septembre septembre 2009 archives of Genesis8 Amstrad Page

Alien 8 remake for MSX2

After the Knight Lore MSX2 remake, there is also one of Alien 8 (still for MSX2) by Manuel Pazos (Guillian) and Daniel Celemín (LordFred).

They are both now working on a remake of la Abadia del crimen. You can go on Retroworks to see some pictures.

You can see a video of this Alien 8 remake for MSX2 on Youtube.

Source : MSX Resource Center

Making Amstrad CPC music on CPC or PC

If you need to write some music for an Amstrad CPC program (either demo, game, etc...), you can do it either on an Amstrad CPC :

• STarKos v1.21 by Targhan,
• Digitracker v1.4 by Prodatron,
• Soundtrakker 128k by Oliver Mayer,

Or you can do it on a PC :

• WYZTracker for windows (needs .NET v2.0) by Augusto Ruiz, an .AY (Amstrad and Spectrum) music creation utility using a pattern-based editor, spanish interface only at the moment, short english manual inside
• Vortex Tracker II v1.0 beta 19, a Win32 PT3-editor, can load, play, edit PT1, PT2, PT3, STC, STP, SQT, ASC, PSC, PSM, FLS, GTR, FTC, FXM, AY (ZXAYAMAD) files and save them in PT3 format or in temporary text format. You can export modules into SNDH-format to play it on Atari ST, and into HOBETA (with player or without player), AY's ZXAYEMUL format, SCL or TAP to play it on Amstrad CPC ou ZX Spectrum, for more information go see Vortex tracker's website.

Also, it's possible without an emulator to listen to .YM, .AY and .AYM files with ZX Spectrum Computer Sound Chip Emulator (same address than above).

If you use other music tools, thanks to let me know so I can add informations here and in the comp.sys.amstrad.8bit FAQ).

Recession maxidemo by NoRecess for Sony PSP

I am sad to say that NoRecess hasnt been always faithful to the Amstrad CPC, he has also made a demo in 2007 for the Sony PSP : Recession maxidemo.

CPC Wiki is moving to a faster server

CPC Wiki is moving to a faster server.

Arnold by Kevin Thacker is back

Arnold by Kevin Thacker is back, watch for a coming release soon.

His popular website "Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource" is also available here.

Source : CPC Wiki's forum

CPC-Topsites is back

CPC-Topsites is back, you can vote again for Amstrad CPC sites.

Orion Prime available today

I am the happy owner of 2 Orion Prime (see below). Well 1 copy will be given there as soon as I find a proper contest.

As you can see the exterior of the box is really nice, and what you will find inside is as good as the exterior (very funny, but I wont say more). There is also an audio CD inside.

Orion prime did let me know that : 1) I have a dead CPC (thanks god, my MP-2F is still working), 2) I have a CPC with a bad video cable, 3) I have a CPC with keys which wont work anymore, 4) I have a working CPC, 5) I have a working CPC+ but with no 3,5" drive (which I already knew). Thanks Orion Prime :-) That said, I should have 1 or 2 more CPC somewhere else in my home, but I will do some archeology work later.

First experience with the game, graphics are nice (but we already knew that), the interface is simple and easy to use, the texts are loaded with a good sense of humor (any Heinlein lovers in Arkos and Les sucres en morceaux ?), and I know at least that I can open doors blocked with codes.

Orion Prime available tomorrow 16th September 2009

Dont forget that Orion Prime is out tomorrow 16th September 2009 (french only, but english, german and spanish will be available later). If you ordered Orion Prime, you will receive it soon. Otherwise you will only be able to download it as a .DSK file the 28th October 2009.

a music remake of Cauldron 2

Cauldron 2 is a classic, you will be able to find an interesting music remake of Cauldron 2 on Youtube by Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

A music remake of Target Renegade

After Cauldron 2, it's the turn of Target Renegade,  you will find a music remake of Target Renegade on Youtube by Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

A remake of the Ramparts music by Noisywan

After Elevator Action, it's the turn of Ramparts,  you will find a music remake of Ramparts on Youtube by Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

a music remake of Elevator action

After Target Renegade, it's the turn of Elevator Action,  you will find a music remake of Elevator Action on Youtube byr Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

Gamebase CPC moved on Phenix Informatique

GameBase CPC moved on Phenix Informatique.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

CPCrslib update, an Amstrad CPC library for Z88dk (C programming)

cpcrslib (Amstrad CPC library for Z88dk) has been updated.

Tile Map Areal. A virtual and a visible area are defined. Horizontal and Vertical invisible margins can be defined. With that trick it's possible to make the sprite clipping when disappearing from the screen. It's very usefull when scrolling too.

TileMapConf.asm: Two new constants defined: T_WH y T_HH. With them, the invisble margins are defined.

cpc_ShowTileMap2: Shows visible area instead of full virtual area. Usefull when scrolling.

cpc_PutSpTileMapO: New routine to make a sprite disappear from the screen when it leave the visible area.

cpc_ScrollLeft0,cpc_ScrollRight0: Tile Map Scrolling routines modified. cpc_ScrollLeft, cpc_ScrollRight: Decrapted.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Wiituka v0.98.8, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii

Wiituka v0.98.8 is out, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii by D_Skywalk (though web site mentions 15th May 2009). It features :

• Bug fixes in libogc/grrlib with some TV sets
• Page can be changed with + and -
• Added option in XML to avoid connect to internet
• Added internal mp3 player, feels the 80s!
• In virtual keyboard now you can clean all binded keys using A+B
• Participates in Scenery beta 2009

Source : WII GX-Mod