 Taito released the arcade game Bubble Bobble featuring the twin Bubble Dragons Bub and Bob. It was converted in 1987 on Amstrad CPC by Software Creations and distributed by Firebird. Alas this Amstrad CPC version had no music, nice sprites (or not), sound effects (my ears are still bleeding).

That's why César Nicolas Gonzales (author of the CPCE Amstrad CPC emulator) started a faithful remake of the arcade version which could work on an Amstrad CPC 464 (only 64 Ko) : BB4CPC. So this remake uses the full 16 colors of the Amstrad palette, music, nice sound effects, enhanced sprites, all the original levels and final boss. It was released a few days ago just after christmas 2011. Tom et Jerry did some work on the music.

loading screenshot of the amstrad CPC game Bubble bobble 4 CPC  menu screenshot of the amstrad CPC game Bubble bobble 4 CPC  intro screenshot of the amstrad CPC game Bubble bobble 4 CPC  gameplay screenshot of the amstrad CPC game Bubble bobble 4 CPC 

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Citadelle v1.1 on Amstrad CPC and ... Exelvision EXL100

01/14/2012 - 22:34 - genesis8

In 2005 Tom et Jerry did port a Loriciels adventure game written on Philips VG5000 and Oric Atmos : Citadelle.

In 2011 he purchased a rare french computer the Exelvision EXL100. So he ported once again this game on this "new" computer, and backported enhancements to the Amstrad version Citadelle v1.1 in October 2011.

Sorry but the game is in french only.

loading screenshot of the Amstrad CPC game Citadelle

Source : Tom et Jerry

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Moon Base III by Barrie M. Eaton, now on Android

01/14/2012 - 23:15 - genesis8

In 1991, Barrie M. Eaton wrote an adventure game Moon Base III.

21 years later, his son couldnt find an adventure game on Android, so he ported this game, using Android features (speech synthesis for example). Moon Base III is available as a demo version (20% of the game), or in full version for 1,60 € on the Android market.

game screenshot of the amstrad CPC game Moon Base III  game screenshot of the amstrad CPC game Moon Base III

Source : CPC Wiki's forum

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Countdown to R-Type remake

01/07/2012 - 18:06 - genesis8

It's 18h06, you will have to wait still 2.332.400 seconds to be able to enjoy Easter Egg's new program : the R-Type remake for Amstrad CPC in colors !

This remake is done by Fano (code), TotO (graphics) et iXien(sound). You can read Fano's interview on Push'N'Pop.

So it's still 38.873 minutes, that's 647 hours or 27 days to wait... To help you in meantime, you can go on the R-Type remake's site to find screenshots, musics, the cover, the manual, and for course the preview video of the game on Youtube.

By the way, R-Type was cited on Boing Boing.

Easter egg's R-Type remake screenshot on Amstrad CPC  Easter egg's R-Type remake screenshot on Amstrad CPC

Source : CPCRulez's forum

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The Amstrad CPC database GameBase CPC v23 is available

01/04/2012 - 12:34 - genesis8

GameBase CPC v23 is available since the 19th December.

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Phactory v2.2 is out

01/04/2012 - 12:44 - genesis8

Phactory v2.2 by NoRecess is available.

This new version of this development environment targetting Amstrad CPC adds a new user interface, overall speed improvements thanks to a new plugin system, a new source code editor featuring Z80 assembly syntax highlighting and some minor bugs fixed.

At the moment there is no documentation, no examples, no templates and no support.

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Happy new year 2012

01/01/2012 - 11:39 - genesis8

Happy new year 2012, I wish you a good health too and also to all you love.

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