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The [[Mittwintermeeting]] goes straight to the 17th edition in Kirchen / Germany.
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[[Category:Websites| ]][[Category:Network| ]][[Category:Scene group| ]][[Category:Wiki| ]][[Category:Hardware| ]][[Category:Software| ]][[Category:CPC History|**]]
  
Over the last years, the Meeting has grown as a place where people from all the different home-computer
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==== Collections  ====
systems of the 80's can come together for a nice weekend.  
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*[https://acpc.me/ ACPC.ME]  Amstrad CPC Memory Engraved - Huge collection of documents, manuals, literature, magazines, marketing material and much more
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*[https://www.cpc-power.com/ CPC-Power] collection of most of the software that was ever released. Also includes ROMs and patched versions for programs with bugs.
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*[https://www.cpc-power.com/gamebasecpc/index.php?page=full Gamebase CPC] [https://gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2025&start=195] Amstrad CPC Gamebase by Loic Daneels containing 3300 softwares dumped only from originals and complete with scans, manuals, media, etc...
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*[https://gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4233&start=90 Amstrad Mania] Amstrad CPC Gamebase by Mark (Sparky) Hardman containing 5782 softwares. Contains a selection of everything: original disk & tape dumps, hacks, cracks and trainers, homebrews
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*[https://archive.org/details/GoodCPCV3.1415 GoodCPC] Downloadable archive of 27103 softwares for the CPC. Tons of duplicates though
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*[https://archive.org/details/Amstrad_CPC_TOSEC_2012_04_23 Amstrad CPC TOSEC] Downloadable archive of 5575 softwares for the CPC. Dumps are of dubious quality
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*[https://archive.org/download/mame-sl/mame-sl/cpc_flop.zip MAME CPC Floppies] [https://archive.org/download/mame-sl/mame-sl/cpc_cass.zip MAME CPC Tapes] [https://archive.org/details/mame-merged] MAME software archives for Amstrad CPC
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*[https://archive.org/details/DemobaseAmstradCpc Demobase Amstrad CPC] [https://gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5053] Downloadable archive of demos from the CPC demoscene
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*[https://cpcrulez.fr CPC Rulez (FR)]  A great french site, updated frequently, with games, reviews, utilities, type-ins, demos, hardware info. A treasure and a must-visit - french pages can easily be translated with Google translate or similar tools).
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*[http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/ CPC Game Reviews] - CPC Game Reviews is a website which, as its name suggests, contains reviews of games for the Amstrad CPC computer - hundreds of them, in fact. It also contains a collection of advertisements which have been scanned from Amstrad CPC magazines.
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*[https://bzhgames.xyz/amstrad.php BZH Games] Collection of Amstrad games - can be played in the browser including ongoing highscore competition
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'''(probably) Outdated / abandoned'''
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*[http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/ The Amstrad Computer Game Resource]
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*[http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es/ CPCGamesCD homepage]
  
For now, we cover Amstrad, Atari, Acorn, Commodore, MSX and more. Looking forward to grow even further :)
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==== Technical Documentations ====
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*[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/ Unofficial WWW Amstrad Resource]
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*[https://www.grimware.org/doku.php/ Grimware Hacking Handbook]
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*[http://logonsystem.fr/html/downloadlogon.htm CRTC Compendium] Everything about the CRTC - incl. examples
  
As in the last time, the party was held in a blockhouse directly at the east border of the Westerwald (Siegerland) in Kirchen / Germany.
 
  
Like every time, everyone who is interested in old home computers is very welcome!
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==== Communities and boards ====
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'''The Meeting takes place in February, March or April 2024'''
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*[https://cpcrulez.fr/forum/ CPCRulez forum] The most active French forum
See: https://bitpoll.de/poll/mwm2023/
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*[https://amstradplus.forumforever.com/ AmstradPlus Forum Forever] French forum
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*[https://auamstrad.es/ Amigos y Usuarios Amstrad (ES)] News website that has lessons on software development and hardware restoration. It also has a forum, and reviews on software and hardware.
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*[http://www.amstrad.es/ Amstrad (ES)] All about the Spanish software for CPC. RUA Magazine link.
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*[https://cpcwiki.de CPCWiki.de] German forum
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*[https://forum.classic-computing.de/forum/index.php?board/65-amstrad-schneider-cpc/ Classic-Computing.de] German board
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*[https://computeremuzone.com/amstrad/?l=en Amstrad Zone]
  
== The Party-Place ==
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''' Facebook Groups '''
  
DRK Vereinshaus Kirchen<br>An der Buswende (Dorfstraße 80)<br>57548 Kirchen<br>Germany<br>GeoCoords: (longitude/latitude)&nbsp;:&nbsp; 7°54'40.84"E , 50°48'49.74"N
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/5357712057 Amstrad CPC 464] - probably the biggest and most active english speaking group - not only for 464
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/298743294763933 Amstrad CPC 6128]
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1066160190075999/ AMSTRAD CPC CLASSIC GAMING AND DEMOS]
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380187495418957/ Amstrad For Everyone] - not only CPC
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/168233427111563/ Amstrad Collective]
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/281939335598581/ Amstrad GX4000/PLUS Users]
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/354709275176426/ AMSTRAD CPC LATEST GAMES]
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/amstrad.eu/ Amstrad.eu CPC 464 / 664 / 6128 Old & + / GX4000] - mostly French
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1120607071477318/ Amstrad CPC pour toujours and beyond]
  
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==== Shops / Groups to buy/sell hardware and games  ====
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If you have any more questions please send a PM to: Prodatron or Dr.Zed
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*[https://hobbyretro.com/amstrad Hobbyretro.com] Spanish shop
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*[https://www.cpcstore.co.uk/ CPCStore.co.uk] UK shop
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*[https://www.sellmyretro.com/category/Retro+Computers/Amstrad Sell-My-Retro] portal - some sellers including Zaxon sell through this shop
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*[https://www.sintech-shop.de/retro-atari-commodore-sinclair-etc/amstrad-schneider Sintech] some software, 6128/Plus keyboard membranes
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*[https://www.icompplus.com/ IcompPlus] original new-old-stock Amstrad ICs
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/amstradforsale/ Amstrad for sale] Facebook group
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*[http://www.amibay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44 AMIBAY - Hardware For Sale]
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*[http://www.amibay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=50 AMIBAY - Wanted Hardware]
  
== Accommodation ==
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* Hotel "zum weißen Stein" (single bedroom ~ EUR 80)
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* bring your own Airbed and sleep at the party place (EUR 0)
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== Participants ==
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==== Blogs/Websites of individuals and groups ====
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(planned) (just a copy of the list from last year)
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*[[Dr.Zed]]
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*[https://memoryfull.net/index.php Memory Full] All about the CPC demoscene
*[[Prodatron|Prodatron]]
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*[https://64nops.wordpress.com/ 64 NOPs] CPC demoscene tech blog
*EdoZ/SymbiosiS
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*[http://cpc.sylvestre.org/index.html Les Sucres en morceaux] all the news relating to the productions of "Les Sucres en Morceaux" and many articles relating to the Amstrad CPC.
*[[Beetle]]
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*[https://espsoft.blogspot.com ESPsoft (ES)] Blog on Spanish homebrews for the CPC.
*[[Insane]]
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*[http://www.mojontwins.com/ TheMojonTwins (ES)] Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems, among which is the CPC.
*Merlin
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*[https://www.4mhz.es 4MHz (ES)] Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems that use the Z80 CPU.
*Thorn
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*[http://norecess.cpcscene.net NoRecess/Condense] Homepage of an Amstrad CPC demoscene group.
*Konsolero-Daniel
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*[https://thecheshirec.at/ CheshireCat's basket] Blog of CPC demoscene member CheshireCat
*Carsten "Forth" Strotmann
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*[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/ Amstrad Museum] Website of the CPC graphic artist Titan
*[[Brainblaster]]
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*[http://www.prodatron.net/ Prodatron's page] ([[Prodatron|Prodatrons]] homepage includes info and downloads of his productions as well as a lot of downloads for CPC Digitracker modules (MDL), OCP Art Studio pictures and Scene demos)
*Outdoor-Holger
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*[http://arkos.cpcscene.com/ Arkos Demogroup] - The page of [[Arkos|Arkos]], with some great demos, diskmags, games and tools.
*[[Tolkin]]
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*[http://www.FutureOS.de/ FutureOS homepage] - Official homepage of the operating system [[FutureOS|FutureOS]]&nbsp;for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus.
*[[TFM]]
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*[http://www.symbos.de SymbOS]
*Peter "JAC!" Dell
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*[http://www.cpcmania.com/news.htm CPC Mania] - some tools like CPR tools, CPCDiskXP, CPCTapeXP - plus some technical informations
*Dr.Wuro
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*[https://bread80.com/category/amstrad-cpc/ bread80.com] - some analysis of Firmware and BASIC logic (and also the video subsystem- hardware)
*Dr.Irata
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*[http://schneidercpc.cf2.de/ Domes-DOS Schneider/Amstrad CPC dedication] - Domes-DOS's CPC website in the design of an GT65 green monitor (with download of his DART-logging tool and lots of infos about the CPC series)
*Krill/Plush
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[[Category:CPC events]]
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===== Hardware-related  =====
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*[http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_CPCguide.HTML G.o.St.-SOFT's CPC-Hardwareführer at 8-Bit-Nirvana (German)] - lots of tips and tricks, but no recent updates
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*[http://8bit.yarek.pl/index.html 8bit Projects for Everyone] - Hardware updates for 8-bit computers, also for CPC.
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*[http://www.amstradtoday.com/ Amstrad Today (FR)] - Many Tips for Amstrad CPC
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===== Youtube =====
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@NoelsRetroLab Noels Retro Lab] - lots of hardware related videos, especially repairs
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@Xyphoe Xyphoe] - Gaming - almost every week a several hour long live stream
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@Novabug Novabug] - many CPC games
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@John_B_Gage John Gage] - lots of game reviews but a lot of swearing and sound driven heavily into saturation
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@amstradmaniaque Amstrad Maniaque] Long Gameplays
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@xenomorph50 XeNoMoRPH] Short Gameplays
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==== Emulators  ====
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*[http://crocods.org/web/ CrocoDs] (online)
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*[https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/ Tiny 8 Bit] (online)
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*[https://benchmarko.github.io/CPCBasic/index.html?example=cpcbasic CPC BASIC] (online)
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*[[Emulators]]
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==== FTP and Newsgroups  ====
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*[ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/cpc/ NVG]
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*[https://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/amstrad/ LIP6]
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*[https://archives.scovetta.com/pub/mirrors/ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/cpm/ CPM] - related Amstrad things
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*[news://comp.sys.amstrad.8bit CSA8]
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*[ftp://ftp.cpcszene.de/ CPC Szene]
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==== Chat  ====
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*[irc://irc.freenode.net/#cpc IRC-channel] #cpc on irc.freenode.net (a big IRC-network), one cpc-channel among many others out there on various networks.
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*[irc://irc.freenode.net/#cpc-fr IRC-channel] #cpc-fr on irc.freenode.net, french scene channel (replacing #cpc on Neoxys and #cpc on Europnet)
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*[irc://proxy.epiknet.org/#phenixinformatique IRC-channel] #phenixinformatique on proxy.epiknet.org, french channel.
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*[http://cpc-live.com/chat Flash-chat] Browser chat in Flash.
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*[https://discord.com/channels/1164242489637621933/1164837180598931456 Praline Discord server]
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==== Others  ====
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*[http://thesnakebecomesthekey.wordpress.com The Snake Becomes the Key] is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Very well done but not updated any more. 
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*[http://genesis8.free.fr/index.php Genesis 8] - Genesis 8 is a spartan, but often-updated Amstrad-related news site.
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*[https://amsnews.be/ AMSnews] CPC-related news site.
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*[https://amstrad.eu/ Amstrad.eu] French CPC-related site previously known as phenixinformatique.com
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*[http://cpccrackers.free.fr CPCCRACKERS] - French site about crackers for the CPC.
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*[http://www.octoate.de Octoate.de] - English site which features news, some articles and meeting pictures.
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*[http://turpas3.angelfire.com Programming Turbo Pascal on a CPC!] - A collection of Turbo Pascal programs with some CPC Specific programs.
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*[http://www.oldschool-gaming.com/view_index.php?4mat=9 Oldschool gaming] - Games reviews of recent games for the CPC!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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*[http://gx4000.co.uk GX4000.co.uk], a new site devoted to the hardware and software of the oft-neglected games console.
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*[https://rolandradio.net Roland Radio] CPC Amstrad chiptune streaming 24/7
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*[http://www.bitstream.uk Bitstream] Podcast on chiptune and the demoscene. Includes CPC Amstrad
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*[http://www.cepeceros.com Cepeceros (ES)] Podcast
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==== DEAD  ====
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*[http://www.cepece.info/ CePeCe (ES)] Spanish CPC portal and web-hosting facilities for your CPC webpage.
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*[http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr Amstradeus (FR)] Lots of interviews, manuals for download and much more.
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*[http://optimus.demoscene.gr/cpcscene/ The CPC Demoscene] Optimus website about the CPC demoscene with a list of some of the best CPC demos with reviews and screenshots.
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*[http://www.cpczone.net CPC Zone] Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, cover scans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.
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*[http://www.cpc-hardware.com/ CPC Hardware (FR)] Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like [[RS232|RS232]] interfaces etc.
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*[http://www.cpczone.net/boards CPC Zone Forum (FR)] One of the most popular and active forum on the net.
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*[http://www.cpc-forum.de CPC-Forum (DE)] The new most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene.
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*[http://www.cpc6128.eu CPC 6128 Europe] European portal
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*[http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/ CPC Oxygen] Home of the same-name great fanzine and AA scan repository. Not updated in a long time.
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*[http://www.terra.es/personal/diegovp Various Amstrad stuff] Including instructions on how to fit or connect a 3.5" drive, hot to connect your CPC to your PC and how to transfer files, among others.
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*[http://www.pushnpop.net Push'n'Pop] Amstrad Demoscene.
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*[http://www.cpcscene.com/ CPC Scene] - Various stuff. Of much interest: The [http://radio.cpcscene.com/ CPC online radio station]!
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*[http://www.khisanth.com/podcast The Kilobyes Podcast] Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general
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*[http://www.frappr.com/cpcscene/ CPC scene map]
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*[http://grimware.org/doku.php Grimware] is a really nice site with hardware info and hacks for the CPC machines... give it a try!
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Revision as of 02:48, 5 December 2023


Collections


  • ACPC.ME Amstrad CPC Memory Engraved - Huge collection of documents, manuals, literature, magazines, marketing material and much more
  • CPC-Power collection of most of the software that was ever released. Also includes ROMs and patched versions for programs with bugs.
  • Gamebase CPC [1] Amstrad CPC Gamebase by Loic Daneels containing 3300 softwares dumped only from originals and complete with scans, manuals, media, etc...
  • Amstrad Mania Amstrad CPC Gamebase by Mark (Sparky) Hardman containing 5782 softwares. Contains a selection of everything: original disk & tape dumps, hacks, cracks and trainers, homebrews
  • GoodCPC Downloadable archive of 27103 softwares for the CPC. Tons of duplicates though
  • Amstrad CPC TOSEC Downloadable archive of 5575 softwares for the CPC. Dumps are of dubious quality
  • MAME CPC Floppies MAME CPC Tapes [2] MAME software archives for Amstrad CPC
  • Demobase Amstrad CPC [3] Downloadable archive of demos from the CPC demoscene
  • CPC Rulez (FR) A great french site, updated frequently, with games, reviews, utilities, type-ins, demos, hardware info. A treasure and a must-visit - french pages can easily be translated with Google translate or similar tools).
  • CPC Game Reviews - CPC Game Reviews is a website which, as its name suggests, contains reviews of games for the Amstrad CPC computer - hundreds of them, in fact. It also contains a collection of advertisements which have been scanned from Amstrad CPC magazines.
  • BZH Games Collection of Amstrad games - can be played in the browser including ongoing highscore competition

(probably) Outdated / abandoned

Technical Documentations



Communities and boards


Facebook Groups

Shops / Groups to buy/sell hardware and games



Blogs/Websites of individuals and groups


Software-related
  • Memory Full All about the CPC demoscene
  • 64 NOPs CPC demoscene tech blog
  • Les Sucres en morceaux all the news relating to the productions of "Les Sucres en Morceaux" and many articles relating to the Amstrad CPC.
  • ESPsoft (ES) Blog on Spanish homebrews for the CPC.
  • TheMojonTwins (ES) Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems, among which is the CPC.
  • 4MHz (ES) Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems that use the Z80 CPU.
  • NoRecess/Condense Homepage of an Amstrad CPC demoscene group.
  • CheshireCat's basket Blog of CPC demoscene member CheshireCat
  • Amstrad Museum Website of the CPC graphic artist Titan
  • Prodatron's page (Prodatrons homepage includes info and downloads of his productions as well as a lot of downloads for CPC Digitracker modules (MDL), OCP Art Studio pictures and Scene demos)
  • Arkos Demogroup - The page of Arkos, with some great demos, diskmags, games and tools.
  • FutureOS homepage - Official homepage of the operating system FutureOS for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus.
  • SymbOS
  • CPC Mania - some tools like CPR tools, CPCDiskXP, CPCTapeXP - plus some technical informations
  • bread80.com - some analysis of Firmware and BASIC logic (and also the video subsystem- hardware)
  • Domes-DOS Schneider/Amstrad CPC dedication - Domes-DOS's CPC website in the design of an GT65 green monitor (with download of his DART-logging tool and lots of infos about the CPC series)


Hardware-related
Youtube
  • Noels Retro Lab - lots of hardware related videos, especially repairs
  • Xyphoe - Gaming - almost every week a several hour long live stream
  • Novabug - many CPC games
  • John Gage - lots of game reviews but a lot of swearing and sound driven heavily into saturation
  • Amstrad Maniaque Long Gameplays
  • XeNoMoRPH Short Gameplays


Emulators




FTP and Newsgroups



Chat


  • IRC-channel #cpc on irc.freenode.net (a big IRC-network), one cpc-channel among many others out there on various networks.
  • IRC-channel #cpc-fr on irc.freenode.net, french scene channel (replacing #cpc on Neoxys and #cpc on Europnet)
  • IRC-channel #phenixinformatique on proxy.epiknet.org, french channel.
  • Flash-chat Browser chat in Flash.
  • Praline Discord server


Others


  • The Snake Becomes the Key is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Very well done but not updated any more.
  • Genesis 8 - Genesis 8 is a spartan, but often-updated Amstrad-related news site.
  • AMSnews CPC-related news site.
  • Amstrad.eu French CPC-related site previously known as phenixinformatique.com
  • CPCCRACKERS - French site about crackers for the CPC.
  • Octoate.de - English site which features news, some articles and meeting pictures.
  • Programming Turbo Pascal on a CPC! - A collection of Turbo Pascal programs with some CPC Specific programs.
  • Oldschool gaming - Games reviews of recent games for the CPC!   
  • GX4000.co.uk, a new site devoted to the hardware and software of the oft-neglected games console.
  • Roland Radio CPC Amstrad chiptune streaming 24/7
  • Bitstream Podcast on chiptune and the demoscene. Includes CPC Amstrad
  • Cepeceros (ES) Podcast


DEAD


  • CePeCe (ES) Spanish CPC portal and web-hosting facilities for your CPC webpage.
  • Amstradeus (FR) Lots of interviews, manuals for download and much more.
  • The CPC Demoscene Optimus website about the CPC demoscene with a list of some of the best CPC demos with reviews and screenshots.
  • CPC Zone Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, cover scans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.
  • CPC Hardware (FR) Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like RS232 interfaces etc.
  • CPC Zone Forum (FR) One of the most popular and active forum on the net.
  • CPC-Forum (DE) The new most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene.
  • CPC 6128 Europe European portal
  • CPC Oxygen Home of the same-name great fanzine and AA scan repository. Not updated in a long time.
  • Various Amstrad stuff Including instructions on how to fit or connect a 3.5" drive, hot to connect your CPC to your PC and how to transfer files, among others.
  • Push'n'Pop Amstrad Demoscene.
  • CPC Scene - Various stuff. Of much interest: The CPC online radio station!
  • The Kilobyes Podcast Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general
  • CPC scene map
  • Grimware is a really nice site with hardware info and hacks for the CPC machines... give it a try!