Hello to all users of the Amstrad PCW. We are preserving all possible material from this computer. Games, programs, software, hardware, etc. We need all possible help. For now, we leave you an updated list of games of what we have preserved. If you want to collaborate, get in touch with us. Greetings.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:start (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:start)
It's great to have a wiki in country specific languages. For example: There is an German Wiki for the CPC too. - But this was done after the Wiki in the World language English.
So the PcW wiki is nice for the Spanish users, but useless for anybody else. :(
IMHO it would be great to establish an English PcW Wiki first. This would boost the number of people being able to contribute by an order of magnitude or so. :)
Quote from: GUNHED on 10:23, 27 February 20
So the PcW wiki is nice for the Spanish users, but useless for anybody else. :(
Maybe try this : http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:start (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:start) ;)
Don´t know if it´s an auto translation but it works really well :D
The good is that wiki seems to be related to Habi, a spanish great PCW master...
Just check "PCW in color" and you'll see the magic (CPM/Box, Pacmania, La Abadia del Crimen and other are also famous).
The wiki has also translations in English, German and French so it's easy for a non Spanish speaking person to understand.
Spain had great game developers for CPCs and PCWs back in time, and I personally had lot of games for my PCW from Opera Soft and OMK.
¡ Muchas gracias por eso trabajo increible !
Hello again, we are slowly translating the PCWwiki, Spanish, English, German and French. We need collaborators and translators. It is a lot of work that is done. In principle we are three users who maintain the PCWwiki, among which HabiSoft, one of the best teachers and connoisseur of the PCW, author of several works for this machine. Robcfg, another great teacher of the PCW and I "Jevicac". So if you dare, it would be extraordinary despite preserving material, having it in several languages with possible extension to others. Many of our material is collected on other websites, we only ask that our site be mentioned. All our material has an identification filter. Thank you all for your collaboration and revive the PCW.
Quote from: SkulleateR on 10:48, 27 February 20
Maybe try this : http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:start (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:start) ;)
Don´t know if it´s an auto translation but it works really well :D
Ah, that's the English skeleton. Good start, but nearly nothing in sadly. Hope that people will focus on this and contribute.
Quote from: HigashiJun on 10:55, 27 February 20
The good is that wiki seems to be related to Habi, a spanish great PCW master...
Well, that's a trap. There are (and this is true for CPC as for the PcW) few people doing software and/or hardware. The majority is not creating anything. Now if somebody like Habi has to care in addition about the Wiki, then he lacks time doing real PcW work (hardware f.e.).
So it would be great if people who actually don't code or make hardware would care about the Wiki. Because anybody can write a text. Also there are experts out there, who could have the time to write a Wiki page, but maybe not to create a new soft/hardware project.
But sadly it's (again true for PcW and CPC world) usually the same small bunch of guys doing all the work. ::)
I can only encourage everybody to add to the English section of the PcW wiki! :) :) :)
Thank you for your words Gunhed, I hope you are really encouraged and contribute as much as possible to keep this computer alive. Little by little I prepare the material and upload it to the PCWwiki and translating the German with Google.
Quote from: jevicac on 15:08, 27 February 20
Thank you for your words Gunhed, I hope you are really encouraged and contribute as much as possible to keep this computer alive. Little by little I prepare the material and upload it to the PCWwiki and translating the German with Google.
Thanks. Well, I do what I can, but usually this is software. Of course stuff like manuals (or whatever else I produce) will get put to the corresponding wikis.
EDIT: The succession of the posts seem to have been mixed up. ???
I emailed pcwwiki@gmail.com in November, offering the originals of my PCB scans for the Multilink network card (https://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/multilink.html) and the Silicon City autoswitch 3.5in drive (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/nc100-nc200-pcw-pda600/silicon-city-autoswitch-3-5'-drive/), but never got an answer. The offer remains open.
Hi John, first apologize. We were very involved with the work and spent little time on PCWwiki. The email was diverted to the Amstrad website and we had no access. Robcfg has already solved it. If you can, send the mail again, we will be very grateful for your collaboration. Regards
I have maybe 100 - 150 PCW magazines in boxes in the "Amstrad cupboard(s) from Hell" - mostly 8000 Plus/PCW Plus with (I think) a few of CWTA(?) - if any are missing/not archived let me know and I'll see if I have them.
When you can verify it and let us know, we will be very grateful. The 8000 Plus and PCW Plus we have complete in the absence of poster, discs or any manual that was attached.
I'll see what I can do.
If/when I find anything that is PCW related I will let you know.
Thank you very much ComSoft6128 from the PCWwiki team, for collaborating in the preservation of the Amstrad PCW, one of the most forgotten Amstrad machines. Regards
Good Morning. Today from the PCWwiki team, we want to share this application link (Spanish). Inform you that after the published applications, you have the list of the applications that are pending your scan. If you want to contribute with any that are not on the list, you can send us an email to PCWwiki. regards
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:indice (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:indice)
Good morning, for PCW users, we have published a new English program "The Network". This program is a desktop utility, where we can load any program without having to go to CP/M. Your load in CP/M+. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:the_network (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:the_network)
Very good,
I will enjoy rereading this.
Thanks to the friend @ComSoft6128 (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2226) who has donated to the PCWwiki the magazine "PCW Today nº4" you can enjoy it in the following link. Regards.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:pcw_today (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:pcw_today)
I'll get issue 3 off to you next week, there may be other issues but(!) I'm not sure of this.
Quote from: ComSoft6128 on 14:55, 11 March 20
I'll get issue 3 off to you next week, there may be other issues but(!) I'm not sure of this.
Hello again, if you prefer to wait a bit and if more numbers appear, send them together. Thank you very much for your help. regards
Good morning, for PCW users, we have released a new program in English "Label Printer". This program is a utility to create and print labels. Your upload via CP/M+. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:label_printer (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:label_printer)
From PCWWiki, we leave you with another program for the Amstrad PCW. This is "Money Manager Plus" a financial control program. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:money_manager_plus (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:money_manager_plus)
Hello again, we leave you with another program for PCW, this time in Spanish. It is a commercial management program that is complemented by other programs from the same company. Let's enjoy it
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:gesti%C3%B3n_comercial (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:gesti%C3%B3n_comercial)
Good morning, for PCW users we leave you with Masterfile 8000 from the company Campbell Systems, a database program for CP / M +. An easy and simple to use program for creating a database for individuals or companies. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:masterfile_8000 (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:masterfile_8000)
I used Masterfile 3 for the CPC for almost a decade - if you want to see how similar it was to its "big cousin" have a look at this short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpBYxQD6944&t=17s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpBYxQD6944&t=17s)
The video is great. The truth is that they are very similar in terms of menu. Thank you
Quote from: jevicac on 10:12, 18 March 20
Good morning, for PCW users, we have released a new program in English "Label Printer". This program is a utility to create and print labels. Your upload via CP/M+. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:label_printer (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:label_printer)
Love it! This was just a quick and dirty attempt but not bad actually!
(https://i.postimg.cc/C1hdwT8S/7-FC0-D915-259-C-41-C3-8-A38-E89-DA096853-C.jpg)
Fantastic, a great idea to see the operation and results of the "Label Printer" program. Thank you :D
Good label for a Great album ;)
Good morning, we leave you with Iankey Two Fingers in its version v3.01 from the company Iansyst Ltd, a typing learning program. It runs on its A side: on an Amstrad PCW and on B side: on a CPC. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:iankey_tft (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:iankey_tft)
Good morning, we leave you with RAMtest in its v1.4 version from the company Locomotive Software Ltd, a program whose function is to check the memory modules of the PCW range. The program detects the installed memory and checks with a series of tests if any of the modules fails. A good utility that will avoid problems and headaches. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:ramtest_program (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:ramtest_program)
Good morning, we leave you with Full Poly System v1.01 from the company Arcom Software. A graphical presentation system that includes the polyword, polymail and polyplot programs. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:full_poly_system (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:full_poly_system)
Good afternoon, we leave you both for CPC`s and for PCW´s with the graphic package of the company Digital Research, DR Graph "in its v1.0. This very powerful and easy to use graphic package will help us a lot in the work, including sending them to the printer. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:dr_graph (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:dr_graph)
Good morning, today for the PCW's we leave you with "Hands-On LocoScript" one of the first books based on the famous word processor Locoscript. The book was written on an Amstrad PCW and printed on its 8000 series matrix printer with its word processor incorporated in its 1.04 LocoScript version, precisely the system disk that incorporates this range. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:hands-on_locoscript (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:hands-on_locoscript)
Good afternoon, we leave you with another book called "Illustred LocoScript" by Susan Roger. This updated book on the LocoScript word processor, but this time includes a range of computers that support LocoScript adaptations to them. This book covers the operation in the PCW range from Amstrad, Microsoft MS-DOS and IBM, IBM PC, PC-DOS, PS / 2. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:illustrated_locoscript (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:illustrated_locoscript)
Good afternoon, I leave you with a new book based on LocoScript for the Amstrad PCW 9512 range of computers. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:learning_to_love_your_amstrad_-_word_processing_on_the_amstrad_pcw_9512 (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:learning_to_love_your_amstrad_-_word_processing_on_the_amstrad_pcw_9512)
Good morning, today a new book dedicated to LocoScript for PCW's 8000 series. Hopefully you will enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:your_friendly_amstrad_-_word_processing_on_the_amstrad_pcw_8256_pcw_8512 (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:your_friendly_amstrad_-_word_processing_on_the_amstrad_pcw_8256_pcw_8512)
Good morning, just released on PCWWiki, and with a new, better-quality scan of the original book. The book is French and is called "Clefs Pour Amstrad CPC 464-664 / 6128 et PCW 8256 - 2. Système disque". Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:clefs_pour_amstrad_cpc_464-664_6128_et_pcw_8256 (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:clefs_pour_amstrad_cpc_464-664_6128_et_pcw_8256)
Good morning, we leave you with the service manuals section of some Amstrad PCW's and their different models. They still have to preserve the PcW16 and scan the PCW9512. Otherwise some new ones have been uploaded and others have been re-scanned and stitching together to make repair work easier. Hopefully you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:manuales_servicio (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:manuales_servicio)
Good morning, from PCWWiki, we want to inform you that we have been able to preserve a new game for the PCW range. This time it is "Yes Prime Minister", a 1987 adventure game based on the television series of the same name. It was developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and published by Mosaic Publishing.
Hi all. PCWWiki has updated part of the games for Amstrad PCW that we have preserved. We are waiting to add some more from other colleagues. If anyone has any games that are not listed and would like to help preserve them, please contact us. We will gradually upload the new games in alphabetical order. Regards
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:indice (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:indice)
Contact: PCWwiki@gmail.com
Hello again, we have updated the Ballyhoo game today, we will continue in alphabetical order. Hope you enjoy them. Regards
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:ballyhoo (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:ballyhoo)
Good morning, we have updated the game "Buran" in English version and Spanish version. Regards
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:indice (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:indice)
Good evening, we have updated the game "Bridge Player", enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:bridge_player_cp (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:bridge_player_cp)
Good evening everyone, we leave you with two new games. Hope you enjoy them
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:bridge_player_2000_tutor (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:bridge_player_2000_tutor)
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:bridge_player_2150 (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:bridge_player_2150)
Good morning, from PCWwiki we leave you another game for the PCW, it is Brian Clough's Football Fortunes, a sports simulator. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:brian_cloughs
Compliments! You guys do a great job! :) :) :)
Good morning, at PCWwiki we need the manual for the game "Catch 23" in English or another language if available (300 dpi) and a picture of the box for version comparison. Regards
Good evening, we leave you with another game just uploaded. This is Catch 23, we hope you enjoy it
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:catch_23
Good morning we leave you with another new game for PCW's, it is Classic Collection, a pack of 3 games (Martians, eat coconuts and the frog), we hope you enjoy it
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:classic_collection
Good evening, today we leave you with another classic game. This is the second part of the Classic Collection. This pack includes 3 new games. We hope you enjoy it
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:classic_collection_2
Good morning, we leave you with another new game pack, in this case "Classic Games 4". This pack includes the following games: Clock Chess'88 - Bridge Player 2000 with tutor - Draughts and Backgammon. We hope you enjoy them.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:classic_games_4
Good morning today we leave you with another wonderful chess game called "Clock Chess'88". Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:clock_chess_88
Good evening, we leave you for the PCW`s with another version of clock chess'89, we hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:clock_chess_89 (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:juegos:clock_chess_89)
Good evening, we leave you with the game "Corsairs" from the Spanish company Opera Soft. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:corsarios
Good morning, we leave you with a new game based on the mythical Arkanoid, called "Demolish" from the Spanish company Iris Soft. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:demoler
Good afternoon, we leave you with a pack of three games in one, from the Design Design company called "Distractions". This is made up of games 2112 AD, On the run and N.E.X.O.R. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:distractions
Hello,
Just tried the DEMOLER game, on Joyce.
It's WAY too fast, for me anyway, and the paddle moves between top and bottom and seems to have no control for anything between.
BUT, very impressive, very well done technically.
I'd guess it may work better on my real PCW, but it's an 'extended' image and the progs I have to write an image to disk on the PCW don't handle extended.
Thanks anyway.
Geoff
I have tried it in the Habisoft emulator, the CP / M Box and it works for me. I stopped using Joyce a long time ago and I suppose that with the new versions it will be possible to configure the speed of it. Thanks for your comment, so we will know how it works in one and the other. Greetings
Good evening, today we leave you with one of the most anticipated AD adventure games "Cozumel". A conversational game of adventures, corresponding to the Andres Samudio Trilogy of Ci-U-Than. This is the first part of the trilogy, in which a bug in the original when loading the game has been corrected. Thanks to our colleague HabiSoft who has made it possible for us to enjoy a star game from the 90s from one of the great Spanish text adventure companies. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:cozumel
Good evening, we've expanded the list of preserved games for the PCW with two new titles. The Witness and Tank Attack
Hi there,
Just made this account to ask about the PCW range of word processors, I work for a charity and we've recently had a really good condition Amstrad PCW16 donated to us for us to sell for fundraising, doing research into the PCW16 it seems as though it isn't particularly a good model in terms of the hobby, however the keyboard, user manual and recovery floppy are all in mint condition and so I'm posting on here to ask what would the best course of action be for selling this machine? All costs would go towards the charity i'm working for and any help would be greatly appreciated from myself.
Sorry if this post is being made in the wrong thread or something also, though judging from the OP this seems at least partially related to my question.
The PcW16 is an awesome machine, I have one here. Sadly they are hard to get.
You can put one at ebay and see how they match.
New emulator for Amstrad PCW.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcw/
A few days ago we published the new emulator for Amstrad PCW, and today a new game converted by Habisoft from CPC to PCW of the famous Knight Lore. This version when starting allows two options of monochrome and color game. If we have color activated in the new emulator, we can play with the same colors as the cpc version and if we activate the DK'Tronics sound interface, then a complete game. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:knight_lore
I was very excited to see that Yes Prime Minister is coming...but no files on the wiki yet?
One of my favorite TV shows of all time...please get the files available as soon as you can ;D
All the PCWwiki games that we have preserved are in red. We are still scanning all the material there is a lot and in alphabetical order. The following in alphabetical order are known without preserving. Cheers
Yes Prime Minister
https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/nc100-nc200-pcw-pda600/pcwwiki/25/
Good morning, we have uploaded the game Corruption by Magnetic Scrolls to the PCWWiki. Hope you enjoy it. Cheers
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:corruption
Good morning, we leave you with Cyrus II 3D Schach, re-uploaded with new scans. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:cyrus_ii_3d_schach
Good morning, today we leave you with another great chess game from the CDS Software company, it is Colossus Chess 4. It has been uploaded after new scans and a new disk image. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:colossus_chess_4_en
Good afternoon, for the PCW's, we leave you with another great chess game from the Intelligent Software company, it is Cyrus II Chess. It has been re-uploaded after new scans and new disk image. Includes English and French manual including the dsk images of the game also in its English and French versions. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:cyrus_ii_chess
Good morning, yesterday we published the English version of the chess game for PCW called "Colossus 4 Chess", today we publish it in its French version. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:colossus_chess_4_fr
Good morning, today we publish again the chess game for the PCW's "Colossus Chess 4" but in its Spanish version, distributed by the Spanish company proein. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:colossus_chess_4_es
Good evening, we leave you with the second pack from the Spanish company Opera Soft, called "PCW Collection Volume II" for Amstrad PCW's. This pack includes the Mutan Zone and Black Sun games, we hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:coleccion_pcw_2_es
Good evening, today we leave you with a board game for PCW's called "Colossus Bridge 4". It is complete and includes the Bridge learning book. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:colossus_bridge_4
Good morning, today we leave you with another impressive game for the Amstrad PCW's and CPC's from the Infocom company. This is the conversational adventure "Cutthroats". Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:cutthroats
Good morning, today we leave you with a new board game "Dames Grand-Maître Junior" for the CPC and PCW machines. A French game from the Cobra Soft company unknown to PCW's and that we have been able to expand in the range of games for this computer and that has been preserved thanks to our colleague "cpcmaniaco", our greatest thanks. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:dames_grand_maitre_junior
Good morning, today we leave you with "Fairlight", an isometric projection arcade adventure game programmed with the "Filmation" technique and created by THE EDGE company. This game has been rescanned in better quality and re-uploaded. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:fairlight
Previously we published the first part of Fairlight for the PCW's and now we leave you with the second part of this phenomenal game that has been scanned again and improved its quality and corrected some bugs, as well as the dsk images, as has been done since the beginning. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:fairlight_ii
Good morning, today we leave you with a pack of French games from the COBRA SOFT company. This pack includes two board games, their names "Force 4" and "Mission Detector". These commercial games were created in Mallard Basic. We hope you enjoy them.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:force_4_mision_detector
Good morning, who said you couldn't punch the PCW? Well, now we can with Frank Bruno's Boxing, a boxing game from the ELITE company in which we will face numerous opponents. This game has been re-uploaded with improved scans and dsk file. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:frank_brunos_boxing
Good afternoon, today we leave you with a game from the AUDIOLOGIC company called "Graham Gooch's Test Cricket". Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:graham_goochs_test_cricket
Good afternoon, today we upload a new mixed math puzzle game called "Giant Killer" from Topologica. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:giant_killer
Just to say... You do an amazing job! :) :) :)
Good morning, today we leave you with a game from the Spanish company "OPERA SOFT" called "Gonzzalezz". This arcade and platform game is divided into two different phases. An entertaining game by a Mexican who loves a siesta. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:gonzzalezz
Good morning, today we leave you with another entertaining game from the Spanish company "OPERA SOFT", it is "Goody", an arcade game that embodies the famous thief Jhon Nelson, who is continuously chased by the policeman Rodríguez and Charly Bardeos, a Navajero trying to stop Goody from robbing the Bank. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:goody
Good morning, today we leave you with a very entertaining conversational game with magnificent graphics called "Gnome Ranger" from the English company LEVEL 9. This was the first part of the adventure created in 1987 and its second part was released in 1988 under the name "Ingrid's Back". Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:gnome_ranger
Good morning, for those who like sports games, today we leave you with "GOLDEN BASKET", a basketball game from the prestigious Spanish company "OPERA SOFT". We hope you enjoy them.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:golden_basket
Good morning, today we leave you with "FISH!" a conversational adventure from the English company "MAGNETIC SCROLLS". Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:fish
Good morning, today we leave you with the game "GRAND SLAM" from the Spanish company "OMK" (Omikron). It is the first and only tennis game to be released to the PCW's. This is the Spanish version, the English version coming soon. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:grand_slam_tenis_es
Hello, we have already launched the Spanish version of the only tennis game for Amstrad PCW, from the Spanish company OMK. Now we leave you the English version of the same game. I hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:grand_slam_tenis_en (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:grand_slam_tenis_en)
Good morning, today we leave you with a well-known game similar to checkers. It is "Othello" a family game from the Spanish company "ZELIG SOFTWARE". We hope you enjoy them.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:othello_zelig
Good morning, we have expanded the description, uploaded the manual in .pdf of the unknown game of the Design Design company "Halls of the Things". Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:halls_of_the_things
Good morning, today we leave you with the English version of "HEAD OVER HEELS" from the English company "OCEAN". The game has been re-uploaded with better scan quality and better presentation. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:head_over_heels_en
Good morning, we now leave you with the Spanish version of "HEAD OVER HEELS" distributed in Spain by "ERBE Software". All scans have been re-uploaded in better quality. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:head_over_heels_es
Good afternoon, we leave you with a conversational game, without graphics in the PCW version. It's from the company "INTERCEPTOR SOFTWARE" and it's called "HEROES OF KARN". Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:heroes_of_karn
Good morning, here is finally for Amstrad PCW's a great preserved relic of the game "HISTOIRE D'OR", a conversational graphic adventure from the French company "COBRA SOFT". This game programmed in Mallard Basic was the only one of its kind created by said company. On behalf of PCWWiki for all those PCW's users who claim it. I hope you enjoy it.
PS: Before installing Mallard Basic, remember to install the French language in CP / M so that the characters are displayed well in the game.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:histoire_dor
Good morning, today we leave you with a pack of three games from the Spanish company "IRIS SOFT". This pack is called "IRIS SHOW" and it consists of three entertaining games, "Freddy'Saga", "Power full" and Devil'Road ", we hope you enjoy them.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:iris_show
Good afternoon, today we leave you with a conversational game from the EE.UU company "INFOCOM". This game is called "Hollywood Hijinx", where the puzzles will test our wits with standard difficulty in the treasure hunt. A short game, but with many difficulties and quite entertaining. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:hollywood_hi_jinx (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:hollywood_hi_jinx)
Good morning, from the PCWWiki, we ask for your collaboration to preserve some of the games for the Amstrad PCW. You can scan your covers, photos, manuals, etc, always at 300 dpi. If you want to sell them, contact us through the email that you will find in the PCWWiki. Among them the following:
- Carrier Command (Rainbird)
- Tau Cety Academi (CRL Group)
- Christmas Crackers (Database)
- Easy Games
- Elektra Glide (English Software)
- Head Coach V3
- Classic Invaders (Supernova)
- Bounder
- The Fourth Protocol
- The very Big Cave Adventure
- Zork I
- Zork II
- Zork III
Hello,
For information, I have a copy of Head Coach v3, except it's not a pukka version.
The reason for this - I was actually involved in the conversion of this game from the BBC original to the PCW, I extracted the BASIC code from a BBC disk and did the initial conversion to Mallard BASIC, Colin Adams then did the rest of the work, and I think I did some playtesting of the final version. So I have the prog/data files for the finished product, but never on a 3" disk, but I could put it onto a 3" disk if needed. I do however have a proper final manual/play book, which is in mint condition.
I'd guess that you'd rather 'archive' a proper version?
Geoff
Hi GeoffB17, if you can send us what you have, we would be very grateful, until we can get the original version. Greetings
Good morning, we have been able to preserve another title for the PCW's, it is Avon & Murdac. two conversational games in one from Topologika company.
Good morning, from PCWWiki we want to inform you that we have been able to preserve four new games for the Amstrad PCW, these are two conversational adventures from the Topologika company: "Philosopher`s Quest" & "Acheton". From the Supernova Software company the "Classic Invaders" and finally from the Accolade company "Psi-5 Trading Company". Soon they will be able to be enjoyed.
Good afternoon, today we leave you with another relic of preservation. This is "ACHETON" a conversational adventure game from Topologika company. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:acheton
Good morning, today we bring you from the PCWWiki for the PCW`s this classic game from the English company Supernova Software called "Classic Invaders" the classic Martian killer. This simple game was a success in all arcades of the time and that later reached our computers. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:classic_invaders
Good morning, in the disk drives section, we have added the schematic of the EME-150A unit.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:hardware:unidades_de_disco
Good morning, in the disk drives section, we have added the schematic of the EME-231 unit. (720K drive schematic)
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:hardware:unidades_de_disco
Both excellent titles!!
Good evening, we have re-uploaded the schematic of the EME-155 disk drive in better quality.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:hardware:unidades_de_disco
Good afternoon, in the disk units section, we have added the diagram of the EME-156 unit. This is mounted on the spectrum + 3 but it is valid for CPC and PCW also as a 180K unit. I have seen the manual in very low quality on the net and another where they have tried to redo it, but it contains many errors, especially in the values of the electronic components.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:hardware:unidades_de_disco
Good Morning. We have been able to preserve two new games to be added to the PCW roster. Greetings
Hello,
That's great. I see you've got the same Head Coach manual/package that I've got.
As I said before, the (maybe) big problem is that I'm not sure that the files that I've got are complete, or if they are complete, that they're in the original condition. When your copy is available, I'll get the file to compare everything.
Geoff
Hello again. As soon as I have some time I will make a copy of the original game and upload it to the PCWWiki. We will notify you in the forum and you can already have the original and check if yours is correct. Greetings
Good morning, today we bring you from the PCWWiki for PCW`s and CPC's this wonderful spreadsheet called Multiplan. This spreadsheet is from Microsoft and one of a kind. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:microsoft_multiplan
Good afternoon, from PCWWiki we leave you with "Nevada Pascal" a book based on the Pascal language. The book was written by Pascal programmer James R. Tyson in 1984, and published by Ellis Computing Software Technology. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:nevada_pascal
Re Nevada Pascal.
I'm most definitely NOT a fan of Pascal, but this system seems to have a number of interesting features, not at all specific to Pascal, so I'll take a look.
I've found a set of 4 disks images to download, specifically for the 6128, but I'll extract all the files and see what's there, and get it running on my PCW.
While searching, I see there are some other 'Nevada' languages as well, Fortran, BASIC, Cobol, etc. I don't know if they all have the same interesting extras?
Thanks for revealing this.
Update. Files now transferred to PCW. Actual compiler etc is first two disk images (CF2), second two are another manual (txt files) and some utility software. The .PDF book though may be more useful.
In case anyone's interested, this Nevada package is actually v3.0 of JRT Pascal 3, and there's a bit of 'history' about this package. It was getting some flak at the time (1983 ?) about the variances from Pascal 'proper' and also the package/marketing resulted in JRT going bust as they could not cope with demand based on the low price, also early versions had a LOT of bugs which hopefully were fixed by this version. I hope!
Update 2:
This package is NOT a compiler. Running the 'compiler' module creates an .INT (intermediate) file which may be comparable to the .REL file created by other compilers. This module can then be 'run' using the EXEC4.COM, which provides an environment for the .INT module to operate it. There is no free-standing .COM file created, unlike other 'proper' compilers. There are benefits to this, the .INT file can access external modules (incl other .INT files, and .LIB files) while being 'executed', which might be helpful as opposed to needing to always include all the .LIB code into the .COM file.
Geoff
Jevicac, I've scanned most of the "Echo du PCW" magazines that I had in my possession and they're now up at acpc.me (https://tinyurl.com/3pxtrwfy) and on my archive.org account.
A few issues are missing, but that's 32 more than before :D . I think it could be nice to add them to PCWwiki (link or files directly).
Speaking of which, if someone have the missing numbers and could lend them to me or scan them to complete the series (300dpi png if possible) : Issues 17, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27,42 (and optionnally 28 and 29 as I had some missing pages)
Hello kailokyra, very good work, I have seen it. I have almost the entire collection. I am missing the numbers 33, 35 and 39. A month ago they were for sale but someone offered much more than me. When I have time I will continue. As you have seen, I only published the first 3 numbers because I try to keep them in very good quality. Regarding ACME he has a lot of material from the PCWWiki. Thanks for the offer. Greetings
Good evening, today from PCWWiki we leave you with Pro Scan, an image capture device (Scanner) that connects to the expansion bus of the PCW. Hope you enjoy it
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aplicaciones:pro_scan
I have a feeling that the ProScan software (at least some versions of it) could also use the scanning abilities of the Amstrad FX9600AT fax machine, as an alternative to the hand-operated scanner head.
Thanks for the information JohnElliot, we would have to find information and attach it. The truth, I had no knowledge
Good evening, today from PCWWiki we leave you with PCW-Paint, an exclusive drawing program for PCW`s, based on the popular "Cherry Paint" for CPC`s. We hope you enjoy it
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:pcw-paint
Good afternoon, today from PCWWiki we leave you with the AZERTY typing program. This French program from the French company Logi'stick is programmed in Mallard Basic and consists of 170 progressive exercises. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:azerty
Did you open a forgotten cupboard? 😊
Uff....I have a lot of material for a few years if not I die before
Good evening, today from PCWWiki we leave you with the "GENECAR" character generator program. This program in French from the French company Cobra Soft is programmed in Mallard Basic and with it several games from the same company were created, among which the following stand out: AMSTRAD-DAMES. CHALLENGUER AND MISSION DETECTOR. Some of them already published in the PCWWiki. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:genecar
A character set editor, nice!
Well, do the different PcW's have different character sets actually?
Is there a download somewhere?
There are maybe 3 variants of Char sets for the PCWs. The SuperType system came out long ago, and was a commercial system, this included for printing as well, and also did for Loco as well as CP/M. There were some 'limitations' regarding Loco, so the prop spacing might go out a bit. I used this a lifetime ago, and it worked fine.
Much more recently, there have been a couple of 'free' packages, incl various pre-made fonts. One of them is on John Elliott's web site for download. I've set my PCW up to use the Sans Serif font which I like a lot. But these others are CP/M only. The systems that use the same .EMS files will all work the same way, but the PcW (as opposed to PCW) will be different.
If need be, for CP/M, I'm sure you could pre-load the .EMS/EMT file with the revised font data. Otherwise you can load the standard system file, then run a little util to replace the char data each time you start up.
I'm sure that at least one of these systems came with a char editor, but there were so many ready made there wasn't much point in messing with that.
If you want a lot of this handing on a plate, check: https://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/Amstrad/index.html (https://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/Amstrad/index.html)
Geoff
Quote from: GeoffB17 on 21:50, 19 January 22
Much more recently, there have been a couple of 'free' packages, incl various pre-made fonts. One of them is on John Elliott's web site for download. I've set my PCW up to use the Sans Serif font which I like a lot. But these others are CP/M only. The systems that use the same .EMS files will all work the same way, but the PcW (as opposed to PCW) will be different.
My package (SETFONT) can also edit the screen character set for LocoScript 2.28+ (SCRCHAR.JOY) and write fonts into a LocoScript 1 .EMS file. It can't edit printer fonts though, which is what Supertype is for.
The PcW 9256 / 9512+ use the same screen fonts as the earlier PCWs. The PcW16 uses proportional fonts natively, and 8x16 / 8x20 bitmap fonts under CP/M.
I'll have to write up GENECAR for my page on PCW character redefinition when I can find the time.
Thanks guys for you advice. BTW: Just portet the PCW character set to the CPC, here's a picture...
Update of the French game of Cobra Soft Histoire D'or. This includes the color map and its nomenclature. In the description of the game in the "Extras" section, the phrases to finish the game are included. (Only French-Spanish).
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:juegos:histoire_dor
Map => http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=juegos:extras:histoire_dor_mapa.jpg
Nomenclature => http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=juegos:extras:histoire_dor_nomenclatura.jpg
Quote from: JohnElliott on 01:03, 22 January 22I'll have to write up GENECAR for my page on PCW character redefinition when I can find the time.
Here it is: http://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/Amstrad/Genecar/index.html (http://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/Amstrad/Genecar/index.html)
Good evening, from PCWWiki we leave you with the graphic design program "The Desktop Publisher" from the English company DATABASE SOFTWARE. The entire program has been re-scanned in its solo version and pack version. They were formerly united but we have made each one independent. We have also added a new French version of The Desktop Publisher called "DTP-PAO". We hope you enjoy it and then the 3 new links.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:thedesktoppublisher_kit
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:thedesktoppublisher_en
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:dtp_pao
Good afternoon, at the request of the colleagues of the French website "ACME", we have been asked to scan the French magazines that are missing to complete the collection. These are the L'echo du PCW. Said magazines were uploaded in their day 3 issues only due to lack of time. So when we restarted the scans, we took the opportunity to upload them to PCWWiki along with 11 3" discs ready for download that accompanied the magazine. There are 2 other discs, numbers 29 and 41, that give problems and we hope that they can be uploaded soon. Taking advantage of the comment to tell you that if anyone contains records from this collection and would like to collaborate to complete and preserve them, we would be very grateful and contact us The new issue of the magazine that has just been uploaded is the corresponding number 17 to March 1988. We continue with the scanning of number 19 which we will let you know when it is ready. Thank you all and we hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw
Good evening, you now have issue 19 of the French magazine L'echo du PCW for the month of May 1988 available on PCWWiki. Disc number 29 has been recovered. You can now download it. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw)
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw#discos
Good afternoon, you already have available in the PCWWiki the number 20 of the French magazine L'echo du PCW corresponding to the month of June 1988. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw#download
Good morning, you now have available on the PCWWiki the French magazine l'echo du PCW nº 21 corresponding to the month of July-August 1988. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw#download
Good morning, the French magazine l'echo du PCW nº 26 corresponding to the month of January 1989 is now available on PCWWiki. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw#download
Good morning, the French magazine l'echo du PCW nº 27 corresponding to the month of February 1989 is now available on PCWWiki. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw
Good morning, the French magazine l'echo du PCW nº 42 corresponding to the month of July/August 1990 is now available on PCWWiki. With this last one the series of the magazine ends. They are all on the ACME website. Soon we will upload numbers 28 and 29, which are incomplete on the French website ACME. We will try to finish scanning little by little the ones that are left and upload them to PCWWiki. We have only uploaded those that have been requested from ACME. To enjoy.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw#descarga
Fantastic !
We were only missing a few pages on number 28/29, that's great if you can complete them ! The page number missing are noted in the bookmarks - 32 to 35 for issue #28, and same for #29. I assume it's some kind of ordering form for old issues.
Save yourself some hard work if you're going to rescan the other issues, as they're already on ACME you can just get and put the pdfs from there on PCWWiki (They've been scanned in 300dpi png and clean, I guess the quality should be fine)
Many thanks for your help with completing the series ! :)
Good morning, the French magazine l'echo du PCW nº 28 corresponding to the month of March 1989 is now available on PCWWiki, which on the French website ACME is incomplete in the central pages. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw
Good morning, the French magazine l'echo du PCW nº 29 corresponding to the months of April/May 1989 is now available on PCWWiki, which on the French website ACME is incomplete in the central pages. With this publication we end our commitment to ACME to complete the magazines. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:l_echo_du_pcw
Nothing extraordinary, but I just added a link to the PCW wiki on the left aside part of my web site.
It is also appreciated. Any diffusion of the Amstrad PCW is always well received. Thanks a lot.
Hello. Today with surprise of a new game for the PCW`s. You can download it at the following link. Let's enjoy it
http://trabajosdemike.blogspot.com/2022/04/scs.html
De momento y con permiso del autor, os dejamos la portada del nuevo juego de SCS. Se cargará en PCWWiki pronto. Disfrutemoslo.Caratula.jpg
Good morning, after a long absence, we are back with another amazing game for the Amstrad PCW. These are two conversational games on a floppy disk from the Topology company. The first game is called AVON and the second MURDAC. These games were converted from another machine by Jonathan Partington in 1989. We hope you like them and enjoy them.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:avon_murdac
Thanks for that - Your archive is amazing. :)
Is there any reason that the games stop at "I"?
I always assumed you were still in the process of updating, but I noticed that this hasn't changed in a long time, and you've updated elsewhere, so wondered if it might be a bug?
Thanks
David
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Quote from: cj7hawk on 15:40, 11 June 22Thanks for that - Your archive is amazing. :)
Is there any reason that the games stop at "I"?
I always assumed you were still in the process of updating, but I noticed that this hasn't changed in a long time, and you've updated elsewhere, so wondered if it might be a bug?
Thanks
David
Ok, I know what happens.
Jevicac divided the list into fully preserved and scanned and incompletely preserved and scanned, but the full list is only in the spanish translation of the page: https://habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:juegos:indice
Check that one.
Good morning, today we leave you with another game for the Amstrad PCW. In this case a sports simulator programmed in Mallard Basic called "Head Coach V3". In it, we will become a real American football coach, where we will try to win the league. A very complete simulator of the most real. This was published by the Coda Software company in 1988. I hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:head_coach_v3
Good afternoon, after a long work and after consulting information about the Amstrad PCW games, we have decided to update the list of commercial games. The PCWWiki is already up to date and the games will be uploaded little by little since it involves a long work of scanning, retouching, etc. There are games created by current new users that will be published separately. At the same time, we ask that if you have any game that is not preserved or that is not on the list and that you can communicate it or send us the scans or dsk images of them, we would appreciate it. pcwwiki@gmail.com
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:indice
Thanks to Jose Antonio Guirao Fernández, from Tenerife, for his donation to the PCWWiki of 165 discs with software for Amstrad PCW. Thanks to him we have been able to preserve many programs, although they are not original.
That is not a small number? How many of them were new programs that you didn't already have, out of interest?
Thanks again for the great work -
David
There are repeated programs, but you have to look at the versions. Of the Spanish many without preserving and many that I have saved that I have to scan
Hello. After a lot of hard work we have transformed the PCWwiki website. Now you can find the latest updates in Spanish and English. I hope you continue to enjoy it as always. Cheers
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:start
From PCWWiki we leave you with a new game programmed in Mallard Basic by Mike Noels called "Kingdom of Craal". This conversational game created in 1987 takes us on a medieval adventure with a magician, king and princess, where we will become its hero. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:kingdom_of_craal
Good afternoon, today from PCWWiki we leave you with another great and traditional game for PCW's. This time it is the famous 4 in lines or connect 4 board game. It was written in 1987 in Mallard Basic by Wayne Gordon. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:connect_four
Good evening, from PCWWiki we leave you with a puzzle game called "SAFECRACKER". In it we will have to find the combination between 10 series of numbers and letters to be able to open the safe. It was written in the year 1987 by Philips T Lawson and programmed in Mallard Basic. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:safecrack
Goodnight. Today from PCWWiki we leave you with another wonderful game programmed in Mallard Basic in 1988 by John Filsak. It is the classic game of ships or sinking the fleet, but in this case it is played in an office destroying the furniture placed in different places. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:office_battleships
Entertaining and fun game where we will have to demonstrate our agility and speed when it comes to killing some spiders that reproduce all over the screen. Hopefully you like it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aranas
Good morning, today we bring from PCWWiki a game with good graphics for PCW's. This time it's THE REBELLION OF THE GODS by Xavier Artigas from the year 1988. It's an arcade where just with the cursor keys and the space bar, we'll go through different screens killing ghosts with a rifle or a flamethrower. Its author warns us that after the fifth screen there is a surprise. Let's see which of you ends up getting to it first. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:la_rebelion_de_los_dioses
We leave you from PCWWiki with an extraordinary game with graphic quality called Master-Mind published in 1988 by Gustavo Ernesto García Pérez. This game deals with deciphering color codes very similar to the famous pencil and paper. To guess the key we have ten possible combinations, in each of which the computer will tell us if they are correctly placed or if they belong to the combination but are not in the right place. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:master_mind_espanol
Again from PCWWiki, we bring you another great game to get out of boredom. This is the famous game Othello or Reversi, programmed by Angel Zarazaga in 1987. Enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:othello_espanol
And ...... we continue with the listings in Mallard Basic from the PCWWiki. Again we leave you with Othello written in 1990 by Richard Hopkins in its English version and graphic quality. Let's enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:othello_ingles
Here is the list of games published from the PCWWiki in Mallard Basic in case you want to enjoy one that was previously published. We will continue with more publications.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:games_for_mallard_basic
Hello. From PCWWiki today we publish a new very simple but entertaining game. Published by Hamish McFee in the year 1987 called "TRAPPER". Our goal is to corner the labyrinth monster as quickly as possible and corner it so that it cannot move. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:trapper
Hello. From PCWWiki we leave you with another game similar to hangman called CHOMP. It was written in 1990 by M.A. Owen and it is entertaining to hang out with. It is about guessing the name of an animal in seven attempts, but failures have their consequences. Each time the spider will come down hanging from a thread to get closer and closer to the poor caterpillar and eat it. but if we get it right it will run out of the spider's clutches. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:chomp
Good evening, from PCWWiki we leave you with an entertaining card game called POKER FOLIES. This French game in Mallard Basic is from the year 1986 and as its name indicates it is a card game of the famous Poker. We hope you enjoy it
P.D.: We have translated it into Spanish since the program is French, in case someone is encouraged to another language since there are only a few lines that make it up.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:poker_folies
Quote from: jevicac on 08:58, 27 June 22Hello. After a lot of hard work we have transformed the PCWwiki website. Now you can find the latest updates in Spanish and English. I hope you continue to enjoy it as always. Cheers
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:start
Interesting -- I hadn't seen a picture of the SpeedPrint interface before. Has its ROM been dumped?
Hello John, who is in charge of electronics is Habi. I have sent him an email. As soon as I have news, I will let him know or he will personally answer you. Cheers
Good afternoon, today from PCWWiki we leave you with an Arkanoid-type Mallard Basic game programmed by Cyril Henard in 1990. The game whose name is "LE BOUSCULE TOUT" consists of two programs. "CREATION" where we will create the infinite game boards with scores that we want and "BOUSTOUS" which is the program that we will start once the game boards have been created. This loads board1 by default and once we pass the score that we have set, we will go to the next one. We have several functions where we can record the game, the score, etc. We hope you enjoy it.
PS: We have already created 6 game boards in the download file.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:le_bouscule_tout
Good afternoon from PCWWiki, we leave you with a very entertaining card game and something similar to solitaire. Instructions are in the game itself. It was written by Par Kamal in 1989 under Mallard Basic. Hope you enjoy it
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:reussite
Good morning from PCWWiki. Today for fans of Mallard Basic games, we leave you this time with a fabulous game called "LABYRINTHE INFERNAL". It was programmed by Christian Nesen in 1988. It is about a labyrinth, where we will find dragons, dungeons, treasures, magic potions, hidden stairs, etc. It is a complicated game that we will start on the right side of the screen to finish on the left side of the screen and emerge victorious from this maze nightmare with or without coins, dead or alive. It's up to you to reach the end and have your best victory out. I hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:labyrinthe_infernal
Good evening, from PCWWiki we inform you that the PCW 9512 service manual is now available and ready to download. Cheers
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:manuales_servicio
Hello. From PCWWiki inform you that we have opened the catalogs section including the first publication of one of them. We will continue to increase. Cheers
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:catalogs
Hello. From the PCWWiki we publish the second catalog of software and peripherals published in the year 1988-1989 by the Amstrad User Club. In which material is collected for PCW, CPC PPC and PC. Cheers
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:catalogs
Quote from: robcfg on 19:03, 11 June 22Quote from: cj7hawk on 15:40, 11 June 22Thanks for that - Your archive is amazing. :)
Is there any reason that the games stop at "I"?
I always assumed you were still in the process of updating, but I noticed that this hasn't changed in a long time, and you've updated elsewhere, so wondered if it might be a bug?
Thanks
David
Ok, I know what happens.
Jevicac divided the list into fully preserved and scanned and incompletely preserved and scanned, but the full list is only in the spanish translation of the page: https://habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:juegos:indice
Check that one.
The Spanish translation also seems to be stuck at I now :( I went back to have a look and nothing after I shows up for me any longer - Is there another page that has the full list?
Thanks
David
Are you checking this one? http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:juegos:indice
Quote from: robcfg on 19:21, 17 July 22Are you checking this one? http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:juegos:indice
Yep, that one used to show the links after I buy no longer does... Is it just the one I'm seeing? Do you see valid links after the I section?
Just one, Supernova Invaders ;D
You'll notice that some (or a lot) of the games have red links, but are marked as preserved. That's because we have them dumped, but still haven't got the time to scan the inlays, disks, manuals, etc, and create the wiki pages.
So, they'll be available eventually.
Good evening, from PCWWiki, we open a new section called "Courses". So we leave you with a Mallard Basic course in Spanish to start this new section. Cheers
PS: The cover has been PCWWiki design and modification of course. These were photocopied, stained, crooked and two pages per side.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:cursos
Good morning from PCWWiki. Today we leave you for both PCW and CPC the word processor "Pocket WordStar v3.05" from the English company MicroPro. This dates back to 1986 and was the rival to New Star's word processor. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aplicaciones:pocket_wordstar
btw: Wordstar 4 is out, it supports ZCPR / Z3Plus environments, named directories and text attributes (underlined, italics ... ... ...). There is a version for the CPC, but changing the TCP will enable it for PcW too. There should be a WS4 vor PcW out there. I just don't have it here.
edit. tcp is the terminal descriptor for the Z systems under CP/M.
I scanned a book for the PCW that doesn't seem to be listed on the PCWWiki in the books list (or I didn't find it at least), "DMV-Verlag - JOYCE - Mehr als ein Textsystem".
Here's the link to get it if you want to add it : https://acpc.me/ACME/AMSTRAD_PRO/AMSTRAD_PCW/LITTERATURE_LIVRES/[GER]GERMAN/JOYCE_mehr_als_ein_Textsystem(acme).pdf
It seems a previous pdf existed of that book already on the web, but lower quality :)
Regarding the note just above re WordStar, I do use WS from time to time on my PCW, mainly when I need to edit a large text file (say a disassembly file). I still find this helpful, and this is also a little more practical with the uIDE system.
I use WS 3.3, this is installed with the PCW screen codes etc. I don't normally bother to print anything.
I'd never used v 4.0, not sure if this has much that 3.3 does not (important, that is).
I've downloaded a copy of 4 - should have a look at it, and sort out the installation.
Geoff
Quote from: kailokyra on 12:00, 28 July 22I scanned a book for the PCW that doesn't seem to be listed on the PCWWiki in the books list (or I didn't find it at least), "DMV-Verlag - JOYCE - Mehr als ein Textsystem".
Here's the link to get it if you want to add it : https://acpc.me/ACME/AMSTRAD_PRO/AMSTRAD_PCW/LITTERATURE_LIVRES/[GER]GERMAN/JOYCE_mehr_als_ein_Textsystem(acme).pdf
It seems a previous pdf existed of that book already on the web, but lower quality :)
Hello Kailokyra, thank you very much for the link. Actually, we don't have that book. Inform that all the books we have in various languages will be scanned again and uploaded to the web. We try to upload everything in higher quality, but the time is short and the material is quite a lot. Cheers
Here's another one "Franzis' - Den Joyce Programmieren".
It was listed under "LIBROS PENDIENTES DE PRESERVACIÓN" but marked as "No Preservado". Less work for you then ;D
https://acpc.me/ACME/AMSTRAD_PRO/AMSTRAD_PCW/LITTERATURE_LIVRES/[GER]GERMAN/Den_Joyce_Programmieren(Martin_KOTULLA)(acme).pdf
Hello kailokyra, sorry for not answering earlier, I've been on vacation. We have the book, although I haven't scanned it yet. Thank you very much for letting us know. Cheers
Good morning, from PCWwiki we leave you with number 3 of PCWToday magazine. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:pcw_today
Good afternoon, from PCWWiki we leave you with issue 8 of PCWToday magazine. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:pcw_today
Good afternoon, we are looking for magazine numbers 1,2,5,6 and 9 of PCWToday. If someone has them and lends them to us for their scans or sells them, contact us. Thanks.
mail: pcwwiki@gmail.com
Hello. From PCWWiki we leave you with an extraordinary game for the Amstrad PCW's. This is "MINDFIGHTER" a graphic-conversational game from the British company Abstract Concepts, programmed by Fergus McNeill in 1988.
The game is based on life in Southampton after a nuclear holocaust. The player takes on the role of a young man who, if he manages to finish the game, becomes the savior of civilization as we know it. Anna Popkess's 150-page book is included. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:mindfighter
From PCWWiki we leave you with a new game for Amstrad PcW16. This is "Total Eclipse". Ported by HabiSoft. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:total_eclipse_16
Some screenshots would be nice :)
Good afternoon. Today from PCWWiki we leave you with a unique game from the ACCOLADE company and converted by US.Gold for Amstrad PCW's. This is "PSI 5 Trading Company", a trading space simulator game. We will become the captain of a spaceship where we will choose our crew and set off to trade in space. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:psi5_trading_company
Goodnight. From PCWWiki we leave you with the program "The Spanish Tutor", the third of the Kosmos Software company. This program is written in Mallard Basic and is an English to Spanish and Spanish to English learning tutorial. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aplicaciones:the_spanish_tutor
Hello. From PCWWiki today we leave you with a classic game in England, based on a TV show with the same name. It's about "Yes Prime Minister". Our role in the game will be to act as the Prime Minister and make political decisions together with other members from our office for a week. We will have a schedule, telephone, notes, etc. to make the appropriate decisions throughout the game. Good luck and we hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:yes_prime_minister
Hello. From PCWWiki we leave you with an entertaining trivial pursuit type game but simpler. We are talking about Micro Trivia, a quiz game with a mix of three in a row and trivia. We have a time limited by a clock where we can increase or decrease the time and when we finish the game, at the end of it our fun coefficient will be displayed in a table. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:micro_trivia
Good afternoon from PCWWiki. We have updated in applications the program "Daatafax" of the company Kempston. The following items have been added:
- Update in the Kempston Companies section
- Program description.
- Original packaging.
- Extras section: Instructions and offer document of the company.
- And the original manual of the program in pdf that was not preserved.
With this new update this application is completely preserved. We hope you enjoy it.
http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aplicaciones:daatafax
Hello. From PCWWiki we inform you that we have just uploaded the complete "SuperType" program from the English company Digita International that contains 8 font types to add to LocoScript or CP/M. There are two versions, one that was uploaded in paper version and now we have just incorporated the box version. The box version is v1.1 and the paper version is v1.8 which contains enhancements to LocoMail and LocoSpell and their use with SuperCalc. We leave the links to both versions. We hope you enjoy it.
v1.1 - https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aplicaciones:supertype_box
v1.8 - https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aplicaciones:supertype
Hello. From PCWWiki we leave you with a classic among conversational games. This is the Lord of the Rings saga, in its first part. "Lord of the Rings" is from the English company Melbourne House. This was programmed in the year 1986 by Philip Mitchell and although the PCW version lacks graphics, it does not envy the gameplay with other platforms. Hopefully you like it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:lord_of_the_rings
Hi All
I am after a CPM.DSK image for a PCW8512 (Booting Disk)
I have one for the PCW8256
Is this the same one thats used for the PCW8512 ?
My PCW8512 has :- A: 40 Track Single sided B: 80 Track Double sided
Is there link that I can use to get the CPM.dsk
Thanks
Keep Safe
Ray
Hello,
Under normal circumstances, the boot disk for an 8512 would be identical to that for a 8256. It's the drive that's being used for booting that's important, and both will be using a SS 40 track format. If you've got an 8512 set up differently, and you've solved the problems that this will cause, then things might be different - for example the normal boot disk has a boot sector and the code in this will assume a SS 40t disk.
Of course, if you're using an 8512 you might have different things on your boot disk relating to reading/loading files from B: as opposed to A:, but this will be happening AFTER the system has finished loading. If someone has added things to the boot disk, then such a disk will have problems if it's used on an 8256 as it will be looking for B:, but the system will have loaded OK.
You're asking about a .DSK image - is there a Gotek involved in this, as this can change things somewhat?
Geoff
Quote from: Audronic on 04:31, 18 September 22Hola a todos
. Busco una imagen CPM.DSK para un PCW8512 (disco de arranque)
. Tengo una para el PCW8256.
¿Es esta la misma que se usa para el PCW8512?
Mi PCW8512 tiene: - A: 40 pistas de un solo lado B: 80 pistas de dos lados
¿Hay un enlace que pueda usar para obtener el CPM.dsk
Gracias
Keep Safe
Ray
Hi Audronic, here is the direct link to the system disks. I hope they help you with your problem.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:sistema:indice
@jevicac Thanks for the link. Excellent.
Also My PCW6512 NOT modified has a: 40 Track and B: 80 Track Double sided
@GeoffB17 Thanks I have a copy of CPM for the CPW8256 which appears to work with the PCW8512 from the link supplied.
Thanks
Keep Safe
Ray
Good afternoon from PCWWiki. Today we leave you with a sports strategy game from the English company Coda Software. This game that will delight football fans is called "World of Soccer". Programmed in the year 1988 by C.S.Adams where we will have the management of our soccer team and playing in the European championship and in the World Cup. Try to manage your team and win the World Cup. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:world_of_soccer
Good morning from PCWWiki we leave you with the game "YES CHANCELLOR! from the English company Topologika and programmed in 1987 by Tom Tuite. This conversational game of political strategy makes us the First English Chancellor, where our mandate will be for 5 years and we will have to drive the entire economy of the country. We will have demonstrations of citizens dissatisfied with funding, workers' wages, strikes, etc. Hopefully you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:yes_chancellor
Good morning from PCWWiki. Today we leave you with "PHILOSOPHER'S QUEST" a game from the English company Topologika. This conversational adventure game was programmed in 1987 by Peter Killworth. We find ourselves in an old warehouse, we go to the back and see a wand on the floor, we shake it and we move back in time. This is how this game begins, searching for treasures in an unusual and strange world, where we will find oddities on our way through caves, tunnels and labyrinths. Hopefully you like it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:philosophers_quest
Hello. From PCWWiki we leave you today with the complete download of the conversational adventure "Countdown to Doom", one of our latest releases. This game from the English company Topologika, was programmed by Peter Killworth in 1987. It is about piloting a spaceship and they shoot at us from the planet Doomawangera, causing our ship to fall on it, causing us to crash. Our mission is to collect pieces and objects to be able to leave the planet before the beings that inhabit it end our lives. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:countdown_to_doom
Good morning and Merry Christmas. From PCWWiki we leave you with a new game for PCW "MOVIE", thanks to our genius HabiSoft. In this case, it has the particularity that it is my first game ported from Spectrum, which makes it easy to do it again in the future.
As always, it is uploaded on the wiki:
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:movie
From the PCWWiki we wish you a happy Christmas season. Merry Christmas to all
From PCWWiki we wish you a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2023 TO ALL
https://amstradpcw.webador.es/
And to you too!
Quote from: jevicac on 09:34, 31 December 22From PCWWiki we wish you a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2023 TO ALL
And the same to you!
Good morning, from the previous list that you can see below, we were looking for the following original games for Amstrad PCW:
- Carrier Command (Rainbird)
- Tau Cety Academi (CRL Group)
- Christmas Crackers (Database)
- Easy Games
- Elektra Glide (English Software)
- Head Coach V3
- Classic Invaders (Supernova)
- Bounder
- The Fourth Protocol
- The very Big Cave Adventure
- Zork I
- Zork II
- Zork III
We have already obtained some and we remove them from the list, leaving the following originals unpreserved:
- Carrier Command (Rainbird)
- Tau Cety Academi (CRL Group)
- Christmas Crackers (Database)
- Easy Games
- Elektra Glide (English Software)
- Classic Invaders (Supernova)
- Bounder
- The Fourth Protocol
- Zork I
- Zork II
- Zork III
If you have any original games to preserve, please contact us via PCWWiki mail
pcwwiki@gmail.com
Good night. From PCWWiki we want to thank Kevin Thacker for sharing and authorizing to publish some of his projects. Below you have the links. As always, we hope you enjoy it.
Game:
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:new:sudoku
Music drivers for PCW:
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:programacion:infotecnica
Good afternoon everyone. We recently published with the permission of its creator Kevin Thacker the game for Amstrad PCW "Sudoku". Again this genius has sent us to share with all PCW users a new game called "Mayhem". This new adaptation has been made with permission of the original author, Mark Incley. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:nuevos:mayhem
Thanks,
I've got the game transferred to my PCW (d/l the .DSK, put the .DSK into Joyce, extract the .COM, transfer that via old PC to a CP/M disk and use that on the PCW), and yes, it seems to work.
But, hmm - I understand the reason for using the strange font for the on-screen text, but I'm struggling to read it. I guess I'll get used to it in a while.
Even so, THANKS for your efforts.
Geoff
Quote from: GeoffB17 on 16:42, 12 February 23But, hmm - I understand the reason for using the strange font for the on-screen text, but I'm struggling to read it. I guess I'll get used to it in a while.
I'm going off-topic here, but it surprises me how often I see that font in use when someone wants to employ a suitably "sci-fi" typeface. It's based on a typeface called Stop (http://www.identifont.com/show?374), and it was designed by Aldo Novarese in 1971.
Durell Software used it in their own logo and several of their titles as well.
Staying off-topic... I remember that font associated with one of the early PCW DTP packages - I guessed Stop Press, and indeed you can see it in PCWwiki's material (screenshot (https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/detail.php?id=en%3Aaplicaciones%3Astop_press_or&media=aplicaciones:capturas:stop_press_screenshot07.png), manual page (https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/detail.php?id=en%3Aaplicaciones%3Astop_press_or&media=aplicaciones:escaneos:stop_press_manual_082.jpg)).
Good morning, we leave you with a new Conversational Adventure for Amstrad PCW and with graphics. We hope you enjoy it
https://www.rudolphinerur.com/blog/2023/04/28/maroland/
Good evening, from PCWWiki we leave you with good news, the acquisition of two new games preserved for the PCW's. It's about the Annals of Rome and the other The Fourth Protocol."
And another preserved marvel. It is about another game in this case, conversational "The Very Big Cave Adventure" from the CRL company.
I'm completely shocked about the number of titles published for the PCW :o
Great work, my friend!
Good morning from PCWWiki we leave you with a conversational adventure "The Very Big Cave Adventure" from the English company CRL Group. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:the_very_big_cave_adventure#the_very_big_cave_adventure
Fascinating. I wasn't previously aware of a Quill version for CP/M.
John,
Not sure what you're referring to here?
Checking on the web, it seems that the original 'Quill' was NOT for CP/M, but this was later replaced by 'PAWS' also from GilSoft (Professional Adventure Writer) with numerous (?) additions over the original Quill. This is also CP/M
In some ways, Quill = PAWS, I think the PAWS system still uses the Quill motife?
Some years ago, I downloaded various bits re PAWS, which I find I still have on a HD. Two disk images for the system for PCW, PDF files for the main manual, and intro docs, etc. Don't think I ever got around to doing anything with it?
Geoff
The Very Big Cave Adventure was originally written using the Quill.
The PCW disc contains three files: RUN.COM (containing the string "Adventure Interpreter Version 1.2 by Graeme Yeandle") and two .QDB files containing the two parts of the game. My guess is that .QDB stands for Quill Database. I suppose it's possible that the game was converted to the PAW, but when I took a quick squiz at CAVE1.QDB all the words in the vocabulary tables seemed to be 4 letters long (Quill has a maximum of 4 letters; PAW allows 5).
Good morning from PCWWiki we leave you with a game for the Amstrad PCW's from the English company PSS called "Annals of Rome". A simple strategy game from the Ancient Roman Empire. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:annals_of_rome
Good morning from PCWWiki we leave you the link to a new preserved issue of the English magazine "PCW Today" in this case number 6. We are preparing number 9. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:pcw_today
Good morning from PCWWiki we bring you the link to a new preserved number of the English magazine "PCW Today" in this case the number 9. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:pcw_today
Good afternoon, today we bring you with another preservation for the Amstrad PCW in this case from the only Spanish magazine dedicated to PCW's, PCW Magazine. The publication of this second issue was unknown. We are pioneers in this publication. Enjoy.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:pcw_magazine
Good morning, from PCWWiki we want to inform you of another authentic conversational game that we have preserved. In this case, it is "Kingdom of Hamil" from the English company TOPOLOGIKA. This conversational adventure is about a baby kidnapped by unscrupulous characters. Once he escapes, he returns to Hamil to claim his Kingdom and it will not be easy for him due to the harsh tests he has to face. It is a game that has been recognized as difficult to finish. Hopefully you like it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:kingdom_of_hamil
PCWWiki ...Surprise, surprise, a new preserved game from the Spanish company OMK. It is about "Cubik Road". We will continue to report
Good morning, today PCWWiki makes a new preservation dream come true with this simple but entertaining arcade game from the Spanish company OMK (OMiKron). It was one of the Spanish companies dedicated exclusively to games for PCW's. The game is called "Cubik Road" very similar to the popular Cue-Brick and contains digitized images of monuments in Spain, it does not stand out for its graphic quality but it does improve them in previous creations, including the menu is very similar to that of Head over Heels and contains sound, which is very strange in games for this machine. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:cubik-road
Good morning. Today PCWWiki publishes an extraordinary strategy game based on Frederick Forsyth's novel called "The Fourth Protocol", a true best seller. Our mission will be to stop a group of Russian agents who will try to detonate a nuclear bomb in the United Kingdom, and blame the Americans. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:the_fourth_protocol
Quote from: jevicac on 07:25, 22 August 23Good morning. Today PCWWiki publishes an extraordinary strategy game based on Frederick Forsyth's novel called "The Fourth Protocol", a true best seller. Our mission will be to stop a group of Russian agents who will try to detonate a nuclear bomb in the United Kingdom, and blame the Americans. We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:juegos:the_fourth_protocol
Gotta play this!
Good morning, from the PCWWiki, we ask for your collaboration to preserve some of the games for the Amstrad PCW. You can scan your covers, photos, manuals, etc, always at 300 dpi. If you want to sell them, contact us through the email PCWWiki@gmail.com. Among them the following:
- Carrier Command (Rainbird)
- Tau Cety Academi (CRL Group)
- Christmas Crackers (Database)
- Easy Games
- Elektra Glide (English Software)
- Bounder
- Zork I
- Zork II
- Zork III
Quote from: JohnElliott on 22:24, 29 June 23The Very Big Cave Adventure was originally written using the Quill.
The PCW disc contains three files: RUN.COM (containing the string "Adventure Interpreter Version 1.2 by Graeme Yeandle") and two .QDB files containing the two parts of the game. My guess is that .QDB stands for Quill Database. I suppose it's possible that the game was converted to the PAW, but when I took a quick squiz at CAVE1.QDB all the words in the vocabulary tables seemed to be 4 letters long (Quill has a maximum of 4 letters; PAW allows 5).
I have now written up my investigations of the .QDB format and the result can be found on my UnQuill page (http://www.seasip.info/Unix/UnQuill/) along with a tool to list the contents of .QDB files. This means that in future, it would be theoretically possible to write a utility to convert Quilled games from other platforms to .QDB for the PCW.
I've been doing a bit more work on this:
- I've created tools (qdb2txt / txt2qdb) to convert QDB files to/from a text format (which I've called .QSE) which is based on the source format used by CP/M PAW.
- qdblist, qdb2txt and txt2qdb are now included in the UnQuill distribution.
- UnQuill 0.15.0 can now output in .QSE format.
I've also updated my notes on the .QDB format to fix a couple of places where I got things wrong.
This should make it reasonably straightforward to convert Quilled games from the Spectrum, CPC or C64 to CP/M Quill. Maybe to CP/M PAW too.
Hello everyone. From PCWWiki to inform you that thanks to HabiSoft a new game has just been published. This is a conversion from Spectrum to PCW. We hope you enjoy it. ...And very soon another game for Christmas. ATTENTION
https://habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:fatworm
Good morning. You have to be attentive. Very soon, two new games will arrive on the screens of your Amstrad PCW computers.
Quote from: jevicac on 12:37, 16 November 23Hello everyone. From PCWWiki to inform you that thanks to HabiSoft a new game has just been published. This is a conversion from Spectrum to PCW. We hope you enjoy it. ...And very soon another game for Christmas. ATTENTION
https://habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:fatworm
This is great! I have a (possibly stupid) question - how do people convert games from the CPC and Spectrum to the PCW? Can the Z80 code be re-used even though the graphics mode is different?
Good night. You already have your Christmas gift. A new game for Amstrad PCW's. Let's enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:coliseum
Love the gfx on this one!
From PCWWiki we wish you a Happy Holidays
Quote from: jevicac on 11:21, 23 December 23From PCWWiki we wish you a Happy Holidays
From CPCWiki we wish you a lovely holiday season :)
PCWWiki wishes you a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2024!
Good morning, from the PCWWiki and as a gift from kings, you can now download a new game for Amstrad PCW, called "Nonamed". It has the marker adapted to be viewed with dithers / 4-color mode, and AY music in the menu. Let's enjoy it.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:nonamed
Half tribute to the work of HabiSoft all these years, half announcement of what is to come, here is a small trailer for AmstradPCW fans
https://twitter.com/i/status/1744316098013499448
"-serve the public trust" ?
It looks like Robocop is coming to PCW in 2024 ;)
Good evening, our friend Kachorro, after surprising us with the game "Coliseum" for Amstrad PCW, now surprises us again with another new game and it will not be the last. This time with a game "Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior" for Amstrad PCW ported from the Spectrum version. According to him, the game contains the following features:
-ZX Spectrum buzzer music
-DK'Sound music by Amstrad CPC
-DK'Tronics joystick support
-And Maria Whittaker on the loading screen
Let's enjoy it. Available soon for download.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:nuevos:barbarian
I find the PCW machine fascinating. One of the most underrated retro computers.
And this is why I wonder... Is there any exclusive game for the system?
If the answer is "no" (as I suspect), would it be possible to create (if such developer(s) exist) a brand new game specifically for the PCW that somehow uses the extra features (2x RAM Vs. the CPC, and... maybe there are some more?) so that it can't be ported (easily)?
Quote from: cwpab on 20:44, 29 January 24I find the PCW machine fascinating. One of the most underrated retro computers.
I agree! It was sold about 2,5 times as many as the CPC. But as it was mostly used as an office machine for writing texts there was no nostalgic feelings because of games, own programs etc. what is the reason for "underrated".
I like the PCW because it is a pure Z80 machine just with a lot of RAM and a simple monochrome but high reolution bitmap screen. The design of the screen memory was a crazy compromise between having fast text output (without a textmode!) and still having the ability to display bitmaps graphic (but usually slower).
Quote from: cwpab on 20:44, 29 January 24would it be possible to create (if such developer(s) exist) a brand new game specifically for the PCW that somehow uses the extra features (2x RAM Vs. the CPC, and... maybe there are some more?) so that it can't be ported (easily)?
The CPC can have even more Ram. And the CPC can have even a higher resolution compared to the PCW :D by programming the CRTC in the required way. So for me there is no reason why there could be something which is only possible on the PCW, but not on the CPC.
Indeed Locoscript was using the PCWs rollerram in a great way for fast textoutput and scrolling, but that won't stop you to do similiar stuff on the CPC, maybe with some little restrictions, but it won't be a No-Go on the CPC.
Good evening, you can download the first magazine for Amstrad PCW "8000 Plus".
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:8000_plus_n_1_octubre_1986.pdf
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:8000_plus_n_2_noviembre_1986.pdf
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:8000_plus_n_3_diciembre_1986.pdf
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:8000_plus_n_4_enero_1987.pdf
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:8000_plus_n_5_febrero_1987.pdf
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:8000_plus_n_6_marzo_1987.pdf
I tried to download the 8000 Plus magazines from the "Magazine" section of PCWiki, but the page doesn't exist yet: https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:revistas
I will download them from this topic then.
BTW, I checked #1 and I loved it for several reasons:
- Last page as a cool ad of Tomahawk, the only PCW game I saw and played in person as a kid while my dad was visiting the PCW's owner, his friend.
- Several game reviews, including Microsoft Flight Simulator and a cricket game!
- Some cool offers of Infocom text adventures with nice, color pictures of the game covers.
- Jon Ritman's Batman being heavily promoted and described as a masterpiece because you can't explore a "vast set of rooms".
- Some interesting "funny" drawings in the middle of some boring technical notes that look like readers letters or readers trying to sell things, but are just technical curiosities.
All in all, a great magazine, cool design and interesting content.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:8000_plus_n_7_abril_1987.pdf
Thanks,
I loved the Infocom advert on the back cover. I hadn't seen that one before. I have a few of the 'Softsel' Infocom games for the Amstrad PCW & CPC machines.
https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=revistas:descargas:computing_with_the_amstrad_pcw_vol_1_n_2.pdf