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{{#ev:youtube|YJosZfm560Q|500}}<br>20/03/11: Amazing new '''Batman Forever''' demo [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,2085.new.html#new released]!!!! [UPD] Read an '''[http://www.norecess.net/interview-rhino.html interview] with Rhino'''!
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*05/07/11: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2426.msg25923#msg25923 Now That’s What I Call Chip Tunes]''' - a great music disk by '''Mr.Ship'''!
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*05/07/11: '''[http://roland.antoniovillena.es/ Roland]''', the online javascript emulator, now supports sound!
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*05/07/11: New version of '''[http://www.cpcalive.com/cpcalive_en.html CPCAlive]''' with Z80 debugger improvement and corrections.
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*28/06/11: Results and report (soon!) for the ReSeT #0 Party are '''[http://pushnpop.net/index.php?action=meetings&id=14 here]'''
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*22/06/11: '''[http://www.norecess.net/quickcmd.html QuickCMD]''', a fantastic shell for the CPC released by '''NoRecess'''!
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*21/06/11: Major new release of '''[http://www.cpcbox.com/ CPCbox]''', now with sound!!
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*09/05/11: '''[http://www.pushnpop.net/reset ReSeT #0 Party]''' is a CPC Meeting in France: 24-25-26 June 2011!
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*03/05/11: '''[http://www.cpcmania.com/index2.asp?urldest=cpcdiskxp/cpcdiskxp.htm CPCDiskXP]''' 2.1 released :)
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*27/04/11: A new game! This time a port of Dinamic's '''Arquimedes XXI''' by '''Devilmarkus, PulkoMandy, voXfReaX''' and '''MiguelSky''', over [http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/arquimedesxxi.php here]!
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*27/04/11: '''NoRecess''' published a great [http://www.norecess.net/interview-richard-wilson.html interview] with '''Richard Wilson''' of '''ParaDOS''' and '''WinApe''' fame :)
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*17/04/11: '''ACID''' well and truly [http://www.octoate.de/wp/2011/04/15/another-acid-implementation-on-the-way/ ripped apart] :)
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*17/04/11: '''NoRecess''' released v.2.2 of [http://www.norecess.net/hxc-floppy-emulator-manager.html HxC Floppy Emulator Manager]
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*16/04/11: A very detailed interview of the Batman Forever Team published on '''[http://pushnpop.net/ Push'N'Pop]'''
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*11/04/11: New game!!! '''[http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/hora-bruja.php Hora Bruja]''' released! :)
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*08/04/11: Another [http://www.norecess.net/1/post/2011/04/added-interview-of-longshot-logon-system.html interview] by Recess, this time with '''Longshot / Logon System'''!
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*06/04/11: NoRecess added an [http://www.norecess.net/interview-face-hugger.html interview with '''Face Huggger''']!
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*06/04/11: Version 19 of '''GamebaseCPC''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/gamebasecpc/index.php?page=accueil added]!
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*23/03/11: '''[http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/502-Caanoo-CAP32-Amstrad-CPC-Emulator-for-Caanoo-v1.1.2.html Caanoo-CAP32]''' for the Gamepark Caanoo updated!
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*17/03/11: '''[http://www.retroreview.com/iang/UberCassette/ UberCassette]''' (wav->CDT) now supports Amstrad CPC :)
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*15/02/11: [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1982 Sub Hunter] released! Read Axelay's interview [http://www.norecess.net/interview-axelay.html here]!
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*10/03/11: {FR} A fantastic [http://www.phenixinformatique.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=244 interview with '''Marion Vannier'''], head of Amstrad France!
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*09/03/11: Yeah!!! '''[http://fmsdevel.wisecoding.es/blog/cpcdroid---2011-03-02 CPCDroid]''', a great emulator for '''Android''', has been released!!!
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*09/03/11: Small update of [http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/cpce/index.htm CPCE] released
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*13/01/11: [http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/uwol-2-cpc/ Uwol 2 (Quest for Money)], a new game by the Mojon Twins!!
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*13/01/11: New version of the [http://www.telefonica.net/web2/emilioguerrero/ccz80/ccz80.html CCZ80 compiler]
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*13/01/11: [http://www.norecess.net/sdcc2pasmo.html SDCC2Pasmo v1.0] tool released for SDCC->Pasmo assembler conversions
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*13/01/11: [http://cpcparts.net CPCParts] has a real domain name now!
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*12/01/11: [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1871.0.html CPCInAJar], CPC emu in *exactly* 128kB released by Devilmarkus!
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Image:NTWICCT01.jpg|Now That's What I Call Chip Tunes
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Image:Arquimedes.png|Arquimedes XXI
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Image:Hora bruja.jpg|Hora Bruja
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Image:BatmanForever.png|Batman Forever
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Image:Uwol2b.png|Uwol 2
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*When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
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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.
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*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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*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.
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*The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.
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*[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.  
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*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
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'''2011:''' [[User:Bryce|Bryce]] (€75)<br>
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'''2009:''' Prodatron (€1000)<br>Nurgle (€30)<br>Serge Querné (€30)<br>Roald Strauss (€50)<br>
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