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*14/08/14: '''PlayCity''', Add [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/playcity-aka-ctc-ay-(mx4)-for-august-!!!/ 6ch stereo audio, Z80 CTC...] to your CPC.*26/06/14: [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/CPC464_%26_CPC664_logos Amstrad CPC464 & CPC664 logos] by [[User:Forcy|Forcy]]*22/04/14: '''X-MEM''', Add up to [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/x-mem-a-new-memory-expansion-for-all-cpc/ 512K RAM/ROM] on your 464/664/6128.*20/04/14: '''Breaking Baud''', [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/demos/breaking-baud/ THE tape demo]. 2nd place at Revision!*30/03/14: '''Superpix''', a new Picross-<div style game was [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 released].*24/03/14"overflow: '''SAMdisk''' 3.8.2 [httpauto; border://simonowen.com/samdisk/ released].*23/03/14: [[PSX controller mod for Amstrad CPC]] by [[User:Forcy|Forcy]]*11/03/14: '''CPCDiskXP ''' 2.5.1 [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/cpcdiskxp-v2-1-released/msg76939/0px solid #msg76939 released] - a nice update!*03/02/14: '''La Guerra de Gamber''' [http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/la-guerra-de-gamber.php released] by ESP Soft!*30/01/14: A CPC homebrew dedicated website is born: [http://homebrew.amstradtoday.com/index_uk.htm Homebrew.AT] FFC9C9">
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<center><gallery widths=128px heights=96px>Image*03/06/25:superpix[[On File]] (2025) DBMS which supports Graphics has been released.png|*25/04/25: '''Phantomas en el Museo''' using [http[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://wwwmojontwins.cpcitch.io/phantomas-poweren-el-museo-amstrad-cpc is released].com*05/index04/25: [[ROManager]] 2.php?page=detail&num=10000 Superpix50 released!*08/03/25: '''[https://tartessos-games.itch.io/master-piece Master Piece]''', the latest game from Tartessos Games, has been released.Image*11/02/25:Gamber4'''[[Harrier Attack Reloaded]]''' has been released for the Amstrad Plus range.jpg| La Guerra de GamberImage*06/12/24:compo2013'''Le Secret Du Tombeau''' English translation '''[https://www.png|cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/le-secret-du-tombeau-translation-project/msg245301/#msg245301 released]!!!*29/11/24: Release of CPCs comprehensive text editor '''[[Amstrad_CPC_16KBs_ROM_Game_Development_Competition_2013|16K ROM 2013FutureTex]]'''Image*10/11/24:phortem01'''[http://amsnet.png|chez.com UniLoad]''' game launcher official release.*31/10/24: [[Future View V]] the Halloween issue of the disc mag*27/10/24: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2024 [http://www.norecessFutureOS.de released].*09/09/24: '''The Key''', a new adventure by Pakete Soft [https://www.paketesoft.com/es/the-key-eng-version has been released].*04/09/24: '''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.51 [https://unidos.cpcscene.netreleased].*12/ Phortem07/24: Comprehensive update of text editor [[FutureTex]] to 0.5.2. Text / Block management up to 3,5 MBImage*07/06/24:stillrising04[[On File]] database management system as well as [[No One Like You Demo]] have been released by [[KSL]].png|*05/06/24: [httphttps://snauts.itch.io/pulzar Pulzar] by Snauts, double feature: ZX & CPC release.*17/05/24: '''[https://www.pouetusebox.net/prod.php?which=61177 Still Risingjjm/heart-of-salamanderland/ The Heart of Salamanderland]''', a new action platformer, has been released.
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=== Did you know? ===
*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128 .*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 464 + 8 KB of unwired RAM , released in Spain to circumvent a spanish tax that charging 64 KB computers.*With a total of '''768×288''' pixels, the [[CPC|CPC]] was charged on imported machines the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.*'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for CPC. *'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Multiplan]] for CP/M. *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A. *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''.*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to 64 KB memory'''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.
*With a possible total amount of '''832 x 288 pixel''' (576 interlaced) the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.
*The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.
*[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
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