juin juin 2011 archives of Genesis8 Amstrad Page


It's hot, lets go to the pool

06/26/2011 - 14:29 - genesis8

29 degrees celcius, it's hot here in Coutances after the results of the contests, so because I am thinking about all visitors (at least me) who could use some water, here are 2 old photos which will provide some.

Madram in the water  Roudoudou in the water

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Number doesnt matter

06/26/2011 - 15:27 - genesis8

Size doesnt matter by SuperSly (Les sucres en morceaux) let me think about an Amstrad CPC demo or music made on more than an Amstrad CPC. Alas, I am no genius, some people have already done that on ZX Spectrum with a music Hung up by Ay Riders made on 2 Spectrum for example. It's a nice music by the way. If you know about other demos or musics made on more than 1 8bit or 16bit computer, let me know please.

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Surgery of an Amstrad CPC modified with 2 CRTC

06/26/2011 - 15:50 - genesis8

If you arent afraid of some blood, here are 3 photos of the inside of a modded Amstad CPC with 2 CRTC. Which make me wonder what would be a heavily modded Amstrad CPC that everybody would love to own. If you have some ideas, write it in the thread I opened on CPCWiki.

inside of a modded Amstrad CPC keyboard

inside of a modded Amstrad CPC

2 CRTC inside of a modded Amstrad CPC

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Contests results of the Amstrad CPC meeting ReSeT #0

06/26/2011 - 16:13 - genesis8

Here are the results of the 4 contests of the ReSeT #0 meeting (and soon they will be available for download) :

See below for the photo of Krusty the winner (on the left), and Beb (on the right) who made a graph for the demo Les experts à Coutances.

Krusty to the left, Beb to the right

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CPCE features the best sound accuracy of the various Amstrad CPC emulators

06/25/2011 - 21:16 - genesis8

If you care about sound accuracy on Amstrad CPC emulators like Mr_Lou, you should know that at the moment the best emulator is CPCE (last version is v1.94 patched on 2th June 2011).

Thanks to this interesting discussion on CPCWiki, dont doubt that more emulators will have soon a better sound accuracy, a new version of WinApe may even be out soon.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

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Welcome back to Coutances ! Home of the ReSeT meeting

06/24/2011 - 16:07 - genesis8

Welcome back to Coutances, home of the ReSeT #0 meeting, organized by the tireless Eliot. I arrived this Friday just in time for lunch.

welcome back to Coutances (France)

Sadly Eliot either doesn't own a watch or he still need to learn to use one, meals are good but never at the good hour that old men like me needs. So the meal started at 3:00pm with the first persons arrived.

first meal of the ReSeT #0 meeting at Coutances (France)

At least Eliot has one big quality, he is very courageous : he isnt afraid of Escherichia coli, just look at part of our meal.

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ReSeT #0, dont get lost (go left at usual door)

06/24/2011 - 17:23 - genesis8

Dont get lost when you arrive, the room has changed, instead of entering just after Eliot's car, go left and down.

Dont get lost, go left and down

Then, you will find the entrance with CPCists trying to make the new demo which will put in flame the Batman forever demo.

New demo coming out ?

So here is the new home of the ReSeT #0 meeting.

New room of the ReSeT #0 meeting in Coutances

Here is the part of the room where most of the work is done (teeths chewing).

Eat or work on CPC ? Eat of course !

I wont say that some people in this meeting are using a C64 instead of a CPC, I promise...

WTF, they are using a C64 !

And of course we have our own cinema room which was playing Batman forever a bit later.

Want to go to cinema tonight dear ?

Get your swim suit, because you will sleep in the l'aquarium (fish tank).

Sleeping in l'aquarium (fish tank), doh

Top secret place of your webmaster, with the webmaster certainly drinking some coffee instead of working on this site.

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Size doesnt matter by SuperSly (in 3 chapters)

06/24/2011 - 18:26 - genesis8

Size doesnt matter by SuperSly, oh really o.O ?

size doesnt matter, oh really ?

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Edge grinder, a new multi-platform shoot them up game

06/24/2011 - 19:38 - genesis8

Guess what, Axelay is working on a port of Edge Grinder (see below), so says one of my numerous spies, who assured me that it isnt a secretand safe to be announced.

Edge grinder is in fact a work in progress C64 game at the start, the first Format War "Collabortition" (a combination of collaboration andcompetition) with the plan being for programmers on other 8-bits to consider ways to convert it from the C64 to their platform of choice. So on the Format War web site you can download all you needto port the game, source code, map, background and sprite data.

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Gamebase CPC v20 is available

06/24/2011 - 20:01 - genesis8

Good news, since March 2011, GameBase CPC is once again available. V20 is ready since the start of May 2011. Thanks for the hard work, for the preservation of the Amstrad CPC legacy.

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QuickCMD v1.0 by NoRecess, be lazy !

06/24/2011 - 21:03 - genesis8

QuickCMD v1.0 is a new utility by NoRecess. It's a shell-based user interface running on top of the system. Its aim is to provide a faster way to launchprograms. The idea actually came from a fact about NoRecess own usage of a CPC : most of the times, he turns on my computer to only execute CAT/RUN commands. He thought there were rooms to improvethat process :

QuickCMD v1.0 in action QuickCMD help screen

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Amstrad expo is dead, long live ReSeT #0 !

06/04/2011 - 13:18 - genesis8

Amstrad Expo is no more, but rejoice as ReSeT #0 is the new name of the Amstrad meeting organized by the tireless Eliot.

As usual you can expect a warm welcoming, good food, not much sleep (except if you are a sissy and use a bed), 4 competitions :

CPC Hardware will be given for free at the party-place: monitors, keyboards, floppy-drives, floppy-discs... All the parts from CPCParts.net will be available to repair and upgrade your CPC with the help of hardware specialists.

The ReSeT Party will take place from Friday 24th (10:00) to Sunday 26th of June 2011 (18:00) at Foyer des Jeunes Travailleurs in Coutances. The price is 11 euros per day for the entrance, drinks and food. You can book a double room at the party place for 20 euros per night.

Please use the ReSeT #0 site to register if you intent to come, thanks in advance.

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