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*[https://forum.classic-computing.de/forum/index.php?board/65-amstrad-schneider-cpc/ Classic-Computing.de] German board
 
*[https://forum.classic-computing.de/forum/index.php?board/65-amstrad-schneider-cpc/ Classic-Computing.de] German board
 
*[https://computeremuzone.com/amstrad/?l=en Amstrad Zone]  
 
*[https://computeremuzone.com/amstrad/?l=en Amstrad Zone]  
*[https://amstrad.simulant.uk/ Amstrad BBS]
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*[https://amstrad.simulant.uk/ Amstrad BBS] Telnet Bulletin Board System
  
 
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Revision as of 16:59, 22 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.
  • 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).
  • Amstrad Zone Collection of 524 CPC games with review and download link
  • Crackers Velus Collection of thousands of CPC games downloadable individually
  • Demobase Amstrad CPC [1] Downloadable archive of demos from the CPC demoscene
  • Gamebase CPC [2] 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 [3] MAME software archives for Amstrad CPC
  • LiliCPC [4] Collection of 8000 games to be used on CPC with USIfAC or M4 Board
  • UniLOAD Launcher with 300+ games included to be used on CPC with a mass-storage expansion
  • Converted GX4000 Software Collection of 700+ games converted to Amstrad cartridges
  • 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.
  • CPC History CPC database listing 3266 titles
  • Moby Games Games database listing 2291 games for Amstrad CPC
  • 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


Hardware-related


Software-related
  • 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.
  • Usebox.net Homebrew studio 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.
  • 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)
  • SymbOS Official homepage of the operating system SymbOS
  • FutureOS homepage - Official homepage of the operating system FutureOS for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus.
  • CPC Freak Homepage of Kevin Thacker's CPC productions
  • 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)
  • Rétro Poke (FR) Programming blog mostly about RSX and BASIC
  • Sikorama (FR) CPC programming blog


Demoscene


Youtube and Twitch


Radios and Podcasts


Emulators




FTP and Newsgroups



Chat



Others



DEAD


  • Roland Radio CPC Amstrad chiptune streaming 24/7
  • 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 Snake Becomes the Key is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Last updated in 2007
  • CPC Museum (FR) Website dedicated to the Amstrad CPC. Last updated in 2003
  • 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.
  • The Kilobyes Podcast Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general
  • CPC scene map