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TZXDuino or tapDancer Virtual Datasette to load Amstrad CPC tapes ?

To load an Amstrad CPC tape (or a ZX Spectrum one), you can use the old method : using a tape player. Or you can do it like a geek and use Android phone with tapDancer Virtual Datasette, but it's still a bit low tech. So for the geeks used to the HxC floppy emulator or the Gothek USB, you can use the TZX Duino.

Source : CPCRulez's forum

FPGAmstrad on MiST-board revision r005.8.14.3 by Renaud Helias (hardware Amstrad CPC emulation)

New version of the Amstrad CPC core for MiST by Renaud Helias is available. : robustness (quality of code).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

How-to compile and use Amstrad CPC and PCW on Linux (PC and Raspberry)

How-to compile and use Amstrad CPC and PCW emulators on Linux (PC and Raspberry), it's on Malagueños originales y libres (in english).

Source : Amstrad.ES's forum

Chip-8 emulation on Amstrad PCW by Habi Soft

Habi Soft also wrote an emulation of the Chip-8 (wiki) on Amstrad PCW.

Source : Twitter

Habi Soft, his PCW-IO interface, CP/M Box emulator and now Abbey of crime enhanced version inc

Habi Soft worked on an interface for a Amstrad PCW motherboard to add a PS2 keyboard and video (PAL/NSTC), joystick and mouse. He is also the author of an Amstrad PCW emulator : CP/M Box.

And now he is working on an enhanced abbey of the crime version for Amstrad PCW.

Source : Zona de Prueba's forum

New version of Arnold, the Amstrad CPC emulator by Kevin Thacker

Arnold build 20170513 is the new version of the Amstrad CPC emulator by Kevin Thacker.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Caprice Forever v2017-5, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Frédéric Coste for Windows

Caprice Forever v2017-5 by Frédéric Coste is a modified version of the Caprice emulator (by Ulrich Doewich) for windows.

• Add cheat script keywords
• Fix FastFDC crashes when trying to read multi-sided disk image
• Play CSW tape images
• Convert WAV to CSW tape images (see Hints)
• Fix game controller detection issues (Xbox 360)
• Fix FDC write sector issues
• Fix FDC read sector regression (Dimension6)
• Use « Keep original aspect ratio » option for fullscreen display
• Add PlayCity audio channels
• Fix minor bugs

Source : Emu-France

FPGAmstrad on MiST-board revision r005.8.14.2 by Renaud Helias (hardware Amstrad CPC emulation)

New version of the Amstrad CPC core for MiST by Renaud Helias is available. : TV mode with border and screen well centered.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Samdisk v3.8.10 by Simon Owen, Amstrad CPC disks tranfers on PC

SAMdisk v3.8.10 by Simon Owen is out since the 18th December.

The utility supports transfers between floppy disks and disk images, and is designed to work with almost any soft-sectored disk format compatible with the PC floppy controller, including some copy-protected formats.

Low-level floppy device access requires the fdrawcmd.sys driver to be installed.

• added read and write support .qdos (QL) disk images
• added --irregular option for blind output image if first track isn't regular
• added --fill to set filler byte for regular formats
• fixed setting perpendicular mode for 1Mbps data rate
• fixed reading directly to single-sided formats from a:/b:
• fixed short data indicator showing on no-data sectors
• fixed raw output not using source format fill byte for missing sectors
• changed raw output to allow blank head 1 to mirror head 0 format

There is also a Samdisk 4.0 beta version on github for windows, linux and MacOS.

Source : CPCRulez's forum

Caprice32 v4.4.0, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Colin Pitrat on Github

A new version of the Caprice32 emulator by Colin Pitrat is available.

Source : Emu-France

CSW2CDT v4 by César Nicolas Gonzales, a windows utility to transfer Amstrad CPC, Spectrum tapes

Fourth version of the CSW2CDT tool suite, which is a set of three programs whose main purpose is the encoding of computer tapes used in the Sinclair ZX and the Amstrad CPC.

Source : CPCRulez

Caprice Forever v2017-3, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Frédéric Coste for Windows

Caprice Forever v2017-3 by Frédéric Coste is a modified version of the Caprice emulator (by Ulrich Doewich) for windows.

• Preliminary SNR session playback
• Insert Caprice32 FDC engine as fast FDC
• Add support for DualShock 4 wireless controller
• Preliminary text rendering for DMP2160 Dot Matrix Printer
• Add scripts to help entering cheat modes
• Add keyboard clash phenomenon (« Ghosts » keys)
• Add CPC 664 french machine (different hardware keyboard than UK)
• Add recent disk images list
• Add favourite disk images list
• Add display option to keep fullscreen for next session
• Use custom patterns for scanlines (see Hints)
• Add option to never update disk images
• Fix minor bugs

Source : Emu-France

FPGAmstrad on MiST-board revision r005.8.14.1 by Renaud Helias (hardware Amstrad CPC emulation)

New version of the Amstrad CPC core for MiST by Renaud Helias is available.

• TV mode using VSYNC/HSYNC xor and Gerald VSYNC/HSYNC width formula
• This version was realised with atari forum team, testing several experimental forks
• It does output 15kHz original signal on SCART. Do use mist.ini scandoubler_disable=1 (see http://github.com/mist-devel/mist-board/wiki/DocIni)
• sorry FDC work will be for a next time : my r005.8.15 candidate version does fail 80% of arnoldemu FDC testbench...

Source : CPCWiki's forum

CSW2CDT by César Nicolas Gonzales, a windows utility to transfer Amstrad CPC tapes

The CSW2CDT tool suite is a set of three programs whose main purpose is the encoding of computer tapes used in the Sinclair ZX and the Amstrad CPC families during the Golden Age of European videogames (1982-1994), when tapes were the most popular distribution method of commercial software :

• CSW0 is a command-line program that reads WAV audio sample files and writes CSW V1 packed samples
• CSW2CDT is a command-line program that reads CSW1 V1 packed samples and writes CDT/TZX tape images
• CSW2CDT-UI is a dialog-driven program whose graphical user interface simplifies the usage of the first two tools.

The general procedure is divided in several steps :

• The tape must be sampled as an uncompressed WAV audio file whose quality should be at least 22050 Hz. Mono and 8 bits are preferred over stereo and 16 bits
• The resulting WAV file must be fed to CSW0, that will measure all the square waves and produce a CSW V1 file. Optional flags can be used to perform band-pass filtering on the signal
• This CSW V1 file will be handed to CSW2CDT, whose task is to scan the data blocks within and build a CDT/TZX image. Again, optional flags allow for increasingly complex processing of the contents
• The CDT/TZX image ultimately needs to be tested then in an emulator that can play tape files back, such as CPCE and WinAPE for Amstrad CPC titles or FUSE and UnrealSpeccy for ZX Spectrum softwares

CSW2CDT-UI eases the procedure because its graphical user interface is more comfortable (although less flexible) than the command line : choosing the sample, generating the CSW V1 file, and encoding the CDT/TZX file can be performed by pushing buttons and choosing options. It also allows for the reverse procedure of playing back CDT/TZX images into CSW V1 files and WAV audio files with some few mouse clicks.

Dlfrsilver, loyal alphatester and main inspiration, wrote the French and English handbooks.

Source : CPCRulez

Port of the Amstrad CPC emulator Caprice32 by Colin Pitrat on Github

Colin Pitrat is the author of a port of the Amstrad CPC emulator Caprice32 initially programmed by par Ulrich Doewich.

Caprice32 features :

• Complete emulation of CPC464, CPC664 and CPC6128
• Mostly working support of Plus Range: CPC464+/CPC6128+/GX4000 (missing vectored & DMA interrupts, analog joysticks and 8 bit printer)
• Joystick support - it can be fully used with joystick only, thanks to an integrated virtual keyboard.
• Joystick emulation - joystick-only games can be played using the keyboard
• English, French or Spanish keyboards
• DSK and IPF files for disks - VOC and CDT files for tapes - CPR files for cartridge
• Snapshots (SNA files)
• Direct load of ZIP files (all formats except IPF)
• Custom disk formats
• Printer support
• Memory tool to inspect and modify memory (peek and poke)
• Experimental support of Multiface 2 (you should prefer using memory tool)
• Text mode graphics (using aalib or libcaca)

Source : CPCRulez

nc100em v1.2, an Amstrad Notepad NC100 emulator par Gnarz

The original Amstrad notepad NC100 emulator was written by Russell Marks. Nilquader has modified it, and Gnarz has modified this modification.

Gnarz's modification features :

• removed the vgalib and terminal versions
• made the gtk version compile with GTK+ 2.0
• made the sdl version compile with SDL2
• made the menu key available on modern keyboards emulate the NCs menu key
• changed the serial port emulation to allow it to use devices other than stdin/stdout. For example, the command socat -d -d PTY,raw,echo=0 PTY,raw,echo=0 creates a nice serial device emulator, whose ends are output by the command. You can specify the open end with -s, and use the other end with cat or sx or what have you... stdin/stdout is still available by passing - as an arg to -s
• some cleanups in the Makefile
• added ncconvert

Source : Github

How to avoid anti-aliasing in pictures taken in WinApe (Amstrad CPC emulator)

There is a simple solution to avoid anti-aliasing in screenshots taken in the Amstrad CPC emulator WinApe. You have to disable the option Pal Emulation.

The solution was given by Roudoudou.

Source : CPCWiki

ACE v1.14, an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS by Philippe Rimauro (Offset)

ACE v1.14 by Philippe Rimauro is an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

JavaCPC Desktop v2.9.5d an Amstrad CPC(+) emulator in java by Markus Hohmann (Devilmarkus)

A new version of the desktop JavaCPC is available. It's an Amstrad CPC(+) emulator written in Java by Markus Hohmann (DevilMarkus).

Source : Devilmarkus's Facebook

FPGAmstrad on MiST-board revision r005.8.14 by Renaud Helias (hardware Amstrad CPC emulation)

New version of the Amstrad CPC core for MiST by Renaud Helias is available.

• IO_ACK trigger in edge, not in state (better in some scrolling...)
• WAIT_n generator ignoring M1 while IO_ACK
• OSD entry : "MEM_wr" mode : quick or slow. quick by default.

quick : Arkanoid II, Prehistoric II. Ecole demo. Pinball Dreams
slow : Saboteur 2. Still Rising demo.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

FPGAmstrad on MiST-board revision r005.8.13e by Renaud Helias (hardware Amstrad CPC emulation)

The MIST is a Field-programmable gate array (FGPA) board designed to implement classic 16 bit computers like the Amiga and Atari ST(E) as System-on-a-Chip using modern hardware. But it equally well supports 8 bit systems like the Atari XL, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, C64, Atari VCS, Atari 5200, Colecovision, Apple II, Sega Master System, NES, Odyssey2 and of course the Amstrad CPC.

Renaud Helias has written an Amstrad CPC 6128 core for this Mist Board. The last revision of this core can run correctly the Still Rising demo by Vanity (see the youtube video).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Caprice Forever v0.30, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Frédéric Coste for Windows

Caprice Forever by Frédéric Coste is a modified version of the Caprice emulator (by Ulrich Doewich) for windows.

• Fix FDC engine to pass most of Kevin Thacker's acid tests
• Add option to cold reset at real speed (see Hints)
• Load disk and tape from ZIP archives files
• Add disk menu to manually update and reload disk image
• Add disk menu to manually update and reload disk image
• Fix Tape to load The Last Mission
• fix minor bugs

Source : Emu-France

Droid-CPC v1.1.01 by Kokak, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Android

The Android Amstrad CPC emulator Droid-CPC v1.1.01 (1,79 €) by Kokak is available on the play store.

Source : Amstrad.ES

Samdisk v3.8.9 by Simon Owen, Amstrad CPC disks tranfers on PC

SAMdisk v3.8.9 by Simon Owen is out since the 18th December.

The utility supports transfers between floppy disks and disk images, and is designed to work with almost any soft-sectored disk format compatible with the PC floppy controller, including some copy-protected formats.

Low-level floppy device access requires the fdrawcmd.sys driver to be installed.

• fixed clipping extent of non-error sectors
• fixed raw .2d file reading (thanks Tatsuyuki Sato)
• fixed HD track error during 2DD to 2HD promotion (thanks Tatsuyuki Sato)
• fixed use of scanning data rates not supported by FDC
• fixed --offsets crash if 2 stored copies were present
• changed gap indicator from g to +, added - for short sectors
• added support for double-density MB-02+ disks (thanks Jan Kucera)
• added --step-rate speed option (0=slow, 15=fast, 10=default)

Source : CPCRulez's forum

CPCGamesCD updated by MiguelSky (December 2016)

CPCGamesCD (created by MiguelSky) is an ISO image including several emulators (Amstrad CPC and PCW), and a frontend to launch the included games, which comes from the NVG FTP.

Source : Amstrad.ES

ZEsarUX v4.2, an Amstrad CPC 464 emulator (other computers like ZX Spectrum too)

ZEsarUX v4.2 is a multi platform emulator, Amstrad CPC 464 included. You can compile the unix sources directly or get a binary for :

• linux 32/64 bits
• Mac OS X
• Windows
• Raspberry pi (raspbian)

Source : CPCWiki's forum

New version v0.27 of the Amstrad CPC emulator Sugarbox

A new version of the Amstrad CPC emulator Sugarbox is out.

Source : Sugarbox

SugarConvDisk : converts Amstrad CPC disks images between differents formats

Coming from Sugarbox code, SugarCOnvDisk can convert disks images between differents formats : dsk, edsk, supercard pro, HFE, IPF, CT-raw, Raw (kryoflux) to dsk/edsk, scp, IPF, HFE. It also supports batch and filtering.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

ACE v1.13, an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS by Philippe Rimauro (Offset)

ACE v1.13 by Philippe Rimauro is an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS.

This version brings several enhancements for cross-development (thanks to Krusty). It corrects also several small bugs and brings some enhancements in emulation code (thanks to Kevin Thacker). Then, it brings structural modifications to ameliorate portability and 64bit compatibility.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

CapriceRPI2 v1.31 by KaosOverride, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Raspberry PI

The last version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CapriceRPI (v 1.3) by KaosOverride for Raspberry PI is available with a fix for using joysticks. He is working on version 1.4.

This emulator based on the sources of Caprice32 by Ulrich Doewich, can also be compiled on something else than a PI with the following command : make -f makefile.notpi.

Prior to compilation, you must install the following dependances (including SDL v1.2 from memory) :

• libsdl-ttf2.0-dev
• libfreetype6-dev
• libsdl-image1.2-dev

Source : CPCWiki's Forum

CDTMaster v3, a windows utility to manage tape images (CDT) for Amstrad CPC

The windows utility CDTMaster by Oscar Martin exists as v3 since 2015 (works also under linux with mono). It is a Taper like utility, it includes other options like importing files from a DSK, converting files into TZX/CDT blocks (like 2cdt) and convert CDT to WAV (like playtzx).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Caprice Forever v0.29, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Frédéric Coste for Windows

Caprice Forever by Frédéric Coste is a modified version of the Caprice emulator (by Ulrich Doewich) for windows.

• Fix lightgun regressions
• Update tape auto playing
• Fix FDC Bad CRC faulty behaviour
• Fix FDC regression (Anneau de Zengara)
• Fix command line parameters
• Add some more command line parameters
• Restore disk sides flipping to read multi-sided disk images
• DirectX becomes default graphics renderer
• Add spanish machines
• Update disk autorun behavior
• Fix IPF decoding (KickOff2)
• Fix minor bugs

Source : Emu-France

New version of 2CDT by Kevin Thacker

New version of the 2CDT utility by Kevin Thacker which lets you create a tape image file (.CDT) or inject files inside.

New feature of this version : you can define the sync byte for headerless.

Corrected in this version :

• command-line processing under windows and linux has been re-written. It is a lot better
• if you uses the mode with 2 blocks and you gave it a file which was shorter than a block it would not write it correctly. Now fixed
• When using pure tone it didn't write the length of the '1' pulse correctly
• Some issues seen when running static analysis over the code.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

New version of Cpcxfs by Kevin Thacker

If 2CDT is used to manage Amstrad CPC tape images, the new version of cpcxfs by Kevin Thacker is used to manage Amstrad CPC disk images.

This new version fixes :

• errors shown with static analysis
• cpcxfs will correctly set ERRORLEVEL command-line variable under more error conditions
• there is more bug I forget them sorry

Source : CPCWiki's forum

CrocoDS by Kyuran on OSX, and developping for pico8 on Amstrad CPC

Kyuran wrote on Twitter to announce an incoming version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CrocoDS on OSX. And also a development environment for Pico-8 on Amstrad CPC.

Source : Kyuran on Twitter

ACE v1.12, an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS by Philippe Rimauro (Offset)

ACE v1.12 by Philippe Rimauro is an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS.

This new version fixes some issues in CRTC emulation (mostly on CRTC 0/2 since CRTC 1/3/4 are already almost perfect 8) ). It also extends the plugins API and comes with new plugins for mice and joysticks.

Joyce v2.2.9 by John Elliott, an Amstrad PCW emulator

Joyce v2.2.9 by John Elliott (unix and windows) adds support for the Electric Studio light pen.

Be aware than his web domain has changed, please update your boorkmark.

Source : Joyce

CDT2WAV v1.6 by DevilMarkus, an utility to read .WAV on a real Amstrad CPC

A new version (v1.6) of the CDT2WAV utility (windows/linux/mac) by DevilMarkus.

It let you use resulting .WAV on a real CPC with a tape drive or a MP3 player.

For Linux and Mac users, launch the cdt2wav.jar with the following parameters : cdt2wav.jar -Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m (or set all to 256 if you want only 256 Mb max. ram usage).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

New version v0.26 of the Amstrad CPC emulator Sugarbox

A new version of the Amstrad CPC emulator Sugarbox is out.

Source : Sugarbox

Want WinAPE enhancements ? Ask the author

You wish enhancements for the WinAPE Amstrad CPC emulator ? Then ask to its author on CPCWiki.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

CapriceRPI v1.3 by KaosOverride, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Raspberry PI

The last version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CapriceRPI (v 1.3) by KaosOverride for Raspberry PI is available.

This emulator base on the sources of Caprice32 (Ulrich Doewich) can also be compiled on something else than a PI with the following command : make -f makefile.notpi.

Source : CPCWiki's Forum

Joyce v2.2.7 by John Elliott, an Amstrad PCW emulator

Just 16 months late to announce the latest version of the Amstrad PCW emulator Joyce v2.2.7 by John Elliott (unix and windows).

Be aware than John's web domain has changed, please update your boorkmark.

Source : Joyce

New versions of WinAPE (Amstrad CPC emulator) and ParaDOS by Richard Wilson

At least a new version of the WinAPE Amstrad CPC emulator by Richard Wilson.

En résumé elle apporte des améliorations sur l'émulation du Z80, changement de palette, émulation sonore, support des cassettes, assembleur et désassembleur.

Also, there is a new version of ParaDOS, a ROM (for CPC old and +) used for disc and files manipulations. Source of ParaDOS is available too.

The Amstrad notepad NC100, original software, ZCN (CP/M) or Fuzix (unix) ?

The Amstrad notepad NC100 was out in 1992 with the protext word processing (already on Amstrad CPC and Amstrad PCW). But it's also possible to use it with ZCN by Mark Russel wich is a native CP/M, or use the all new Fuzix (fuzix announced on google+), this time an unix (system 5) by Alan Cox. You can emulate an Amstrad NC100 (and also NC150 and NC200) with nc100em (still by Mark Russel) for linux or ms-dos, and since start of 2014 as I just discovered for windows (port by Stefano Bodrato). The MESS emulator also supports the 3 Amstrad notepad NC. If you dont have the original NC100 ROM, you will need the ZCN.BIN file included in ZCN v1.3. You will find more informations about the Amstrad Notepad NC on the excellent Tim's Amstrad NC users site (see ZCN page).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Amstrad CPC floppy disks, Kryoflux and SuperCard Pro

The Amstrad CPC use 3" disks because Alan Michael Sugar got a large batch of 3" drives, and then stayed with it for compatibility. Game editors started to add protections to avoid piracy. Amstrad CPC emulators are using the .DSK format to store the content of a disk (but it assumes that each track have only one size). This format can't manage well protections, for this you need the extended DSK format where each track can have a different size to support more protections, but still not all of them. That's why hardware solutions are necessary to preserve the exact content of the original disks in their totality (and then you can write them again to real disks) such as :

• Kryoflux, this is the official hardware developed by The Software Preservation Society. More on Kryoflux features here. The kryoflux creates a file for each track of a disk in raw format (the track is read 5 times so about 250 Ko per track). Then there is the CT Raw, one file created from the raw tracks, and lastly the .IPF resulting from the CT Raw.
• SuperCard Pro (SCP), contrary to the kryoflux, the SCP creates one file for one disk. With a firmware update, the SCP will be able soon to become a floppy disk emulator like the HxC Floppy Emulator by Jean-François DEL NERO

There is a problem to create .IPF for Amstrad CPC programs, the real disks have been either :

• written in an usine so they will be seens as originals and IPF will be created
• written on a real Amstrad CPC, so they will be seens as copies and IPF wont be created

Every emulator can use the raw or CT Raw kryoflux files if using the SPS decoder library. If an emulator doesnt use this library, then the best thing is to use .DSK created from kryoflux files with Samdisk like those dumped by Maxit on CPC-Power. SuperCard Pro support must be added internally into an emulator. Sugarbox already supports the SCP and of course the kryoflux (from a kryoflux raw or CT Raw, sugarbox can create a SCP file). Samdisk will soon support the SCP hardware, so it will be possible to read one track only.

New version v0.23 of the Amstrad CPC emulator Sugarbox

Today a new version of the Amstrad CPC emulator Sugarbox is out :

• [TAPE] : Tape support : CDT/WAV/VOC/CSW(v1.1 & v2.0, with or without Z-RLE encoding) files are supported
• [TAPE] : Possibility to save Tape as WAV, CDT (with only DRB or CSW blocks), CSW (v1.1 or 2.0 compressed). Preliminary, maybe unexpected results can occurs !
• [FDC] : Head is no longer forced to track 0 when a disk is ejcted. This fix a bug in disk swapping for Targhan.
• [FDC] : Track delay time added. This fixed a weird protection scheme on Daley Thompson Olymic Challenge
• [FDC] : The US1 FDC bit is no longer wired. This fixed « Sphaira » original game.
• [FDC] : When « Read id » is performed on a not formatted track, the track was incorrect in the result. This is now fixed, fixing « Return of the jedi ».
• [FDC] : Fixed a bug that only load up to 42 tracks per side for a disk. Now, 720k disk (with 82 tracks) can be loaded again correctly
• [FDC] : Fixed a bug that prevent « motor » command to be taken in account
• [FDC] : Fixed a bug related to BC bit in register 2, making « Starfox » game to work.
• [GUI] : Added protection button for the disks
• [FDC-eDSK] : Correctly save tracks that are not formatted
• [FDC-DSK] : Close dsk file correctly.
• [SHORTCUTS] : added ctrl+f9 -> Reset
• ctrl+f1 : insert disk drive A:
• ctrl+f2 : insert disk drive B:
• [Gate array] : Fixed a bug that was displaying incorrect colors when using the ghost registers
• [General] : On exit, if a disk has been modified without being saved, user is asked about it.
• [General] : Fixed some rare crash that can occurs
• [General] : A click on speed on status bar now toggle the emulation speed between « 100% » and « No speed limit »
• [General] : Some architecture and code optimization, increasing overall emulation speed (about +25% speed)

Source : Sugarbox

CDT2WAV v1.3 by DevilMarkus, an utility to read .WAV on a real Amstrad CPC

A new version (v1.3) of the CDT2WAV utility (windows/linux/mac) by DevilMarkus.

It let you use resulting .WAV on a real CPC with a tape drive or a MP3 player.

For Linux and Mac users, launch the cdt2wav.jar with the following parameters : cdt2wav.jar -Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m (or set all to 256 if you want only 256 Mb max. ram usage).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Everything looks better in scanlines

Today with the LCD screens, the Amstrad CPC emulators don't display the same result than with a real Amstrad CPC and a Cathodic Ray Tub (CRT) television.

So Alex76gr has created a collection of 75 loading screens pictures of Amstrad CPC games with a scanline effect (1536x1080 resolution).

However adding scanlines isnt enough to looks like a CRT television set.

Winape and Caprice32 are 2 Amstrad CPC emulators which can provide a CRT rendering.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Two online Amstrad CPC emulators are updated : JavaCPC and Sugarbox

Two online Amstrad CPC emulators have been updated with bugs corrections and new features :

• Sugarbox : loading of snapshots (.SNA)
• JavaCPC : you can load your own disks images files (.DSK), some important keys are F1 - Show some info, F12 - Reset CPC, F2 - Load medium (CDT, DSK, even SNA is possible), F10 - Boot DSK in DF0, F9 - Toggle turbo mode and ALT + Enter - Toggle fullscreen)

Sugarbox, a new Amstrad CPC emulator (beta)

Sugarbox is a new Amstrad CPC emulator (beta) for windows. Beware, there are some problems with windows XP SP3, it works without problems on windows 7 or 8.

Source : CPC Rulez

JavaCPC Desktop v2.3, an Amstrad CPC(+) emulator in java by Markus Hohmann (Devilmarkus)

A new version of the desktop JavaCPC is available. It's an Amstrad CPC(+) emulator written in Java by Markus Hohmann (DevilMarkus).

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Maziacs Sinclair Zx Spectrum Emulator for Amstrad CPC

Maziacs is a ZX Spectrum game written by Don Priestley in 1983.

It was ported on Amstrad CPC by 40Crisis and sold by DK'Tronics.

The Z80 code is runned natively by the Amstrad CPC Z80, but all Spectrum system calls are managed by a partial emulation of the ZX Spectrum ROM.

As Don Priestley did authorize the download of his games and as Amstrad did authorize the use of the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC ROMs, the package Maziacs Sinclair Zx Spectrum Emulator for Amstrad CPC can be freely downloaded.

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Joyce v2.2.6 by John Elliott, an Amstrad PCW emulator

Last version of Joyce (v2.2.6) by John Elliott is available. It emulates an Amstrad PCW (including the PCW16) for Unix, Windows and MacOS X.

ACE v1.5, an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS by Philippe Rimauro

ACE v1.5 by Philippe Rimauro is an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS. This last version now emulates the CPC+.

A new Amstrad CPC emulator on Android : Droid-CPC by Kokak

After AndCPC and CPCDroid, here is a third Amstrad CPC emulator for Android : Droid-CPC (1,79 € on Google store) par Kokak.

Source : Octoate

JavaCPC, an Amstrad CPC (and plus) emulator in Java by Markus Hohmann (Devilmarkus)

JavaCPC emulates since a moment also the CPC+. You can check CPC+ demos on this site with the emulator.

Source : JavaCPC

JavaCPC, an Amstrad CPC emulator programmed in Java by Markus Hohmann (Devilmarkus)

I should have written about this subject since a long time. I have a list long as my arm of things to write about, from time to time I fish in this list but I have the feeling that I am like one of the Daughters of Danaus.

JavaCPC is an Amstrad CPC emulator (and CPC+ since a few moment) by Markus Hohmann (Devilmarkus). It's a java applet (needing an internet navigator, whereas JavaCPC Desktop is a standalone emulator).

This emulator can store the high scores of 13 current games, so you can show to all other people how big is your score ! More than 1000 games are already playable online.

Recently CPC+ emulator was added (see the video) and better processing of the sound processor. Time for you to see for yourself.

Source : JavaCPC

Samdisk v3.3 by Simon Owen, disks tranfers on PC

SAMdisk v3.3 by Simon Owen is out.

The utility supports transfers between floppy disks and disk images, and is designed to work with almost any soft-sectored disk format compatible with the PC floppy controller, including some copy-protected formats.

Low-level floppy device access requires the fdrawcmd.sys driver to be installed.

Version 3.3 (2012-06-14)
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- Added built-in support for zipped and gzipped files
- Added support for repairing 8K sectors with bad CRCs
- Added support for raw hard disk images
- Added identify device data reading, where available (non-USB)
- Added --hdf to force HDF version (10 or 11), with v1.1 now the default
- Added --no-identify to ignore source identify data
- Added --no-cfa to suppress CFA festures in generated identify data
- Enhanced identify to include  CHS/LBA28/LBA48 sector counts and CFA
- Enhanced verbose disk list to show serial+firmware and MBR partitions
- Changed disk list to show all devices by default, not just BDOS
- Fixed repairing to blank target tracks, with new density check
- Fixed HDD access beyond 4GB boundary, extended -s range to 2TB
- Fixed SAD image writing with custom sector sizes
- Fixed status messages being written to log and not erased correctly
- Improved FDC integrity checks during sector reads, for suspect hardware
- Improved total sector count to CHS mapping

Source : Octoate

ACE v1.1, an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS

ACE v1.1 is an Amstrad CPC emulator for MorphOS by Philippe Rimauro (written in C).

• ACE does not allow emulation of a CPC+ with CRTC 1,
• ACE does not hurt the PSG musics,
• ACE does not damage what is displayed of the screen,
• ACE does not embed too many integrated monolithic tools,
• ACE does not need a nuclear power plant.
• ACE does only allow emulation of real CPC,
• ACE does emulate an accurate PSG the way it is mixed on CPC,
• ACE does show on screen what the real CPC would,
• ACE does offer infinite expansion capabilities thanks to it's AREXX interface,
• ACE does run one frame on a small little G4.

Source : CPCRulez's forum

Amstrad CPC on Android and soon on Iphone

There are already 2 Amstrad CPC emulators on Android : AndCPC and CPCDroid.

Both of them are based on PSPCAP32 by Ludovic Jacomme which is a port of Caprice32 open source Amstrad CPC emulator.

To my dispair, the excellent adventure game Orion Prime cant work with PSPCAP32, is it the same thing with these 2 emulators ?

Anyway, there is an incoming Amstrad CPC emulator on Iphone ! My dream comes true (read the source for more and future informations).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

PC-CPC v0.1at beta (Amstrad CPC emulator) on CPCWiki

CPCWiki is back after a few hardware problems, you can download on it the lastest beta version of the PC-CPC emulator by Ludovic Deplanque (Demoniak).

Source : CPCWiki's forum

Caprice v2.8 and CoPaCabana for Palm OS, two Amstrad CPC emulators

Caprice v2.8 for Palm OS is out since 28th June 2011. For Palm OS you can also use CoPaCabana v0.75 (also exists for windows).

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

the Amstrad CPC emulator Winape v2.0 alpha 18 is out !

WinApe v2.0 alpha 18 is out since 2 days. This new version of this Amstrad CPC(+) emulator brings major sound and emulation improvements, full-sized AVI writing, debugger enhancements and a lot of other small fixes.

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

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

CPCE v1.92 by César Nicolas Gonzales

César Nicolas Gonzales released for his birthay (on 17th May, happy birthday, just a month too late) a new version of his CPCE emulator.

The entire "Ecole Buissoniere" (plus the secret part) works perfectly (it stopped working on v1.90), LPTCPC doesn't forget to calculate the sector size in 1-sector tracks, file extensions are lower case by default, the new AUTOTYPE option provides a more flexible boot method, better SVGA support for DOS and DPMI, Z80 dummy DD/FD bugfix ("Skateball.cdt" by Dlfrsilver), RAR archive support, the TZX direct recording block is now operational, Simon Owen's DSK extension for unstable sectors was added, a new debugger function (bytelogger), LPTCPC is now menu-driven, LPTPC has a Windows NT/XP port, LPTPCIO, the tape motor relay pause is emulated (Opera Soft tapes need it), there's a little Easter Egg for the WIN32.IMAGE_DOUBLE=1 mode... A new corrected v1.92 version was released the 2th June.

Next version will offer CPC+ and Gunstick emulation.

RFTM ! While reading the documentation, I just discovered that CPCE let you play on internet, one person acting as a server, the second one connect to the server as a client. I will try this and let you know about it later.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Cpcdsk and the Caprice Reloaded emulator

Cpcdsdk is a project aiming to collect the various bit of existing sourcecode in one common place for the linux OS relative to the Amstrad CPC, add the missing features, and make life easier for all developpers :

• The Caprice Reloaded emulator, with integrated assembler and debugger, for windows and linux,
• gfx2crtc, a tool to convert pictures to the amstrad sceen format,
• An imporved version of Ramlaid's cpctools, now running under linux, with (limited) support for usb floppy drives
• A special version of STSound from Leonard, modified to emulate an AY3 more accurately (the original emulates the slightly different YM chip used in the Atari ST)
• Hideur Maikeur by Downwater for handling AMSDOS headers
• iDSK from sid for manipulating dsk images and files inside.

Gamebase CPC v15

GameBase CPC v15 is out.

XNACPC, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Xbox 360 by Gavin Pugh

Gavin Pugh updated his twitter account, XNACPC is now working, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Xbox 360.

Source code will be later available, but it could take weeks or months.

Source : Gavin Pugh's Twitter

CPC PC-CPC v0.1aq emulator and the ManageDsk v0.17 utility

You can download the latest version of the PC-CPC emulator and of ManageDsk v0.17 (.DSK file handling utility) by Ludovic Deplanque (Demoniak).

This last version of the emulator corrects 2 bugs, one about CLI use (command line interface) and the other about the 2nd joystick handling.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

AmeDS v4.0, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS by Alekmaul

AmeDS v4.0 is out, which let you download programs with wi-fi from CPC-Power. It features enhanced sound too.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

PC-CPC v0.1aq emulator

You can download the latest version of the PC-CPC emulator by Ludovic Deplanque (Demoniak).

This version corrects bugs and adds choice for color and green monitor, an assembler, the start of the CPC+ asic emulation.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Mac-CPC v092 alpha, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Mac OS X

You can download the emulator MAC-CPC v0.9.2a for Mac OS X by Flynn. MacCPC is the C and Objective C port of his second Amstrad CPC emulator called WinCPC.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

The C64 emulator for Iphone is free for a short duration

Be fast to get the C64 emulator for Iphone free for a short duration.

Caprice v2.6 for Palm OS, an Amstrad CPC emulator

Caprice v2.6 for Palm OS is out.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

An utility written in java by DevilMarkus : Cdt2Wav

DevilMarkus has written a new utility in java : Cdt2Wav, so you can use it on Windows, Linux and Mac.

For Linux and Mac users, launch the cdt2wav.jar with the following parameters : cdt2wav.jar -Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m (or set all to 256 if you want only 256 Mb max. ram usage).

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

DSP emulator v0.9 beta 4, an Amstrad CPC emulator

DSP v0.9 beta 4 is available, it emules several computers, including the Amstrad CPC.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

DSP v9 beta 3, an Amstrad CPC emulator

DSP v9 beta 3 is an Amstrad CPC emulator (programmed in Delphi, support to compile with Lazarus and Free Pascalhas begun), it supports Amstrad CPC since June 2009.

Source : Octoate

CPCemu v1.7 for win32/linux by Marco Vieth

CPCemu for dos by Marco Vieth was the first Amstrad CPC emulator I used. It exists also for win32 and linux, and the last version now supports other keyboard than the qwerty one.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

CPCGamesCD updated by MiguelSky (October 2009)

CPCGamesCD is a live CD by MiguelSky with emulators and the NVG Amstrad game collection. It has been updated :

• Includes frontend, new CPC Loader 2.5 by Troels K.
• Includes NVG games update 10/18/2009
• Includes Snap-Pack by MiguelSky (3589 images)
• Added new version 6.2 of JavaCPC emulator
• Includes Linux version of CPCLoader 2.5 and emus update
• Includes Maps folder of NVG and support for that
• Includes Links to T.A.C.G.R.

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

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

2CDT and its GUI, a windows utility to create .CDT files (tape files)

2CDT by Kevin Thacker, a line command windows utility to add files into a .CDT file (image of a tape) with a GUI by DevilMarkus in java.

Source : Amstrad ESP forum

PSPCAP32 v1.5.1 an Amstrad CPC emulator for PSP

The Amstrad CPC emulator PSPCAP32 has been updated with the support of an atari joystick (used by Amstrad CPC).

Roland emulator

Roland is an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows and linux (sources available).

Source : Octoate

Joyce v2.2.1 by John Elliott, an Amstrad PCW emulator

Last version of Joyce (v2.2.1) by John Elliott is still fresh (January 2009), it emulates an Amstrad PCW (including the PCW16) for Unix, Windows and MacOS X.

Wiituka, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii

Wiituka is a brand new Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii by D_Skywalk. It features :

• a comfortable interface that tries to look like Virtual Console
• online support for downloading games
• CPC Gunstick Emulation

Next version will feature :

• Redefine WiiMote Keys
• Game List with Screenshots
• Snapshot (and tape?) Support
• Roms details, votes and much more!

Source : Phenix Informatique

PSPCAP32 v1.4.3, an Amstrad CPC emulator for PSP by ZX-81

The Amstrad CPC emulator PSPCAP32 by ZX-81 has been updated :

• Emulation speed (small improvements)
• Improve file requester with virtual keyboard to choose sequentially rom files beginning with a given letter
• Add documentation for settings in help menu

WinAPE v2.0 alpha 16, an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows

The Amstrad CPC emulator WinAPE offers a new floppy controller and drive emulation, CPC Symbol fonts and a stack of minor enhancements and bug fixes.

AmeDS v2.1, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo DS

The Amstrad CPC emulator AmeDS v2.1 for Nintendo DS allows you to download Amstrad CPC games from the web, a nice new feature.

CPCE v1.90, an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows

The Amstrad CPC emulator CPCE v1.90 brings a new LPTCPC.BAS to allow sending by parallel port extended .DSK (supporting more copy protection) and corrects FDC commands to be able to read these new extended .DSK, and some improvements to Z80 seach function and ZIP files management.

PSPCAP32 v1.3.4, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Sony PSP par ZX-81

The Amstrad CPC emulator PSPCAP32 for Sony PSP by ZX-81 has been updated once again, with mostly emulation speed increase, new hotkeys, and auto-fire.

PSPCAP32 v1.3.3, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Sony PSP by ZX-81

The Amstrad CPC emulator PSPCAP32 by ZX-81 has been updated :

• improved speed (+3 fps at 222Mhz)
• add new hotkeys : settings such as fps, delta_y or render mode can now be directly modified inside the emulator (no need to enter in the settings menu), and quick save / quick load current state (no need to enter in the main menu)
• bug fix in green/monochrome default settings

CPCGamesCD updated by MiguelSky (December 2007)

CPCGamesCD is a live CD with emulators and the Amstrad games collection of NVG by MiguelSky. It has been updated :

• Frontend CPC Loader v2.0 beta by TroelsK and a lot of new features
• NVG games update 06/11/2007
• Snap-Pack with ALL the captures (3.491)
• New version of CPCE (1.85) and WinApe (2.0a15) emulators
• Improved categorization
• Apps (utils/cpc) and Cartridg folders of NVG are now included

New update for PSPCAP32, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Sony PSP by ZX-81

PSPCAP32 par ZX-81 has again been updated, with now support for the green screen of the Amstrad CPC.

CAPRICE32 PSP and PSPCAP32 updates, 2 Amstrad CPC emulators for the Sony PSP

Caprice32 PSP and PSPCAP32 were updated, with a much better speed for PSPCAP32.

CAPRICE32 PSP, an Amstrad CPC emulator Sony PSP

After CPCPSP (not any more supported), a new port of Caprice32 for the PSP : CAPRICE32 PSP. But for PSP you already have the port from ZX81 : PSPCAP 32.

CPCE v1.85, an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows

CPCE v1.85 fixes a serious bug in the Symbiface 2 IDE (reported by Jarek Adamski), allows disabling the tape speedup if CPCE does it wrong (for example with "Balloonacy") and the Win32 version is a bit smarter now to handle ZIP archives.

CrocoDS v2.0, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS

A new version of the Amstrad CPC emulator CrocoDS for the Nintendo DS is out.

AmeDS, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Nintendo DS

A new version of the Amstrad CPC emulator AmeDS for the Nintendo DS is available.

AmeDS, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo DS

After CrocoDS, AmeDS is another Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo DS.

Joyce v2.1.9 by John Elliott, an Amstrad PCW emulator

The Amstrad PCW emulator Joyce v2.1.9 by John Elliott already available for unix and windows, and now also on MacOS.

CPCE v1.54 by César Nicolas Gonzales

César Nicolas Gonzales just wrote a new version of its Amstrad CPC emulator CPCE (v1.54).

This new version corrects some bugs (sound, crash).

CPCGamesCD updated by MiguelSky (January 2006)

CPCGamesCD has been updated :

• Includes frontend, CPC Loader 1.6 by Troels K.
• NVG games update 3rd January 2006
• Includes Snap-Pack by MiguelSky (2700 images)
• Includes new version of CPCE and WinCPC emulators

CPCPSP v0.1 by Nige, an Amstrad CPC emulator for Sony PSP

CPCPSP v0.1 by Nige is a port of the Caprice32 emulator for the Sony PSP.

Source : Amstradeus

The disk utility ManageDsk v0.14c by Demoniak is available

ManageDSK v0.14c by Ludovic Deplanque is out. It's a minor update of its windows utility to manage Amstrad CPC disks images (.DSK).

CPCE v1.53 by César Nicolas Gonzales, an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows

César Nicolas Gonzales just wrote a new version of its Amstrad CPC emulator CPCE (v1.53).

This new version corrects some bugs.