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*31/05/18:[[Hangman|The Equalizor]] releases his [[RomboRedux|Rombo Redux]]
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*13/10/20: Preview of '''''[https://media.assembly.org/gamedev/2020/CORSAIR_TRAINER.zip Corsair Trainer]''''', shoot'em up by Bitplane Technomantes
*30/04/18: [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/galactic-tomb-is-done-!!!/ Galactic-Tomb is done !!!]
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*08/10/20: Preview of '''''[https://github.com/shaymanjohn/aticatac-cpc/releases/download/v0.5/aticatac.dsk Atic Atac]''''', CPC port by John Ward
*28/03/18: '''[http://futureos.cpc-live.com/files/LambdaSpeak_RSX_by_TFM.zip LambdaSpeak RSX]''' released
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*10/09/20: '''''CPC Soccer''''', Kick Off like game published by [[Bitmap Soft]]
*23/03/18: [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/cubeios-fat16fat32-rom-for-the-cpc's-with-xmass/ CubeIOS - FAT16 & FAT32-OS for Amstrad's with XMASS]
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*12/07/20: '''''[[Mimo's Quest]]''''', a new game by [[:User:Evenmore|Chris Perver]], is under development
*02/03/18: '''[[DEZ80]]''': Mastering Z80 Assembler Course.
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*29/04/20: '''''[[Dirk Headstrong and the Martian Madness]]''''', a new game by [[:User:ZoeRobinson|Zoë Robinson]], is released
*05/02/18: '''[[FutureOS]]''' System .8 final released.
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*16/04/20: '''''Kitsune's Curse''''', new game by [https://www.usebox.net/jjm/kitsunes-curse/ usebox.net]
*30/08/17: '''[http://www.symbos.org/download.htm SymbOS 3 final]''' released. [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/symbos-3-released/ Forum]
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*03/02/20: Issue 1 of the relaunched '''''[[Block 9]]''''' fanzine is now available!
*25/08/17: '''[https://doomsdayproductions.org Doomsday Lost Echoes]''' [[PAWS]] adventure released.
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*25/01/20: '''''The Queen's Footsteps''''', new adventure by [http://davbucci.chez-alice.fr/index.php?argument=varie/queen/queen.inc Davide Bucci]
*07/06/17: '''[http://www.amstrad.es/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=65869&sid=e37557917abfdec8d1a5768ea00fcbeb#p65869/ Alphakhor Spanish translation]''' released. [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/new-game-translation-to-spanish-alphakhor/ Forum]
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*06/01/20: '''''[[Roland Goes Rescuing]]''''', a new game by [[:User:ZoeRobinson|Zoë Robinson]], is released
*16/04/17: '''[http://cpc.scifinet.org/ Pentomino]''' released.[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/pentomino Forum]
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*01/10/19: '''Pinball Dreams''', new game by the Batman Group
*11/02/17: '''Norton-Commander-Clone for M4DOS released. [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/yet-another-norton-commander-clone Forum]
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*07/08/19: '''[[FutureOS]]''', Apps and Wallpaper update
*11/02/17: '''File-Launcher released (ACMEDOS,M4DOS,AMSDOS). [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/filelauncher-(acmedosm4dos) Forum]
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*09/06/19: '''''[[The Arbiter: Episode 1]]''''', a new text adventure coded live on YouTube, has been released!
*03/02/17: '''Amstrad CPC to Scart diagram''' updated. [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/TV_SCART_cable#John_King.27s_Comments_about_CPC_to_Television_Scart_Lead]
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*15/01/17: '''M4 board''' firmware v2.0.0 released. [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/M4_Board#Firmware]
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*07/01/17: Update to new game [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/chibi-akuma(s)-out-now!/ Chibi Akuma(s) (チビ悪魔)] '''[http://www.chibiakumas.com/download/ Inet]'''
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*11/12/16: '''[[CPCGamesCD-CPCLoader | CPCGamesCD]]''' has been updated. [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es]
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*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 8 KB of RAM to circumvent a spanish tax that was charged on imported machines with up to 64 KB memory.
 
*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 8 KB of RAM to circumvent a spanish tax that was charged on imported machines with up to 64 KB memory.
  
*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.
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*With a possible total amount of '''832 × 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.  
 
*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.  

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  • When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
  • The CPC 472 was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 8 KB of RAM to circumvent a spanish tax that was charged on imported machines with up to 64 KB memory.
  • With a possible total amount of 832 × 288 pixel (576 interlaced) the CPC was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
  • OpenOffice for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of StarWriter for the CPC.
  • The transfer speed of the CPC Booster + serial interface is faster than a standard DSL connection.
  • SymbOS can handle more than 50 times bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
  • FutureOS can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc and manages up to 4 MB of RAM