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== Diagnostics == | == Diagnostics == | ||
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5113 Amstest] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17932 Amstrad Diagnostics] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6545 STS SysInfo] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=test%20crtc%20v | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5113 Amstest] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17932 Amstrad Diagnostics] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6545 STS SysInfo] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&r1=1&lemot=test%20crtc%20v Test CRTC type] [http://quasar.cpcscene.net/doku.php?id=coding:test_crtc] [http://cpc.sylvestre.org/technique/technique_identifier_crtc.html Identifying CRTC visually] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11446 Basic Program Status Window] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=12584 Version du Firmware Basic] |
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6987 RAM Expansion Test] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14833 MemTest] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14834 RAM Test CRTC4] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/technical-support/test-ram-de-mcleod-ideafix/ Test RAM de McLeod Ideafix] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15739 RAM Check] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13386 Testprogram For All ERAM] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16010 Test RAM Basic] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19185 Xenon 2] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=12188 Take On Me] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14339 Trololo Experiments] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19406 Still The One] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16084 Post Scriptum] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=18658 Onescreen Colonies #2 256K] [https://cpcrulez.fr/info-chany-enhanced_edition.htm Chany 512K cracks] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14814 Anti-Multiface] [https://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=151 Expanded RAM software list] RAM exercisers | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6987 RAM Expansion Test] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14833 MemTest] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14834 RAM Test CRTC4] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/technical-support/test-ram-de-mcleod-ideafix/ Test RAM de McLeod Ideafix] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15739 RAM Check] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13386 Testprogram For All ERAM] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16010 Test RAM Basic] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19185 Xenon 2] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=12188 Take On Me] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14339 Trololo Experiments] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19406 Still The One] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16084 Post Scriptum] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=18658 Onescreen Colonies #2 256K] [https://cpcrulez.fr/info-chany-enhanced_edition.htm Chany 512K cracks] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14814 Anti-Multiface] [https://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=151 Expanded RAM software list] RAM exercisers | ||
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15975 FutureOS] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4174 CP/M Plus] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/464-and-ram-extension/ Behaviour of RAM mode &C3] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/upgrading-a-cpc-464-in-2022/ More on the issue] RAM expansion hardware bug on CPC464/664 | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15975 FutureOS] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4174 CP/M Plus] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7270 Pac-Man Emulator] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/464-and-ram-extension/ Behaviour of RAM mode &C3] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/upgrading-a-cpc-464-in-2022/ More on the issue] RAM expansion hardware bug on CPC464/664 |
*🔥[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/test.zip Kevin Thacker's "Acid tests" suite] [https://cpctech.cpcwiki.de/download/test.zip Older version] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/emulators/amstrad-cpc-'acid'-test/ Forum thread] [http://ace.cpcscene.net/tests:arnold_test_suite Tests results in ACE] Collection of tests which are used to verify emulators operation against real CPC, Plus and expansions | *🔥[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/test.zip Kevin Thacker's "Acid tests" suite] [https://cpctech.cpcwiki.de/download/test.zip Older version] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/emulators/amstrad-cpc-'acid'-test/ Forum thread] [http://ace.cpcscene.net/tests:arnold_test_suite Tests results in ACE] Collection of tests which are used to verify emulators operation against real CPC, Plus and expansions | ||
*🔥[http://www.winape.net/downloads.jsp Richard Wilson's Plus Test suite] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15242] CPC and CPC+ Emulator test suite (including Instruction and Interrupt timing tests) | *🔥[http://www.winape.net/downloads.jsp Richard Wilson's Plus Test suite] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15242] CPC and CPC+ Emulator test suite (including Instruction and Interrupt timing tests) | ||
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== Copy-protection == | == Copy-protection == | ||
*[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/download/fdctest.zip FDC test suite] [http://www.cpctech.org.uk/download/drivetest.zip Disk drive tests] [http://www.cpctech.org.uk/download/cdttst.zip CDT/TZX test suite] Set of tests by arnoldemu | *[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/download/fdctest.zip FDC test suite] [http://www.cpctech.org.uk/download/drivetest.zip Disk drive tests] [http://www.cpctech.org.uk/download/cdttst.zip CDT/TZX test suite] Set of tests by arnoldemu | ||
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6091 Azimut Locator] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13564 Tape Speed Checker] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16963 Catalogueur de Cassettes] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4194 Ultra Son] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10475 Soft-Lok] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4718 Bonzo Super Meddler] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5059 SpeedTrans] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5803 Transformateur] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6057 Deconnect] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=NoAMSDOS NoAMSDOS software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3871 Computer Hits] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1359 Marmelade] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1412 Mickey Mouse] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2035 Split Personalities] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=911 Frank Bruno's Boxing] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=baudload Baudload software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=Keytone Keytone software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17502 Loading Screens slideshow] To test Tape emulation | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6091 Azimut Locator] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13564 Tape Speed Checker] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10919 Motor Control] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16963 Catalogueur de Cassettes] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4194 Ultra Son] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10475 Soft-Lok] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4718 Bonzo Super Meddler] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5059 SpeedTrans] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5803 Transformateur] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6057 Deconnect] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=NoAMSDOS NoAMSDOS software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3871 Computer Hits] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1359 Marmelade] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1412 Mickey Mouse] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2035 Split Personalities] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=911 Frank Bruno's Boxing] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=baudload Baudload software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=Keytone Keytone software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17502 Loading Screens slideshow] To test Tape emulation |
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8548 Musical Loader] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19368 FatMag 2] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9211 Backtro] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8623 Unique] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8746 The Demo] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13108 CPC 30th Anniversary] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7542 Midline Process] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17902 Can Robots Take Control] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10030 Phortem] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9156 Batman Forever] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16736 Pinball Dreams] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7174 R-Type 128K] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6661 Nheredia] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13426 Doomsday Lost Echoes] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4025 Orion Prime] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9090 JavaCPC Overscan] Musical loader, Multi-drives, 3.5 inch (dual-head and 80 tracks) floppy drives support | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8548 Musical Loader] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19368 FatMag 2] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9211 Backtro] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8623 Unique] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8746 The Demo] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=266 Fres Fighter II Turbo] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13108 CPC 30th Anniversary] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7542 Midline Process] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17902 Can Robots Take Control] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10030 Phortem] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9156 Batman Forever] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16736 Pinball Dreams] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7174 R-Type 128K] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6661 Nheredia] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13426 Doomsday Lost Echoes] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4025 Orion Prime] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9090 JavaCPC Overscan] Musical loader, Multi-drives, 3.5 inch (dual-head and 80 tracks) floppy drives support |
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10029 RPM] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15518 DskTest] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6268 Discover] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14201 Crazy] [https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_disc-dlfrsilver_dump_tool_test_suite.htm Dlfrsilver Dump Tool Test Suite] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4812 Format II] [[ParaDOS]] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4933 Xexor] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6118 Discology] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4179 Hercule II] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16060 UltraDisc] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4284 Disc+Ultra] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5244 Disc'o'Magic] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9297 Multi Mark] To test FDC emulation | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10029 RPM] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15518 DskTest] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6268 Discover] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14201 Crazy] [https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_disc-dlfrsilver_dump_tool_test_suite.htm Dlfrsilver Dump Tool Test Suite] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4812 Format II] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19465 Magic Transfert] [[ParaDOS]] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4933 Xexor] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6118 Discology] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4179 Hercule II] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16060 UltraDisc] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4284 Disc+Ultra] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5244 Disc'o'Magic] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9297 Multi Mark] To test FDC emulation |
*[https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDM_fatmag_01.htm FatMag (HFE version)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17853 Open Tower Defense] Rigorous FDC tests by Roudoudou [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=AutoDetect%20Disk%20Change Disk Swapping Autodetect software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 Superpix] Disk swapping detection [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=dumps&num=8623 Unique Diskmaker (Generate discs in noiseload format)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7646 Big Cheese 2 (FDC VU-meter effect)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=12051 Demonstration of KBI protection] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5586 Protector] | *[https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDM_fatmag_01.htm FatMag (HFE version)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=17853 Open Tower Defense] Rigorous FDC tests by Roudoudou [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=AutoDetect%20Disk%20Change Disk Swapping Autodetect software list] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 Superpix] Disk swapping detection [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=dumps&num=8623 Unique Diskmaker (Generate discs in noiseload format)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7646 Big Cheese 2 (FDC VU-meter effect)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=12051 Demonstration of KBI protection] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5586 Protector] | ||
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=Weak%20Sectors Weak Sectors] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=Gaps Custom Gaps] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=0&lenom=Gap2 Custom Gap2] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSizeX Sector SizeX] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSize8 Sector Size8] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSize7 Sector Size7] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSize6 Sector Size6] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorErased Sector Erased] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=64sectors 64 Sectors] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=Custom Custom] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=HERBULOT Rémi Herbulot] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=Brice%20Rive Brice Rive] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=Rubi Rubi] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=MBC%20D7 MBC] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=logiciel%2044 Logiciel 44] Protected software lists | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=Weak%20Sectors Weak Sectors] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=Gaps Custom Gaps] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=0&lenom=Gap2 Custom Gap2] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSizeX Sector SizeX] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSize8 Sector Size8] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSize7 Sector Size7] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorSize6 Sector Size6] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=SectorErased Sector Erased] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=64sectors 64 Sectors] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&stafftype=1&lenom=Custom Custom] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=HERBULOT Rémi Herbulot] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=Brice%20Rive Brice Rive] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=Rubi Rubi] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=protection&lenom=MBC%20D7 MBC] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=logiciel%2044 Logiciel 44] Protected software lists | ||
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== Other == | == Other == | ||
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3905 The Eternal Light] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num= | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3905 The Eternal Light] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=18813 Druid & Droid] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19341 Paulina's Potions] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5197 Claudia BMP Converter] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9251 Snoozing] Softwares that only run fine on flawed emulators but are broken on real machines |
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1546 Octoplex (crtc1)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=781 Dynamic Duo (crtc1)] [https://blog.logonsystem.eu/compendium/ 007 The Living Daylights (crtc1)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7479 Madness (crtc0)] [https://forum.system-cfg.com/viewtopic.php?p=234421#p234421 FMR (crtc1)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7455 Not Dead (crtc2)] Some known CRTC problems on real hardware | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1546 Octoplex (crtc1)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=781 Dynamic Duo (crtc1)] [https://blog.logonsystem.eu/compendium/ 007 The Living Daylights (crtc1)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=818 Druid II (crtc1)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7479 Madness (crtc0)] [https://forum.system-cfg.com/viewtopic.php?p=234421#p234421 FMR (crtc1)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7455 Not Dead (crtc2)] Some known CRTC problems on real hardware |
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2266 The Untouchables] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=135 Batman The Movie] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2318 Turrican] [https://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=80 Technical explanation] CPC keyboard clash | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2266 The Untouchables] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=135 Batman The Movie] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2318 Turrican] [https://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=80 Technical explanation] CPC keyboard clash | ||
| − | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19283 Raytracing in BASIC] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15685 Julia Fractal] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7405 5KB 3 (Cray II emulator part)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8188 Chain] To benchmark emulators using their fullspeed mode | + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19283 Raytracing in BASIC] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6680 Reliefs Mathématiques] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15685 Julia Fractal] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7405 5KB 3 (Cray II emulator part)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8188 Chain] To benchmark emulators using their fullspeed mode |
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Revision as of 16:43, 17 April 2024
Contents
- 1 Vote for your favorite emulator
- 2 Software Platforms (Full OS independance)
- 3 Current Operating Systems
- 4 Discontinued Operating Systems
- 5 Home Consoles
- 6 Handheld Consoles
- 7 Single-Board Computers / Raspberry Pi
- 8 FPGA
- 9 Hardware and Parts
- 10 Mass storage devices
- 11 Audio devices
- 12 Printers
- 13 Rewind feature
- 14 Emulator accuracy checking tools
- 15 File format specifications
- 16 Emulation Tools
- 17 Emulator Detection
- 18 Emulators running on the Amstrad CPC
Vote for your favorite emulator
There is a poll on CPCWiki forum
Software Platforms (Full OS independance)
Java Platform
| Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | Developer tools | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Jnr | [1] | Aug 27, 2001 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| JavaCPC Desktop | [2] JavaGX4000 CPCInAJar | 3.0.2 | Apr 8, 2022 | ✅ | ✅ | KC Compact | Donationware & Open source |
| JEMU | [3] | Feb 19, 2007 | ❌ | ❌ | ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81, BBC Micro, VZ-300 | Open source | |
| WebCPC | [4] JavaCPC Applet | r15 | Dec 31, 2010 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source |
JS / Wasm / Web Platform
| Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | Developer tools | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPCBox | [5] [6] BZH Games | beta | Dec 28, 2013 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| CrocoDS | [7] Repo | Jun 9, 2020 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| Emularity (MAME) | [8] JSMESS Classic Reload | Jan 27, 2024 | ❌ | ✅ | Tons of vintage computers, game consoles and arcade systems | Open source | |
| Roland | [9] | Sep 24, 2011 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| Ronald | [10] Repo | Apr 1, 2024 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| RVMplayer | [11] | 0.1.1 | May 6, 2023 | ❌ | ❌ | ZX Spectrum | Freeware |
| Tiny Emus | [12] CPC UI yakc Online Old Games BZH Games | Mar 2, 2024 | ✅ | ❌ | KC Compact, ZX Spectrum, VIC-20, Commodore 64, Acorn Atom, KC 85, KC 87, Z9001, Z1013, LC80 | Open source | |
| Xiragon | [13] | Nov 28, 2012 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source |
LibRetro (API for emulators)
| Emulator name | Type | External link | Current version | Latest release | Developer tools | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libretro-cap32 | Emulation core | [14] | 4.5.4 | Dec 18, 2023 | - | ✅ | - | Open source |
| libretro-crocods | Emulation core | [15] | 0.1 | Jul 26, 2022 | - | ❌ | - | Open source |
| LRMAME | Emulation core | [16] | 0.264 | Apr 1, 2024 | - | ✅ | Tons of vintage computers, game consoles and arcade systems | Open source |
| SugarLibRetro | Emulation core | [17] (wraps independent lib CPCCore) | git | Jan 10, 2020 | - | ✅ | - | Open source |
| EmuVR | Frontend | [18] | 1.0.11 | Dec 24, 2022 | ❌ | - | Depends on emulation cores | Donationware |
| Hackable Console | Frontend | [19] | Mar 27, 2022 | ✅ | - | Depends on emulation cores | Open source | |
| RetroArch | Frontend | [20] RetroAchievements | 1.17.0 | Feb 3, 2024 | ❌ | - | Depends on emulation cores | Donationware & Open source |
Current Operating Systems
Desktop
| Emulator name | External link | Windows | macOS | Linux | Current version | Latest release | Developer tools | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE-DL | [21] Discord Based on ACE | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Apr 12, 2024 | ✅ | ✅ | - | Freeware | |
| AMSpiriT | [22] Discord Forum | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 1.0 rc1 | Apr 2, 2024 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Arnimedes | [23] | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 1.02 | Jul 7, 2012 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Arnold | [24] Aeliss fork Arnold TNG macOS | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | WIP | May 13, 2017 | ⚠️ | ✅ | KC Compact, Aleste 520EX | Open source |
| Caprice Forever | [25] | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 24.2 | Feb 10, 2024 | ✅ | ✅ | - | Freeware & Outdated sources |
| Caprice32 | [26] Old repo Linux Aleste Reloaded | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 4.6.0 | Oct 8, 2022 | ⚠️ | ✅ | - | Donationware & Open source |
| Clock Signal | [27] Linux | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | Jan 22, 2024 | ❌ | ❌ | ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81, Enterprise, MSX, Oric, ColecoVision, Acorn Electron, Apple II, VIC-20, Atari 2600, Atari ST, Macintosh | Donationware & Open source | |
| CoPaCabana | [28] | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 0.74 | Apr 12, 2006 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Donationware |
| CPC++ | [29] | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | b700 | May 31, 2015 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| cpc4x | [30] | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ | 0.26 | Dec 11, 2004 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| CPCEC | [31] Repo CPCE CPCEG | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ | Mar 28, 2024 | ⚠️ | ✅ | ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX | Open source | |
| cpcec-gtk | [32] | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | Feb 4, 2023 | ✅ | ✅ | - | Open source | |
| CPCemu | [33] | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 2.5 | Aug 13, 2022 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| CPCEPower | [34] | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 2105 | Jun 4, 2021 | ❌ | ✅ | - | Donationware |
| CPCSharp | [35] | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 1.0.0-beta1 | Apr 7, 2021 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| CPvC | [36] | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Sep 30, 2022 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| CrocoDS | [37] Repo | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 4.0 beta3 | Dec 10, 2023 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| DSP | [38] | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | 0.23 wip1 | Mar 25, 2024 | ❌ | ❌ | ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Oric, ColecoVision, Game Boy, NES, SG-1000, Master System, Game Gear, Super Cassette Vision, PV-1000, PV-2000, Arcade | Open source |
| ep128emu | [39] | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | 2.0.11.2 | Apr 19, 2019 | ⚠️ | ❌ | ZX Spectrum, Enterprise | Donationware & Open source |
| MAME | [40] macOS Other ports | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 0.264 | Mar 27, 2024 | ⚠️ | ✅ | Tons of vintage computers, game consoles and arcade systems | Open source |
| NO$CPC | [41] | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 1.8 | Nov 2, 2000 | ⚠️ | ✅ | - | Donationware |
| PC-CPC | [42] Repo | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 0.1at b29 | Nov 17, 2011 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Retro Virtual Machine | [43] | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 2.1.11 | Nov 13, 2023 | ❌ Removed | ✅ | ZX Spectrum, MSX 1, ColecoVision, SG-1000, Master System | Donationware |
| Roland | [44] Repo | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | 0.70 | Apr 20, 2017 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Ronald | [45] | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ | Apr 1, 2024 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| SugarBox | [46] Old site | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 2.0.2 | Nov 29, 2023 | ⚠️ | ✅ | - | Open source |
| Virtual CPC | [47] Archive | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 1.1 | Aug 8, 2011 | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| WinAPE | [48] CPCwin | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 2.0b2 | Jan 5, 2016 | ✅ | ✅ | - | Donationware |
| WinCPC / MacCPC | [49] vbCPC | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 0.9.2 | Jan 22, 2010 | ✅ | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Xcpc | [50] | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | 0.38.1 | Apr 8, 2023 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| XNACPC | [51] CPC3D | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 1.0 | Nov 11, 2011 | ❌ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| ZEsarUX | [52] | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | X | Sep 8, 2023 | ⚠️ | ❌ | PCW, ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81, MSX 1, ColecoVision, Spectravideo, Jupiter ACE, Sam Coupe, SG-1000, Master System, Sinclair QL, MK14, Z88 | Donationware & Open source |
Alternative OS
| Emulator name | External link | AmigaOS PPC | AROS | MorphOS | Haiku | Developer tools | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE | Web site IRC channel Plugins' repo | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | v1.26 - Jan 1, 2024 | v1.26.0 - Mar 2, 2024 | ✅ | ✅ | Dozens of CPC hardware expansions thru plugins | Freeware (plugins are Open Source) |
| Arnold | AmigaOS AROS | v1.15 - Dec 17, 2012 | Oct 24, 2010 | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ✅ | KC Compact | Open source |
| Caprice32 | [53] | ❌ | v4.2.0 - Oct 23, 2010 | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ❌ | - | Open source |
| MAME | AmigaOS MorphOS Haiku | MESS v0.146u4 - Aug 19, 2012 | ❌ | MESS v0.113 - Nov 1, 2007 | v0.264-2 - Apr 3, 2024 | ⚠️ | ✅ | Tons of vintage computers, game consoles and arcade systems | Open source |
| ZEsarUX | [54] | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | v10.10-1 - Oct 28, 2023 | ⚠️ | ❌ | PCW, ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81, MSX 1, ColecoVision, Spectravideo, Jupiter ACE, Sam Coupe, SG-1000, Master System, Sinclair QL, MK14, Z88 | Donationware & Open source |
Mobile
| Host system | Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android | andcpc | [55] | 1.5.1 | Apr 4, 2011 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Android | Azimuth | [56] | 1.11 | Aug 22, 2023 | ❌ | - | Adware and in-app purchases💲 |
| Android | CPCDroid | [57] | 1.5.1 | Mar 2, 2011 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Android | CPCemu | [58] | 2.5 | Aug 14, 2022 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Android | Droid-CPC | [59] | 1.1.01 | Dec 15, 2016 | ❌ | - | Commercial💲 |
| Android | MAME4droid 2024 | [60] Repo | 1.11.1 (0.264) | Mar 29, 2024 | ✅ | Tons of vintage computers, game consoles and arcade systems | Open source |
| iOS | CPCemu | [61] | 2.5 | Aug 13, 2022 | ❌ | - | Software available on request |
| iOS | CrocoDS | [62] Repo | 2.1 | Jun 21, 2013 | ❌ | - | Open source |
Discontinued Operating Systems
| Host system | Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn RISC OS | !CPC | [63] [64] | Jul 28, 1996 | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| Acorn RISC OS | !CPCemu | [65] | 1.21 | Mar 22, 2016 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| AmigaOS m68k | A-CPC | [66] | 2.0 | Mar 30, 2002 | ✅ | - | Open source |
| AmigaOS m68k | Ami-cpc | [67] Ami-cpc2 | 0.46 | Jan 21, 1998 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| AmigaOS m68k | CPE | [68] | Feb 24, 1995 | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| AmigaOS m68k | EmuCPC | [69] | 0.7 | Sep 15, 1996 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| BlackBerry OS | BB-CPC | [70] (dead link) | 1.0.1.3 | Jul 15, 2013 | ❌ | - | Commercial💲 |
| Classic Mac OS | CPC++ | [71] | 1.3.2 | Oct 6, 1997 | ❌ | - | Shareware💲 |
| DOS | AdvanceMESS | [72] | 3.9 | Sep 8, 2018 | ✅ | Tons of vintage computers and game consoles | Open source |
| DOS | Arnimedes | [73] | 0.8a | Apr 15, 2000 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| DOS | Caprice32 | [74] | 1.11 | Sep 20, 1999 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| DOS | CPC | [75] | 0.55b | May 16, 1997 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| DOS | CPC-em | [76] | 0.4 | Jul 7, 2004 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| DOS | CPCE | [77] | 1.94 | Jun 2, 2011 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| DOS | CPCemu | [78] | 1.5 | Jul 7, 1998 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| DOS | CPE | [79] | 5.2 | Apr 21, 1997 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| DOS | NO$CPC | [80] | 1.8 | Nov 2, 2000 | ✅ | - | Freeware |
| DOS | PC-CPC | [81] | Feb 3, 1998 | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| DOS | RWCPC | [82] | Mar 23, 1995 | ❌ | - | Freeware | |
| DOS | SIMCPC | [83] | Dec 10, 1989 | ❌ | - | Shareware💲 | |
| DOS | YAGE | [84] | 0.91 | Oct 24, 1998 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| EXOS | Software CPC Emulator | [85] [86] | 1.3 | Jan 11, 2013 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Maemo | CPCm | [87] | 1.20-1 | Apr 27, 2010 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| MSX-DOS | EMU6CPC | [88] | Dec 17, 2018 | ❌ | - | Freeware | |
| Palm OS | CaPriCe for Palm OS | [89] | 2.8 | Jun 28, 2011 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Palm OS | CoPaCabana | [90] | 0.75 | Dec 4, 2007 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Pocket PC | PocketCaprice | [91] | 0.9 | Aug 19, 2007 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| SunOS | CPC++ | [92] | 1.3.0 | Feb 22, 1997 | ❌ | - | Shareware💲 |
| Symbian | S60-CPC | [93] | 0.74 | Feb 21, 2006 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Windows 9x | CPC-em | [94] | 0.3 | Jan 22, 2004 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Windows 9x | MTMW | [95] | 1.30B | Jan 11, 2000 | ✅ | ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81, Enterprise, Jupiter ACE | Freeware |
Home Consoles
You can use RetroArch for Amstrad CPC emulation on Apple TV, Android TV, Nvidia Shield, Steam Link, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS2, PS Vita TV, GameCube, Wii, Wii U and Switch. Or you can use these stand-alone CPC emulators:
| Host system | Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft XBOX | ArnoldX | [96] [97] | v5 | Apr 20, 2010 | ✅ | - | Freeware |
| Microsoft XBOX | CoinOPS (RetroFE) | [98] | 5 | Oct 18, 2012 | ❌ | Tons of vintage computers, game consoles and arcade systems | Freeware |
| Microsoft Xbox 360 | XNACPC | [99] | 1.0 | Nov 11, 2011 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Nintendo Wii | Wiituka | [100] | 0.98.8 | May 15, 2009 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Sega Dreamcast | CPCast | [101] | May 6, 2006 | ❌ | - | Freeware | |
| Sega Dreamcast | DreamCPC | [102] | Alpha 3 | Oct 16, 2005 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Sony PS2 | CPC-em | [103] | 0.4 | Dec 22, 2004 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Sony PS3 | Caprice32 | [104] | 4.1.0 DBG | Apr 9, 2012 | ❌ | - | Open source |
Handheld Consoles
Note: Android-based handheld consoles (Razer Edge, Ayn Odin Pro, Retroid Pocket Flip, GPD XP, ...) will work with stand-alone Android CPC emulators or with RetroArch, same as an Android phone.
You can use RetroArch for Amstrad CPC emulation on PSP, PS Vita, DS, 3DS, Switch, Steam Deck, RetroFW, Miyoo, OpenDingux and ArkOS. Or you can use these stand-alone CPC emulators:
| Host system | Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingoo A320 / A330 | Pituka Dingux | [105] | 0.8pre | Aug 19, 2010 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Dingoo A320 / A330 | Dingux-CAP32 | [106] | 1.1.2 | Oct 17, 2009 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| GamePark Caanoo | Caanoo-CAP32 | [107] | 1.1.3 | Apr 24, 2011 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| GamePark GP2x | CapriceGP2x | [108] | 0.5 | Feb 22, 2006 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| GamePark GP2x | GP2X-CAP32 | [109] | 1.5.1 | Aug 29, 2009 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| GamePark GP32 | Pituka GP32 | [110] | 1d | May 15, 2010 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| GamePark Wiz | Wiz-CAP32 | [111] | 1.1.0 | Aug 29, 2009 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| GCW Zero | Dingux-CAP32 | [112] | 1.1.2 | May 25, 2014 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| JXD S5110 / S601 & Yinlips G18 | JXD-CAP32 | [113] | 1.1.1 | Oct 27, 2012 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Nintendo DS | AmeDS | [114] | 4.0 | Apr 25, 2010 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Nintendo DS | CrocoDS | [115] Repo | 2.0 | Nov 9, 2007 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Nintendo GameBoy Advance | Mini Amstrad Emulator | [116] | Dec 26, 2005 | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| Odroid GO | CapriceESP32 | [117] | Dec 3, 2020 | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| OpenDingux | CrocoDS | [118] Repo | Jan 15, 2020 | ❌ | - | Open source | |
| Pandora | Pandora-CAP32 | [119] | 1.1.0 | Jun 27, 2010 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Sony PSP | Caprice32 PSP | [120] | 4.2.0.2 | Nov 28, 2007 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Sony PSP | CPCPSP | [121] | 0.1 | Dec 24, 2005 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| Sony PSP | PSPCAP32 | [122] | 1.5.1 | Aug 21, 2009 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Trimui Model S | Arnold Trimui | [123] | Oct 19, 2021 | ✅ | - | Open source |
Single-Board Computers / Raspberry Pi
LibRetro / RetroArch is used as the foundation of Lakka, Recalbox, Batocera and RetroPie alternative OS distributions for the Raspberry Pi and other SBC. But you can also use RetroArch for Amstrad CPC emulation on a stock Raspberry Pi OS. Or you can use these stand-alone CPC emulators:
| Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | Amstrad Plus | Also emulates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #CPC4Rpi | [124] | 1.1 | Dec 19, 2013 | ❌ | - | Commercial💲 |
| CapriceRPI | [125] | 1.3d | Feb 28, 2016 | ❌ | - | Open source |
| Clock Signal | [126] | Dec 28, 2023 | ❌ | ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81, Enterprise, MSX, Oric, ColecoVision, Acorn Electron, Apple II, VIC-20, Atari 2600, Atari ST, Macintosh | Donationware & Open source | |
| CPC-PI | [127] | 0.1 | Feb 5, 2017 | ❌ | - | Freeware |
| CPCEPower | [128] | 2105 | Jun 4, 2021 | ✅ | - | Freeware |
| MAME | [129] | 0.264 | Mar 26, 2024 | ✅ | Tons of vintage computers, game consoles and arcade systems | Open source |
| SugarPi | [130] | 1.2.0 | Feb 3, 2021 | ✅ | - | Open source |
| ZEsarUX | [131] | X | Sep 8, 2023 | ❌ | PCW, ZX Spectrum, ZX80/81, MSX 1, ColecoVision, Spectravideo, Jupiter ACE, Sam Coupe, SG-1000, Master System, Sinclair QL, MK14, Z88 | Donationware & Open source |
FPGA
- CPC TREX CPC-One TurboCPC core by TobiFlex running on different FPGA boards
- CPC FPGA CPC emulation by Ranulf (Ralferoo) Doswell, running on a custom made FPGA board
- FPGAmstrad CoreAmstrad CoreDocAmstrad Translation by Renaud (Freemac) Hélias of JavaCPC from Java into VHDL for MiST board
- CPC for MiST and MiSTer Started by Alexey (Sorgelig) Melnikov as a port of CoreAmstrad, but every module has been either rewritten or replaced
- CPC2 Project CPC emulation running on a Cyclone V FPGA board
- AmstradCPC core Based on McLeod's core and running on a ZXTres FPGA board
Hardware and Parts
- Just CPC4ATX CPC clone made from NOS chips
- CPC 464/6128 replica PCBs To be used as a direct replacement to the original PCBs
- ESP32 TinyCPC Port from CPC-em emulator to TTGO VGA32 v1.x board with ESP32
- MCLZ8 Z80 emulator which runs on a Teensy 4.1 ARM board and can be used as a drop-in replacement
- Nuked-MD-FPGA A-Z80 Verilog Z80 implementations reverse engineered from decapped chip Baltazar Ken Shirriff Instruction decode PLA table Technical documentation
- Visual Z80 Remix Z80 Explorer Netlist-level ultra accurate Z80 simulators
- Forum thread Reverse engineered Gate Array by Gerald from decapped chips Ash Evans Gyorgy Szombathelyi AMSGateArray Subsequent Verilog/VHDL implementations Signals analysis by Bread80
- ASIC and Pre-ASIC Gate Array Z80 CPU HD6845SP CRTC AY-3-8912 PSG NEC D765 FDC Die shots of decapped CPC chips. How to: Optically decode the ROM of a decapped chip Automate ROM decoding Decap, image and reverse engineer the C128 PLA chip Reverse engineered Oric ULA chip
- Multi-CRTC Board Host and select between multiple CRTC chip types in one CPC
- SDiskEmul Floppy-drive emulator released in 2007. Abandoned now. Supports DSK, EDSK disk-images
- HxC Floppy Emulator Commercial floppy-drive emulator. Supports directly DSK, EDSK, HFE disk-images. IPF, CTRAW, SCP disk-images supported through conversion to HFE disk-image [132]
- FlashFloppy Open source floppy-drive emulator for the ubiquitous Gotek hardware. Supports DSK, EDSK, HFE disk-images
- GreaseWeazle Open source USB floppy adapter Flux reader writer
- Pauline FPGA-based floppy-drive dumper and emulator
- DDI-3 USB floppy-drive emulator with an integrated FDC chip for CPC464
- TZXduino Arduino-based tape deck emulator. Supports many formats of tape-images including CDT and TZX
- PlayUEF Web-browser based tape deck emulator, supporting CDT and TZX tape-images
- Amstrad CPC Printer Emulator Arduino-based CPC printer emulator that can output text, markdown or HTML
- Retro-Printer Plugin module for the Raspberry Pi that makes it possible to connect retro computers to modern USB or network printers
- ESCParser Command-line utility, ESC/P printer emulator that can output PostScript, SVG or PDF
- CPC-plus-cartridge Different PCB designs and code to make a CPC-plus cartridge
- Amstrad Multicart 16-in-1 cartridge for the GX4000 or Amstrad Plus computer
- C4CPC Cartridge replacement for the Amstrad Plus range and the GX4000
- Flash+ cartridge Amstrad CPC+ GX4000 reflashable cartridge
Mass storage devices
Emulator support is as follows:
- Dobbertin Harddisc is emulated by MAME
- uIDE is emulated by Arnold
- Symbiface II IDE/PATA interface or compatible (X-Mass, Cyboard) is emulated by ACE, Caprice Forever, MAME, WinAPE, WinCPC, Arnold, Virtual CPC
- Albireo is emulated by ACE, Caprice Forever
- M4 Board is emulated by CPCemu
- Vortex Winchester Drive, USIfAC / ULIfAC and Symbiface3 / RSF3 are not supported by emulators
Audio devices
Emulator support is as follows:
- SSA-1 speech synthesizer is emulated by ACE, Caprice Forever, JavaCPC, MAME
- Dk'Tronics speech synthesizer is emulated by ACE, Caprice Forever, JavaCPC, MAME
- Techni-Musique speech synthesizer is emulated by ACE, Caprice Forever
- Amdrum is emulated by ACE, JavaCPC, MAME, WinAPE
- Digiblaster is emulated by ACE, Caprice Forever, JavaCPC, MAME, WinAPE, CPCEC, CPCEPower, WinCPC, Virtual CPC
- PlayCity is fully emulated by ACE, MAME, Arnold, SugarBox. It is partially emulated by Caprice Forever, JavaCPC, CPCEC
- Play2CPC is emulated by ACE
- Willy OPL3 is emulated by ACE
- Willy MIDI is emulated by ACE (software synth emulation on Haiku, full MIDI support on MorphOS)
- Music Machine, Speak&SID, LambdaSpeak, Amsdap (SE-One, Moonsound, etc...) are not supported by emulators
Printers
Support for CPC printers is abysmal in all emulators. The only emulators that at least do some print rendering emulation are JavaCPC and Caprice Forever.
Rewind feature
ACE-DL has a rewind feature, but it is not as good as it could be: Demonstration of rewind in ACE-DL
Only the RetroArch CPC emulator has a proper rewind feature: Demonstration of rewind in RetroArch. To reverse the game, the user press and hold the rewind button. And at any point, releasing the button makes time goes forward again.
A very simple approach would be to make a SNA for each frame and limit the RAM snapshot to 128KB, which is ok for 99% of CPC software. For a 10-seconds long rewind functionality, only 64MB RAM is needed (128KB * 50 frames * 10 seconds).
A more efficient approach is to store only the values that are changed in RAM between two frames, so that RAM can be restored when rewinding. This allows for long rewinds, even of a CPC equipped with a 4MB RAM expansion. Proof of it is the GBA emulator SkyEmu demonstrating super long rewind while needing very few RAM.
For debugging, going back to the previous instruction is easily implemented. The emulator has to store the time when the previous instruction was executed so that he can go back to that instruction. In the same way, emulators can provide access to the previous HBL, IRQ, VBL, etc.
Emulator accuracy checking tools
Quick evaluation
- From Scratch demo with reference images (CRTC 1): Media:From Scratch logo.png Media:From Scratch tetris.png Media:From Scratch ovl.png
- DSC #4 demo with reference images (CRTC 1): Media:DSC4 reference1.png Media:DSC4 reference2.png
- Camembert 4 demo with reference images (CRTC 0/1/3/4): Media:Camembert-real.jpg Media:Camembert 4 Pixel Precise.jpg
- BSC7 Interlace demo with reference image (CRTC 0/2/3/4): Media:BSC7 reference.png
Z80 CPU
- 🔥Raxoft tests CPC port of z80test ZEX Z80 CPU instruction set exercisers
- Arkanoid (using Z80 Interrupt Mode 2) L'anneau de Zengara (using Z80 register R) Light Corridor (Z80 useless instruction prefixes) Dogsbody (accessing non-standard I/O ports)
- Z80 instruction set Z80 MEMPTR (aka WZ) internal register Even weirder Z80 behaviour To get to the bottom of it Z80 is always NMOS on CPC and Plus How the Z80 behaves
- Z80 T-state timings Other source about T-state timings Ultra accurate timing behaviour I/O port allocation RAM/ROM mapping Technical documentation
Diagnostics
- Amstest Amstrad Diagnostics STS SysInfo Test CRTC type [133] Identifying CRTC visually Basic Program Status Window Version du Firmware Basic
- RAM Expansion Test MemTest RAM Test CRTC4 Test RAM de McLeod Ideafix RAM Check Testprogram For All ERAM Test RAM Basic Xenon 2 Take On Me Trololo Experiments Still The One Post Scriptum Onescreen Colonies #2 256K Chany 512K cracks Anti-Multiface Expanded RAM software list RAM exercisers
- FutureOS CP/M Plus Pac-Man Emulator Behaviour of RAM mode &C3 More on the issue RAM expansion hardware bug on CPC464/664
- 🔥Kevin Thacker's "Acid tests" suite Older version Forum thread Tests results in ACE Collection of tests which are used to verify emulators operation against real CPC, Plus and expansions
- 🔥Richard Wilson's Plus Test suite [134] CPC and CPC+ Emulator test suite (including Instruction and Interrupt timing tests)
Amstrad Plus
- Official Plus diagnostics cartridge Cartridge Software Demonstrator 4096 Colors Preview 4096K tester File:Roudoudou CPR tests.zip [135] No Exit Plus testing tools
- 6128 Plus DMA Fairy Soundtracker DMA To test DMA sound
- Delirium Tremens Delirium Tremens running on real hardware Bulles Funerapolis X-mas 2008 USS Cygnus 192 To test hardware sprites
- Arnoldemu T&J Sylvestre Longshot [136] Offset [137] Plus Vectored Interrupt Bug Plus hardware bugs documented
- Plus Games Plus Demos Search filters to verify the entire Plus software library
Colorimetry
- Raster Toutes les couleurs du CPC Couleurs Les split-rasters Mir'Color Colour Tester Test Interlace Color Infinite Colours Mode 1 Tramage et Choix des Couleurs Colour calibration
- Minor difference in colorimetry between CPC and Plus On CPC (not Plus!), green half-intensity is significantly higher than red and blue half-intensities
- Major difference in colorimetry between the real Amstrad CTM display and emulators display:
Border 8 on real CPC
Border 8 on real Plus
Border 8 on emulators
Palette on real CPC
Palette on real Plus
Palette on emulators
Colorimetry on real CPC
Colorimetry on emulators
Graphics
- 🔥Shakerland Ultra accurate CRTC documentation and its associated CPC testing tool
- Equalizor Revolog Technical explanation Unpredictable behaviour of the real CRTC type 1 chip. We can classify these behaviours as CRTC types 1a and 1b
- HSYNC test CRTC Programmierung Côté Gamers Screen Effect Out-Screen II CRTC editor CRTC software CRTC testing tools
- Pixel 1 Horizontal Hard Scroll for all CRTCs Vertical Hard Scroll 100% Smooth CRTC Register 3 scrolling test Skate Wars Jinks Out of this World Killer Cobra Edge Grinder Relentless Corsair Trainer Warhawk Mission Genocide Axys Red Sunset Ghosts'n Goblins Legend of Kage Profanation Super Cauldron Smooth CRTC R3/R5 hardware scrolling
- BSC 91 Voyage 1993 OVL '96 Byte 98 Divine Paradise Power System Prodatron Longshot Amazing KKB First Hage's First Chany Dream End Welcom-X 2 S&Koh Other World 3 Overflow Previews Big'O Full'O Dem'O Sea You Soon Plasma Wobbler Mad Rast Odyssey Early CRTC demos, so they were developed without CPC emulator bias
- Ze Meeting 2003 DemoIzArt Not Dead Croco Chanel Tire Au Flan Arôme Tomate DTC Synergy 2 CRTC demos from 2000s
- OSC #0 OSC #1 Still Rising Still the Bests Still Scrolling River Scroll Scroll Factory Battro PhX Bloc Us Wake Up Wunderbar Cookie Yet Another Plasma Isometrikum Logon's Run Points Barres Octopus Pocus Sugarlumps CRTC demos from 2010s
- OSC #2 OSC #3 Stand Up The One Swingin' Mike's Scrollers Foursome Checkmate Debris Ghost Nop Latest CRTC demos
- Les Mondes Parallèles Paranoia Molecularr 2 Megablasters Quadraster Inferno Groops Sudoku Master Overkoban Prince Dastan Sokoban Within Deva Drifter Hexavirus v0 A tribute to the sisters True overscan games
- Mode 3 Test New Mode "Mode 5" Viewer Split-Rasters Test CRTC1 Fugitif Final Exams Flush Wishes You a Happy New Year Pixel Free Interlace viewer Climax Flipraster Perfect Pix Paint Tetris Imperial Mahjong Special graphics modes Mode EGX Mode R Mode 5 Technical explanations
- Mire Climax-G Fatal Beauties Pixel Nation 4 Sins Twinblast MCS 6 Schadel Kill JLCS Wavy Thunder Blade (292 lines) Bonanza Bros (295 lines) Turrican (296 lines) Wonder Boy (296 lines) To test the VDU
Audio
- Trantor 3D Starfighter Treasure Island Dizzy Ghost Hunters Super Robin Hood Advanced Pinball Simulator Jet Bike Simulator Grand Prix Simulator Darts 180 Killapede Jail Break Robocop Chase HQ Shinobi Fly Spy Just Get 9 4-Bit Digi Try Speech Software English vocal sounds
- El Enigma de Aceps Le Manoir de Mortvielle Hold-Up La Marque Jaune Forteresse Canadair L'île Jaws Holocauste Afteroids Fire & Forget Xyphoes Fantasy Space Race Josh Yao demo Face Hugger Ultimate Smallest Scroll Musik100 Digital Synthesizer Other software sound effects Audio-tape included software list
- Now that's what I call Chip Tunes Amstream music-disk We Are All Old AYC Sound Shap Audio Amstrad CPC Mix YM!Rulez (real hardware recordings) Ams'Orgue Sintetizador de Sonidos Mega Sound To test the PSG emulation
Peripherals
- SSA-1 software list Dk'Tronics software list TMPI software list To test speech synthesizers emulation
- Cocoon Player Digital Orgasm Digitracker File:DigiTracker Amdrum.zip [138] Amdrum To test Digiblaster and Amdrum soundcards emulation
- VGMplay OPL3 VGM pack BluePillCPC To test Willy OPL3 and MIDI emulation
- Magnum Light Phaser SkeetShoot The Enforcer Dk'Tronics Light Pen Light Pen Mark II Dart Light Pen FutureOS To test lightguns and lightpens connected to expansion port
- West Phaser Gunstick Trojan LP-1 To test lightguns and lightpens connected to joystick port
- AMX Art FutureOS SymbOS Advanced OCP Art Studio To test AMX and Kempston mouse emulation
- Tasword Tasprint ProText ProType ProPrint Miraprint Qualitas Plus BrunWord MicroDesign Page Printer Stop Press (AMX Pagemaker) X-Press PowerPage 128 Speedtrans screen dump Kdump Impr'Image Scrypte Impression RSX Imprimante Machine à écrire DemoImp To test printer emulation
- HDCPM FutureOS SymbOS UniDOS UniLoad LiliCPC M4FE To test RTC and mass-storage emulation
- RulezCharge Amsteam CPChessNet Ewen SymbOS UniDOS To test the network emulation
- X-MEM FW CatRun CowSay iMPsuite GOS+ Nirvana Utopia CP/M Plus on ROM FutureOS SymbOS UniDOS To test ROMboard emulation
- Alcon 2020 Hyperdrive Puzzle Bobble Revenge of Trasmoz Crazy Piri Chronicle Converted GX4000 Software SymbOS UniDOS To test CPC cartridge slot expansion
- Multiface Protector Anti-Multiface II software list RX 220 War in Middle Earth Zap't'Balls advanced The Insider MF2RR Technical documentation [139] To test Multiface II emulation
- Dart Scanner Vidi Digitizer LensLok Dandanator MultiPlay KDS 8-Bit Printer Port Exotic pieces of hardware
Copy-protection
- FDC test suite Disk drive tests CDT/TZX test suite Set of tests by arnoldemu
- Azimut Locator Tape Speed Checker Motor Control Catalogueur de Cassettes Ultra Son Soft-Lok Bonzo Super Meddler SpeedTrans Transformateur Deconnect NoAMSDOS software list Computer Hits Marmelade Mickey Mouse Split Personalities Frank Bruno's Boxing Baudload software list Keytone software list Loading Screens slideshow To test Tape emulation
- Musical Loader FatMag 2 Backtro Unique The Demo Fres Fighter II Turbo CPC 30th Anniversary Midline Process Can Robots Take Control Phortem Batman Forever Pinball Dreams R-Type 128K Nheredia Doomsday Lost Echoes Orion Prime JavaCPC Overscan Musical loader, Multi-drives, 3.5 inch (dual-head and 80 tracks) floppy drives support
- RPM DskTest Discover Crazy Dlfrsilver Dump Tool Test Suite Format II Magic Transfert ParaDOS Xexor Discology Hercule II UltraDisc Disc+Ultra Disc'o'Magic Multi Mark To test FDC emulation
- FatMag (HFE version) Open Tower Defense Rigorous FDC tests by Roudoudou Disk Swapping Autodetect software list Superpix Disk swapping detection Unique Diskmaker (Generate discs in noiseload format) Big Cheese 2 (FDC VU-meter effect) Demonstration of KBI protection Protector
- Weak Sectors Custom Gaps Custom Gap2 Sector SizeX Sector Size8 Sector Size7 Sector Size6 Sector Erased 64 Sectors Custom Rémi Herbulot Brice Rive Rubi MBC Logiciel 44 Protected software lists
- Prehistorik Profession Détective Emlyn Hugues Arcade Quiz Other copy-protection schemes Dark Sceptre Krypton Factor Works only on older floppy drives
- 1001 BC Scott Winder Reporter Holocauste Speedlock AAAA Destructive copy-protection Sir Lancelot Secret Defense M'enfin Turbo Cup Erebus Le Passager du Temps Anti-copy bug software list Exotic copy-protection
- Protection schemes documented Gaps Latis Copy-protection in EDSK images Implementation in SugarBox emulator FDC blog articles Autoboot Amsdos disk format Disk structure DiscSys Speedlock K7 1987 Speedlock D7 1989 Technical explanations
Other
- The Eternal Light Druid & Droid Paulina's Potions Claudia BMP Converter Snoozing Softwares that only run fine on flawed emulators but are broken on real machines
- Octoplex (crtc1) Dynamic Duo (crtc1) 007 The Living Daylights (crtc1) Druid II (crtc1) Madness (crtc0) FMR (crtc1) Not Dead (crtc2) Some known CRTC problems on real hardware
- The Untouchables Batman The Movie Turrican Technical explanation CPC keyboard clash
- Raytracing in BASIC Reliefs Mathématiques Julia Fractal 5KB 3 (Cray II emulator part) Chain To benchmark emulators using their fullspeed mode
File format specifications
- DSK / EDSK HFE IPF CTRAW SCP File formats of disk-image
- CDT / TZX PZX CSW FLAC WAV MP3 File formats of tape-image
- CPR cartridge SNA snapshot Other file formats used in CPC emulators
- Official SNR session spec Discussion about SNR format Archive of SNR sessions
- YM AYC VGM Soundchip logging file formats
- CSL Cpc Scripting Language, a macro/scripting system to automate emulators
Emulation Tools
- CPCDiskXP DiskUtil SugarConvDsk DSK iDSK Dsktools ManageDSK WriteDSK SAMdisk Disk Image Manager sector-cpc HxCFloppyEmulator software Disk Utilities dsk-lua upd765pro Amstrad DSK Explorer Set of tools about disk-images
- CPCTapeXP TapeUtil SugarConvTape CDTMaster 2CDT CSW2CDT CDT2WAV wav2tzx Set of tools about tape-images
- CPRTools UniDOS Cartridge Creator Edit Amstrad Plus CPR cartridge-images
- WinImage, DiskExplorer, Ultimate Imager CP/M Image File Explorer Access and edit hard-drive images
- CPC Analyser ImHex Other tools
- Emulator tooling UI screenshots of tooling in CPC emulators
- WinAPE WinCPC JavaCPC Caprice Reloaded Caprice Forever Emulators with an integrated Z80 Assembler
- Java Z80Assembler Glass Pasmo UZ80 Rasm BASM zasm vasm SjASMPlus cpctools cpclib Disark MDL ASM Code Lens KC IDE Tools for CPC cross-development in Z80 Assembler
- SDCC SDCC vs PhrozenC SDCC vs z88dk z88dk can be used with SDCC and provides a huge library Phactory cpc-dev-tool-chain CPCtelera WinCPCtelera Cross-platform CPC development in C
- Millfork ccz80 Java Grinder CPC cross-development with C-like or Java-like programming languages
- Quiche Turbo Rascal Syntax Error CPC demo made with TRSE TRSE CPC tutorial CPC cross-development in Pascal
- Multi-Platform Arcade Game Designer The most user-friendly Windows tool for creating CPC games
- Quigs IDE Suite of PC-based tools and editors for SymbOS application development
- CPC Basic cross-compiler CPCBasic Unchained Amstrad Basic Helper CpcAlive ugBASIC Cross-platform CPC development in BASIC
- ZX0 ZX0 decompressor in BASIC Comparative study Compression tools
- ConvImgCPC ImgToCpc img2cpc gfx2crtc DaDither Martine Splitraster+ UniPixelViewer UniPixelViewer tutorial Image converters from PC to CPC
- Multipaint GrafX2 CPCPaint Amstrad CPC Tools Kit Retro Game Asset Studio AkuSprite Editor Sprite Creator Aseprite Maped Cross-platform CPC pixel art editors
- vgm-conv YMcruncher wav2ay Music converters
- CHIPNSFX Vortex Tracker II WYZTracker Arkos Tracker 2 Furnace Bintracker Cross-platform CPC music creation suites
Emulator Detection
If you want to promote usage of real CPC computers, you can detect CPC emulators by:
- Checking if the memory is initialized with zeroes, as real machines have random memory values at boot
- Focusing on the minute details in Z80, CRTC and PPI chips. They are most often wrong in emulators
- Examining the FDC chip. It is only replicated more or less superficially in all emulators because the internals of the chip are still unknown
Combining these methods will definitely get you a 100% success rate in detecting emulators, even the toughest ones.
Emulator undetected
Emulator detected
There is also this initiative for emulators who willingly want to be detected: Emulator IDs
Emulators running on the Amstrad CPC
| Emulator name | External link | Current version | Latest release | License | Emulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amstrad BBC BASIC | [140] | 2.30 | Apr 2, 1986 | Commercial💲 | BBC BASIC |
| BASIC 1.1 Fuer CPC464 | [141] | Oct 1986 | Open source | Locomotive BASIC 1.1 | |
| CPCZVM | [142] | Jul 6, 2019 | Open source | Z-Machine | |
| CPvM | [143] Repo | 1.0 | Apr 17, 2024 | Open source | CP/M |
| Pac-Man | [144] | 1.1 | Jun 5, 2014 | Open source | Pac-Man arcade |
| Phoenix | [145] | Jan 6, 2019 | Freeware | Phoenix arcade | |
| Space Invaders | [146] | 1.02 | Mar 18, 2017 | Freeware | Space Invaders arcade |
| Vezza | [147] Repo | Jan 7, 2024 | Open source | Z-Machine | |
| ZXM | [148] | 1993 | Freeware | ZX Spectrum | |
| Zym | [149] | 0.9 | Feb 19, 2022 | Open source | Z-Machine |
