AMSTEAM: WIP game streaming service for the Amstrad CPC

[dodogildo]

@abalore is it possible to include Ikari Warriors and Nemesis in the next bunch?

[abalore]

@abalore is it possible to include Ikari Warriors and Nemesis in the next bunch?

Sure. I'm filling the gaps alphabetically but can add some other games on demand.

[abalore]

@abalore is it possible to include Ikari Warriors and Nemesis in the next bunch?

Here you are, I included those in the last update:

Extreme
F1 Tornado Simulator
Fairlight
The Fantastic Voyage
Ikari Warriors
Nemesis
Fast Food Dizzy
Fernandez Must Die
Flying Shark

[dodogildo]

Awesome titles -muchas gracias!

[HAL6128]

Do you have an actual Amsteam library available? Is the one in the first post?

[abalore]

Do you have an actual Amsteam library available? Is the one in the first post?

That one is very obsolete now. Sadly I can't edit the first post (). Currently there are around 200 direct loading games, around 20 cartridge games (need the cartridge emulator) and 7 approved Telnet sites. The target for the collection is around 700 games, which are the games I like plus other user's requests.

You can find a rough, incomplete list of the target game list attached to this post.

P.D.: I just enabled the option to choose the part in multi-part games, like Game Over.

[poulette73]

Here you are, I included those in the last update:

Extreme
F1 Tornado Simulator
Fairlight
The Fantastic Voyage
Ikari Warriors
Nemesis
Fast Food Dizzy
Fernandez Must Die
Flying Shark

Amazing!! Already 194 games online!
Thanks Abalore 

P.D.: I just enabled the option to choose the part in multi-part games, like Game Over.

Great idea and very useful!
I just tested it and it's really user-friendly.

[XeNoMoRPH]

[poulette73]

Nice José !! 

Here is my contribution :

The AMSTEAM card :



Some pictures:







A short video :

[abalore]

A few more games added:

Freddy Hardest
Froggy
Frost Byte
Fruity Frank
Future Knight
Game Over II / Phantis
Gauntlet (Defender clone)
Gazza II
Gilligan's Gold
Goody
Gorbaf
Grand Prix Simulator II

[poulette73]

Alongside big titles from Dinamic, a large batch of hits such as Gilligan's Gold and Fruity Frank ! Thank you 

[abalore]

New weekend, new batch of games added:

Green Beret
Academy (cartridge)
Agent X II (cartridge)
The Blues Brothers (cartridge)
Guardian II
Gunfright
Gunstar
Hammer Boy
Harvey Headbanger
Haunted Hedges
Hideous
High Steel
Highway Encounter
Humphrey
Hundra
Ice Breaker
Impossaball
Infernal Runner
Inside Outing
Interchange

[abalore]

Parts for Abatape didn't arrive yet, so had time to add a few more. Let's see tomorrow!

International Karate Plus
International Tennis
Ironman Super Off Road
Jack The Nipper
Jack The Nipper II
Jocky Wilson's Darts Compendium
Jonny Quest
Jungle Warrior
Kane
Killer Cobra

[GUNHED]

Lots of work done!!! 

Any plans to add applications too? Or wouldn't it make sense at all (saving data)?

Great to see this project flourish! 

[poulette73]

Yeahhh.. already 233 titles available to date, and it will continue!


Nice batch with IK+, Jack the Nipper series, Kane... 

Thank you very much Abalore for all your work !

[abalore]

Lots of work done!!! 

Any plans to add applications too? Or wouldn't it make sense at all (saving data)?

Great to see this project flourish! 

The applications have access to the disk drive, with the only exception of discs emulated into cartridges (converted with Nocart). But if required, even those can be patched to access disc to load/save data. I plan to do that for Elite to load/save commander file.

Of course, native ROM apps, like Protext have access to disk.

[abalore]

I was tired of having the big MX4 motherboard in the back of my CPC, so

I made a Mini-MX4 motherboard for specific usage with Amsteam cards. It fits the Amsteam cards size and power draw so it's not warranted to work with other cards. It has no external power connector.

Here some pictures:

[poulette73]

Hey...

New AMSTEAM boot screen ! 
That's nice, thanks Abalore.

[Lastic]

I received my boards on Wednesday and just started playing around with them today.

Instant loading is indeed much more interesting than copying DSK's onto a USB stick .
As a Amstrad noob , I can only compare to other systems I know on the Atari, it is a similar might even be easier setup like

FUJINET servers on Atari 8 bit machines
SIDECART server on Atari ST 16-bit machines

My thanks to the author for creating and providing this to the community.

[dodogildo]

Loved the new login screen!

[abalore]

Hey...

New AMSTEAM boot screen ! 
That's nice, thanks Abalore.

As a curiosity, I copied & pasted the BASIC DATA for the Amstrad logo directly from the Amstrad Welcome Tape.

[poulette73]

That's exactly what I thought of right away !
It reminded me of the first Amstrad commercial demonstrations. 

[Gryzor]

Yeah I think most of us recognise that logo implementation

[Lastic]

Browsing the 233 currently available games, I stumbled upon one that is not loading for me on a CPC6128.

Charlie Diams, I get the title screen but then I'm stuck on a blue screen.

[poulette73]

Hello,

Same here, Charlie Diams is not working and freeze on a blue screen (not Windows BSOD...  )


By the way, could you realize an update on the login screen, to take into account the numeric keypad on the right?

I have numbers in my profile and in my password.
And on a french AZERTY keyboard, I have to use SHIFT key to access numeric values on the top row, every time.
It would be more comfortable to be able to use the keys from f0 to f9 as well.