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* 23/02/2008: [[http://CPCrulez.free.fr/ hERMOL]] has released a CPC conversion of [[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/GamesDL_hack/index.php?list=S Street Fighter II]]
 
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Revision as of 11:22, 29 June 2008

Amstrad CPC Range

Welcome to the Amstrad CPC Wiki!

This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things Amstrad CPC related. There are now 4,788 articles around the CPC available. Feel free to contribute or post your suggestions in the Forum!

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CPC on a ROM

CPC related news

  • 12/06/2008: New CPCGamesCD out. Now for Linux too!
  • 11/06/2008: The Amstrad Action tribute issue 118 has been released. Download here: AA118
  • 25/05/2008: SymStudio site updated, author seeking testers for version .99.
  • 15/05/2008: A new game release, Capers in Cityland!
  • 21/04/2008: CPCEmu 1.6b released!
  • 12/04/2008: Got a Nintendo DS? Make it play some real games with AmeDS 2.1!!!
  • 31/03/2008: CPCE 1.90 re-released, with even more bugfixes in the FDC emulation and LPTCPC's new ability to send extended disc images from a real CPC through the parallel cable.
  • 27/03/2008: JavaCPC updated to 3.9 and gone open source!
  • 17/03/2008: Bergtreffen_2008 at Erlangen in Germany has taken place from 16. - 18. of May in 2008. A Traditional CPC-Meeting with a visit of a great Beerfest.
  • 23/02/2008: [hERMOL] has released a CPC conversion of [Street Fighter II]

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What is the Amstrad CPC about?

Watch this video introduction to the CPC!

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Did you know?

  • 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 unsoldered 8K of RAM to circumvent the law that stipulated a spanish keyboard for all machines with up to 64KB memory
  • With a possible total amount of 768 x 270 pixel (540 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.

CPCWiki updates

  • FCKEditor installed! Now you can easily edit pages. Please report any functionality issues. You can also deactivate it in your user preferences.
  • VIDEO EMBEDDING enabled for the wiki! Woo-hoo!!!
  • MULTIPLE FILE UPLOAD FORM installed. For the time being it doesn't work alright when put in the sidebar...
  • All the issues of Amtix!, Amstrad Action and Amstrad Computer User have been uploaded and you can find them here!
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