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[[File:Dez80_intro.png|thumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/DEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course]]]
<!*08/03/25: '''[https://tartessos-games.itch.io/master- 12 last news onlypiece Master Piece]''', see httplatest game of [[the Mojon Twins]].*11/02/25: '''[[Harrier Attack Reloaded]]''' has been released for the Amstrad Plus range.*06/12/24: '''Le Secret Du Tombeau''' English translation '''[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/indexforum/games/le-secret-du-tombeau-translation-project/msg245301/#msg245301 released]!!!*29/11/24: Release of CPCs comprehensive text editor '''[[FutureTex]]'''*10/11/24: '''[http://amsnet.chez.com UniLoad]''' game launcher official release.php*31/OldNews 10/24: [[Future View V]] the Halloween issue of the disc mag*27/10/24: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2024 [http://www.FutureOS.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.net released].*12/07/24: Comprehensive update of text editor [[FutureTex]] to 0.5.2. Text / Block management up to 3,5 MB*07/06/24: [[On File]] database management system as well as [[No One Like You Demo]] have been released by [[KSL]].*05/06/24: [https://snauts.itch.io/pulzar Pulzar] by Snauts, double feature: ZX & CPC release.*17/05/24: '''[https://www.usebox.net/jjm/heart-of-salamanderland/ The Heart of Salamanderland]''', a new action platformer, has been released.
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*23/10/21: '''''Puzzle Bobble''''', new game by [https://crazypiri.itch.io/puzzle-bobble Crazy Piri] is released.
*12/04/21: '''''Oil Panic''''', another game by [https://crazypiri.itch.io/oil-panic Crazy Piri] is released. CPC port of the well known ''Game & Watch'' game.
*07/01/21: '''[[CPCemu]]''' has been released as [https://cpc-emu.org/news.html version 2.0] after 11 years.
*23/12/20: '''''[[Ninja Carnage]]''''', new adventure by [http://games.resistance.no/ninjac/ Resistance], has been released
*10/11/20: '''[[FutureOS]]''' update
*15/10/20: '''''Crazy Blaster''''', an action game by [https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/cas011.html Misfit]
*13/10/20: Preview of '''''[https://media.assembly.org/gamedev/2020/CORSAIR_TRAINER.zip Corsair Trainer]''''', shoot'em up by Bitplane Technomantes
*08/10/20: Preview of '''''[https://github.com/shaymanjohn/aticatac-cpc/releases/download/v0.5/aticatac.dsk Atic Atac]''''', CPC port by John Ward
*10/09/20: '''''CPC Soccer''''', Kick Off like game published by [[Bitmap Soft]]
*12/07/20: '''''[[Mimo's Quest]]''''', a new game by [[:User:Evenmore|Chris Perver]], is under development
*29/04/20: '''''[[Dirk Headstrong and the Martian Madness]]''''', a new game by [[:User:ZoeRobinson|Zoë Robinson]], is released
*16/04/20: '''''Kitsune's Curse''''', new game by [https://www.usebox.net/jjm/kitsunes-curse/ usebox.net]
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Image:Pentomino.jpg|[http://cpc.scifinet.org/ Website] - [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/pentomino Forum]
Image:ImperialMahjong.png|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/imperial-mahjong-cargosoft-new-game/ Imperial Mahjong]
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Image:Golden-tail.png|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/new-game-golden-tail/ Golden Tail]
Image:MultiPlay.jpg|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/multiplay-mx4-expansion/ MultiPlay topic]
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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 × 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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