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'''AMSTRAD ADDICT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCED<br><br>
A new 60-page Amstrad magazine - '''Amstrad Addict''' - edited by '''David Crookes''' (Retro Gamer, PC Pro, GamesTM, Wireframe, Amstrad Action, WACCI) is taking pre-orders!<br><br> It includes an interview with '''Lord Sugar''' and in-depth articles by Roland Perry, Auntie John, Adam Peters, Nich Campbell, Xyphoe, Rob Scott, Themistocles "gryzor" Papassilekas, Neil Reive, Stuart "Balrog" Whyte, Steve "WACCI" Williams and Andy Price. <br><br>There's an amazing type-in by Sean McManus, interviews with Richard Fairhurst and behind the scenes looks at Toki... and Vespertino. <br><br>And more. Like interviews with the people behind Protext and OCP Advanced Art Studio<br><br>
Preorder PDF or printed magazine '''[https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/amstrad-addict-magazine here]''' or follow the discussion '''[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/amstrad-addict-magazine here]'''!
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*27/04/12: [http://cpcrulez.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4852 Interview] with '''Marc Maulin''', co-author of legendary '''[[Discology]]'''!
*07/04/12: '''[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=59073 Wake Up!]''' by '''[http://bnd.pushnpop.net Benediction]''' (and associates) reached the 3rd place in Olschool demo compo at the '''[http://www.revision-party.net/ Revision Party 2012]''' in Germany.
*01/04/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/april-fool/ Pac-Man Emulator]''' released!
*18/03/12: '''[[Wolfenstrad]]''' demo released!
*15/03/12: New version of [[BASIC|Basic]] released for the Amstrad CPC. Check it out here: [[CPC Basic 3]]
*08/02/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/dsktools-0-2-3-can-write-r-type-128k dsktools 0.2.3]''' can copy '''R-Type!
*06/02/12: '''R-Type''' remake [http://cpc.rtype.fr/ released] finally - and is awesome!
*26/12/11: '''Bubble Bobble''' remake [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/bubble-bobble-remake-(bb4cpc)/msg36311/#msg36311 released]!!! Happy holidays!
*14/11/11: '''[http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/news/xnacpc-xbox-360-amstrad-cpc-emulator-released?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed XNACPC]''', a CPC emulator for the Xbox 360, released!
*31/10/11: [http://lotharek.pl/ '''Lotharek'''], supplier of the Jeff's HxC Floppy Emulators, has been interviewed on [http://pushnpop.net/articles-66.html '''Push'N'Pop'''].
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Image:Bb4cpc3.png|Bubble Bobble remake
Image:Edge_grinder_cpc.png|[[Edge Grinder]]
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<!-- 8 last news only, see http:/gallery/www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/OldNews --> <div style="overflow:auto; border: 0px solid #FFC9C9"> [[File:Dez80_intro.png|thumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/DEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course]]] *17/10/23: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2023 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].*21/09/23: '''[https://amsnews.fr AMSnews.fr]''', a new french information site about the Amstrad. '''''Be the first to know'''''.*07/06/23: '''Gates to Heaven''', a new platformer by [[ESP Soft]] [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/gates-to-heaven-amstrad-cpc has been released], and their previous game, '''CPC Jewels''', can now be [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/cpc-jewels-amstrad-cpc downloaded for free].*27/02/23: '''SOH Tactics GX''', a new GX4000/plus strategy game [http://www.sohde.co.uk/SOHTacticsGX.html released].*21/12/22: '''[[Current_Sources_Of_Software]]''', now as a wiki page.*09/12/22: '''Hyperdrive''', a new vertical scrolling SHMUP [https://www.usebox.net/jjm/hyperdrive/ has been released].*04/11/22: '''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.50 has been released [https://unidos.cpcscene.net].*30/10/22: '''''Ramiro el vampiro III''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://mojontwins.itch.io/ramiro-el-vampiro-iii is released].*17/07/22: '''''Lala Prologue''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/07/lala-prologue-stunning-platformer-by.html is released].*24/01/22: '''''[[SymAmp]] 4.0''''', with Amiga MOD support and more [http://www.symbos.org/appinfo.htm?00005 is released]. </centerdiv>
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=== Did you know? ===
*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128 .*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 464 + 8 KB of unwired RAM , released in Spain to circumvent a spanish tax that charging 64 KB computers.*With a total of '''768×288''' pixels, the [[CPC|CPC]] was charged on imported machines the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.*'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for CPC. *'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Multiplan]] for CP/M. *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A. *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''.*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to 64 KB memory'''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.
*With a possible total amount of '''832 x 288 pixel''' (576 interlaced) the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.
*The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.
*[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
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