CPC Disczines

[ComSoft6128]

Video 12 - Issue 1 of Croco Deal

French disczine from 1989

I have scrolled thru the content quickly to reduce the length of the
video - so if you see something of interest - hit the pause key!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=653tZmzJ8uo

Links:

https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Croco_Computer_Club

https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDM_croco_deal_1.htm

https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8472

Not emulated - original hardware and software.

Please note that  the aspect ratio for this YouTube video is 16:9 but the CPC monitor
has an aspect ratio of 4:3 so you may wish to adjust your viewing device accordingly.

[ComSoft6128]

Disczines (13) - New Arcade 4 by the Power Group

Top quality French disczine from 1992.

Well presented, user friendly with a good mixture of graphics and music.
Unfortunately I can't read French but I'm sure the text is up to the quality level displayed on both sides of this excellent disc.

I have scrolled thru the content quickly to reduce the length of the video - so if you see something of interest - hit the pause key!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFveQ7rIag

Links:

https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database

https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8744

https://cpcrulez.fr/info-power_system.htm

Not emulated - original hardware and software.

Please note that  the aspect ratio for this YouTube video is 16:9 but the CPC monitor
has an aspect ratio of 4:3 so you may wish to adjust your viewing device accordingly.

[ComSoft6128]

Disczines (14) AMSTRAD CPC USER NUMERO 1

Spanish disczine from 1990.

Unfortunately option 5 ("Demo Danadora Concurso/Contest Winner Demo" - what contest?) causes the OSSC to lose sync/recording stops, which is a pity as its a cracking little demo.  Also option 7 causes the same problem but I saw this BASIC program "back in the day" -  it mimics a computer meltdown and could be quite funny if you installed it on an unsuspecting victims 6128 - so time to have a look using an emulator!

This particular disczine seems almost commercial in nature - two demos for Dinamic games (Capitan Trueno/Astro Marine Corps.) and also the full version of Army Moves all on side two seems a little unusual.

Anyone know anything about this?

Update and the sound of a penny dropping:

https://www.qreino.es/qr_revistas.php



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4nDwaOTBs

With thanks to @deepfb

Links:

https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9543

https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDM_amstrad_cpc_user_1.htm

https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDM_amstrad_cpc_user_1.htm

http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/c/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A1n_Trueno


Not emulated - original hardware and software.

Please note that  the aspect ratio for this YouTube video is 16:9 but the CPC monitor
has an aspect ratio of 4:3 so you may wish to adjust your viewing device accordingly.

[Gryzor]

Really nice and also, the equivalent of a cover-mounted tape

[ComSoft6128]

Croco News 1

French disczine from 1987 - this early disczine (written in BASIC) was created using the following CPC tools:

AMX Pagemaker (Stop Press) - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/AMX_Pagemaker

                                             http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Stop_Press

The Dart Scanner - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Dart_Scanner_for_DMP-Printers

The ARA video digitizer - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/ARA_Video_Digitizer


The BASIC program is Listed at the end of the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCUjZRqf0Y


Links:

https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8473

https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDM_croconews_1.htm

Not emulated - original hardware and software

Please note that  the aspect ratio for this YouTube video is 16:9 but the CPC monitor
has an aspect ratio of 4:3 so you may wish to adjust your viewing device accordingly.

[Gryzor]

Pretty nice results in a simple way...

[ComSoft6128]

I agree - it might look simple, even primitive in comparison to the "glossy" disczines that came later, but it was made using the tools available back then and it works!


Incidentally 1987 was the first year that disczines began to appear in any number for the CPC.

[ComSoft6128]

Video 16 - Tree 2

Greek disczine from 2002 with articles in English and Greek.
In this video I look at the following menu options:

Editorial
Invaluable Apoththegmatics
Edifying narratives
M/C programming
Scene news
CPC advertisment

As there are many pages of text in this disczine I run thru the English sections quickly and only show a few of the Greek pages.
The music is provided by Soundtracker modules.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZXnE0_qO4

Links:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9254

https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDM_tree_2.htm

Not emulated - original hardware and software

Please note that  the aspect ratio for this YouTube video is 16:9 but the CPC monitor
has an aspect ratio of 4:3 so you may wish to adjust your viewing device accordingly.

[Gryzor]

Religious and philosophical musings in a 8-bit zine? I guess that's a first!