This article is to deal with softwares that actually use the Extra RAM banks as featured in the CPC6128 or amsttrad 6128Plus, or any 464 or 664 settings with Standard Memory Expansions.
The title of this article is open to debates and may be changed once a proper term is found.
Check up the Category:Extended RAM Softwares for more informations and links.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Common Beliefs
Despite the short lived CPC664, the Amstrad 8 bit ranges are divided into 464 and 6128.
It is an old Debate to tell wether the Extra RAM is to be used or not.
And from countries to other, many Amstrad user's actually have only 64K configurations...
The moot point was that 6128 was useless as only a small little handfull of softwares actually used it, thus only the Demoscene and hardcore coders could see any advantage in it.
But actually no one knew how many softwares actually used the extra RAM banks nor how ? in which purpose ?
Modern Scene production
As put in evidence when RickDangerous 128+ was released.
Some users complained that they only had a 464+ and couldn't run the game.
But Fano (Eastereggs team) shown the Amstrad world that the proper use of the extra RAM Bank could lead to radical improuvement in Games.
Many Demoscener also consider the 6128 configuration to be the minimum.
StarSabre lead to some debate wether it should be only 64K or get a better 128K version, and got it.
The debate is also on wether should a production use even more than 128k Ram or not.
A difficult Task
To set the definitive and complete list was then a necessity as so many Flamewars featuring Speccyfanz and C64fanz implied that the power of the CPC6128 was a Chimera and that "only perhaps 10 softwares maximum" did actually use it.
This list was done by Kukulcan (with little help from friends) on the Website CPCpower after the topic was launched at CPCrulez's Forum on an idea from MacDeath..
It is sorted in alphabetical order and in French at the moment.
It is to be perhaps sorted with more subcategory to fit the CPCwiki..
WIP.
GAMES
GAMES : 235
- 2112 AD
- 20000 Lieues Sous Les Mers
- A La Decouverte De La Terre
- APB
- Adi Environnement 3eme
- Adi Environnement Ce2
- Adi Environnement Cm1
- Adi Environnement Cm2
- Adi Francais Ce2
- Adi Francais Cm1
- Adi Mathematiques 3eme
- Adi Mathematiques Ce2
- Adi Mathematiques Cm2
- Adventure Quest
- Alien Storm
- Amnesia
- Arcticfox
- Atland
- B.A.T.
- Badlands
- Balade A Cologne
- Barthels Dash
- Batman The Movie
- Battle Command
- Black Land
- Bo!
- Bounty Hunter
- Bunny Bricks
- Burger PARTY [CPC+]
- Call &BD10'n'oeuf [CPC+]
- Carrier Command
- Casanova
- Chase H.Q.
- Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer
- Cloud 99
- Code De La Route
- Colossal Adventure
- Computer Scrabble Deluxe
- Corruption
- Cpc Aventure
- Crazyfruit
- Cyborgs
- Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
- Das Reich
- Davy Jones Locker
- Der Zeichner
- Dizzy V - Spellbound Dizzy
- Dora
- Double Dragon
- Double Dragon II - The Revenge
- Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- Dragon Ninja
- Dragon World
- Drigus Und Drolan
- Dungeon Adventure
- El Paciente 106
- Emlyn Hughes International Soccer
- Escape From Prison Planet
- Escape From Wacci
- Eswat - Cyber Police
- European Soccer Challenge
- European Superleague
- Exterminator
- Fighting Soccer
- Final Fight
- First Past The Post
- Flags Slideshow
- Freedom
- Fres Attack
- Fres Fighter II Turbo
- Fres Man
- Frestris
- Fucki Demo
- G-Loc R360
- Gauntlet III - Final Quest
- Get Me To The Church On Time!
- Gnome Ranger
- Grand Prix 500 2
- Granny's Garden
- Grell And Falla
- Groops
- Gryzor
- Gunboat - River Combat Simulation
- Hard Drivin'
- Hawk Storm
- Hero Quest
- Hero Quest Return Of The Witch Lord
- Highway Patrol
- Horizon Ce1
- Hostages - Operation Jupiter
- Hounds Of Hell
- III Guerra Mundial
- Il Etait Une Fois
- Inferno
- Ingrid's Back!
- International 3D Tennis
- Into The Mystic
- Ishido
- Jinxter
- Jump Mania
- Jungle Book
- Karatian
- Kick Off 2
- Killerball
- Knight Orc
- L'Art De La Guerre
- L'Or Des Azteques
- L'affaire Ravenhood
- La Abadia Del Crimen
- La Bosse Des Maths 3eme
- La Bosse Des Maths 5eme
- La Espada Sagrada
- La Malediction
- La Planete Mysterieuse
- Labyrinthe De La Reine Des Ombres
- Lancelot
- Larry The Lemming's Urge For Extinction
- Le Labyrinthe Aux Cent Calculs - Ecole 8/10 ans
- Le Labyrinthe Aux Mille Calculs - College 11/14 ans
- Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 1
- Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 2
- Le Labyrinthe D'Errare - College 11/14 ans
- Le Labyrinthe De Morphintax
- Le Labyrinthe d'Orthophus - Ecole 8/10 ans
- Le Taromancien
- Leopold The Minstrel
- Les Griffes De La Nuit
- Les Mondes Paralleles
- Les Passagers Du Vent
- Les Ripoux
- Lights Out
- Logical Head
- Lop Ears
- Lord Of The Rings
- Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
- Lubix
- Mage
- Megablasters
- Megamix
- Meurtres A Venise
- Mickey Et La Machine A Mots Croises
- Microprose Soccer
- Mig Busters
- Monte Cristo
- Moulinsart
- Mutant Fortress
- Nathan Ecoles Francais CP - CE
- Nathan Ecoles Francais Ce2
- Nathan Ecoles Francais Cm1
- New York Warriors
- Nigel Mansell's World Championship
- Night Hunter
- No Exit
- North & South - Les Tuniques Bleues
- Operation Thunderbolt
- Orion Prime
- Paris-Dakar
- Peter Pan
- Phoenix
- Pilots
- Pirates
- Plumpy
- Poussy
- Power-Flash
- Prehistorik II [CPC/CPC+]
- Prohibition
- Project X
- Rambo III
- Recherche Miss X Desesperement
- Red & Blue
- Renegade
- Return Of The Jedi
- Rick Dangerous 128+ [CPC+]
- Robocop
- SWIV
- Scapeghost
- Shadow Warriors
- Shinobi
- Sliders
- Snow Joke
- Soccer Pinball
- Soko Bam
- Space Crusade
- Space Harrier II
- Splash
- Squares
- Star Sabre
- Starship Quest
- Streap-poker
- Striker In The Crypts Of Trogan
- Strip-jak
- Stuart England
- Stunt Car Racer
- Sudoku Master
- Super Cars
- Super Cauldron
- Super League
- Super Trux
- Swap
- Switch
- Switchblade
- Target Renegade
- Targhan
- Teacher Trouble
- Terramex
- Tetris 95
- The Addams Family
- The Eternal Light
- The Great Giana Sisters
- The Guild Of Thieves
- The Miser
- The Pawn
- The Spiro Legacy
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- The Taxman Cometh
- The Test
- The Untouchables
- Thundercats - The Lost Eye Of Thundera
- Times Of Lore
- Total Recall
- Toyota Celica Gt Rally
- Treasure Island
- Ultimate Tetris
- Vindicators
- Violator Of Voodoo
- Wild West Seymour
- Wind Surf Willy
- World Championship Soccer
- World Class Rugby
- World Cup Challenge
- X-Contra
- Xyphoes Fantasy
- Zap'T'Balls - The Advanced Edition
- Zap'T'Balls
- Zombi
APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS: 74
- 2in1
- 3D Construction Kit
- AMX Pagemaker
- Access A La Banque Ram du CPC6128
- Ades
- Almacen-Facturacion 6128
- Alyssa Database
- Anti-Multiface
- Arnor C
- B-Asic V3.4 [CPC+]
- CPC_T v3.1
- CPM Plus
- CPM Plus Programming Utilities For 6128 Plus
- CPM Plus System Utilities For 6128 Plus
- Cheese Cruncher
- Cpc-Word
- DES
- DK'Tronics Bank Switch
- Dbase II
- Digitracker
- Dimension 6
- Disc'O'Magic
- Drive C Ramdisk
- Edit
- Electra 2000
- Electron
- FAst BAsic COMpiler
- Fichero De Clientes 6128
- Fichero Proveedores 6128
- FreeOcp [CPC+]
- Iankey Two Fingers To Touch Typing Conversion Course
- Iankey Typing Crash Course
- JL-Copy Utilities
- Knife Plus
- Light Pen - Mark II
- Logbook
- M80 Microsoft Macro Assembler
- Mallard-80 Basic
- MicroDesign Plus
- MicroDesign v1.1
- Microsoft MS-Cobol
- Microsoft Multiplan
- Mon Ordinateur A Dessins
- Oxford PAO
- Page Publisher
- Pascal MT+80
- PowerPage 128
- PowerSpell
- Procopy 128K
- Protext Version 2.x
- Proverscan
- Pyradev+
- Rambase
- Ramdisk
- Routeplanner
- S-Daf
- Silipack
- Space Archiver
- Speedtrans Plus-3
- Starkos
- Stop Press - Desktop Publishing
- Symbos CPC
- Tas-Sign
- Tas-Spell
- Tasword 6128
- Tearaway - The Informer
- The Advanced OCP Art Studio
- The Electric Studio Light Pen Graphics 6128
- The OCP Art Studio
- The Soundtrakker
- Turbo Super Monitor Razormaid Mix 1994
- Vidi Video Digitiser
- Wacci-Word
- Wordstar
COMPILATIONS
COMPILATIONS : 28
- 6128 Games Selection
- A Toda Maquina
- A Toda Maquina II
- Air Sea Supremacy
- Amsoft Pack 1
- Amsoft Pack 2
- Arcadia
- Edition One
- Fists Of Fury Edition 2
- Les Battants 2
- Les Guerriers Ninja
- Les Justiciers
- Max
- Mega Mix
- Micro Club : Chase HQ, Wec Le Mans
- Micro Club : Robocop, Batman The Movie
- NRJ La Compil'Action Vol. 3
- Pack Powersports
- Pick 'N' Mix - Cloud 99, Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, Phoenix, Violator Of Voodoo
- Pick 'N' Mix - The Black Fountain, Sharpe's Deeds...
- Power Up
- Soccer Stars
- Super Sega
- The Hollywood Collection
- The Jewels Of Darkness
- The River Collection
- Time And Magik Trilogy
- Wheels Of Fire
EDUCATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL : 21
- Adi Environnement 3eme
- Adi Environnement Ce2
- Adi Environnement Cm1
- Adi Environnement Cm2
- Adi Francais Ce2
- Adi Francais Cm1
- Adi Mathematiques 3eme
- Adi Mathematiques Ce2
- Adi Mathematiques Cm2
- La Bosse Des Maths 3eme
- La Bosse Des Maths 5eme
- Le Labyrinthe Aux Cent Calculs - Ecole 8/10 ans
- Le Labyrinthe Aux Mille Calculs - College 11/14 ans
- Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 1
- Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 2
- Le Labyrinthe D'Errare - College 11/14 ans
- Le Labyrinthe De Morphintax
- Le Labyrinthe d'Orthophus - Ecole 8/10 ans
- Nathan Ecoles Francais CP - CE
- Nathan Ecoles Francais Ce2
- Nathan Ecoles Francais Cm1
LINKS
- CPCwiki's Forum topic : http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1948.0.html
- CPCrulez's forum topic : http://cpcrulez.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4458 (in french)
- CPCpower's page : http://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=151 (in french)