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Extended RAM Softwares

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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 : Hi Hermol !) on the Website CPCpower after the topic was launched at CPCrulez's Forum on an idea from MacDeath.. (See links at the end of this page)

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

  1. 2112 AD
  2. 20000 Lieues Sous Les Mers
  1. A La Decouverte De La Terre
  2. APB
  3. Adi Environnement 3eme
  4. Adi Environnement Ce2
  5. Adi Environnement Cm1
  6. Adi Environnement Cm2
  7. Adi Francais Ce2
  8. Adi Francais Cm1
  9. Adi Mathematiques 3eme
  10. Adi Mathematiques Ce2
  11. Adi Mathematiques Cm2
  12. Adventure Quest
  13. Alien Storm
  14. Amnesia
  15. Arcticfox
  16. Atland
  1. B.A.T.
  2. Badlands
  3. Balade A Cologne
  4. Barthels Dash
  5. Batman The Movie
  6. Battle Command
  7. Black Land
  8. Bo!
  9. Bounty Hunter
  10. Bunny Bricks
  11. Burger PARTY [CPC+]
  1. Call &BD10'n'oeuf [CPC+]
  2. Carrier Command
  3. Casanova
  4. Chase H.Q.
  5. Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer
  6. Cloud 99
  7. Code De La Route
  8. Colossal Adventure
  9. Computer Scrabble Deluxe
  10. Corruption
  11. Cpc Aventure
  12. Crazyfruit
  13. Cyborgs
  1. Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
  2. Das Reich
  3. Davy Jones Locker
  4. Der Zeichner
  5. Dizzy V - Spellbound Dizzy
  6. Dora
  7. Double Dragon
  8. Double Dragon II - The Revenge
  9. Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
  10. Dragon Ninja
  11. Dragon World
  12. Drigus Und Drolan
  13. Dungeon Adventure
  1. El Paciente 106
  2. Emlyn Hughes International Soccer
  3. Escape From Prison Planet
  4. Escape From Wacci
  5. Eswat - Cyber Police
  6. European Soccer Challenge
  7. European Superleague
  8. Exterminator
  1. Fighting Soccer
  2. Final Fight
  3. First Past The Post
  4. Flags Slideshow
  5. Freedom
  6. Fres Attack
  7. Fres Fighter II Turbo
  8. Fres Man
  9. Frestris
  10. Fucki Demo
  1. G-Loc R360
  2. Gauntlet III - Final Quest
  3. Get Me To The Church On Time!
  4. Gnome Ranger
  5. Grand Prix 500 2
  6. Granny's Garden
  7. Grell And Falla
  8. Groops
  9. Gryzor
  10. Gunboat - River Combat Simulation
  1. Hard Drivin'
  2. Hawk Storm
  3. Hero Quest
  4. Hero Quest Return Of The Witch Lord
  5. Highway Patrol
  6. Horizon Ce1
  7. Hostages - Operation Jupiter
  8. Hounds Of Hell
  1. III Guerra Mundial
  2. Il Etait Une Fois
  3. Inferno
  4. Ingrid's Back!
  5. International 3D Tennis
  6. Into The Mystic
  7. Ishido
  1. Jinxter
  2. Jump Mania
  3. Jungle Book
  1. Karatian
  2. Kick Off 2
  3. Killerball
  4. Knight Orc
  1. L'Art De La Guerre
  2. L'Or Des Azteques
  3. L'affaire Ravenhood
  4. La Abadia Del Crimen
  5. La Bosse Des Maths 3eme
  6. La Bosse Des Maths 5eme
  7. La Espada Sagrada
  8. La Malediction
  9. La Planete Mysterieuse
  10. Labyrinthe De La Reine Des Ombres
  11. Lancelot
  12. Larry The Lemming's Urge For Extinction
  13. Le Labyrinthe Aux Cent Calculs - Ecole 8/10 ans
  14. Le Labyrinthe Aux Mille Calculs - College 11/14 ans
  15. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 1
  16. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 2
  17. Le Labyrinthe D'Errare - College 11/14 ans
  18. Le Labyrinthe De Morphintax
  19. Le Labyrinthe d'Orthophus - Ecole 8/10 ans
  20. Le Taromancien
  21. Leopold The Minstrel
  22. Les Griffes De La Nuit
  23. Les Mondes Paralleles
  24. Les Passagers Du Vent
  25. Les Ripoux
  26. Lights Out
  27. Logical Head
  28. Lop Ears
  29. Lord Of The Rings
  30. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
  31. Lubix
  1. Mage
  2. Megablasters
  3. Megamix
  4. Meurtres A Venise
  5. Mickey Et La Machine A Mots Croises
  6. Microprose Soccer
  7. Mig Busters
  8. Monte Cristo
  9. Moulinsart
  10. Mutant Fortress
  1. Nathan Ecoles Francais CP - CE
  2. Nathan Ecoles Francais Ce2
  3. Nathan Ecoles Francais Cm1
  4. New York Warriors
  5. Nigel Mansell's World Championship
  6. Night Hunter
  7. No Exit
  8. North & South - Les Tuniques Bleues
  1. Operation Thunderbolt
  2. Orion Prime
  1. Paris-Dakar
  2. Peter Pan
  3. Phoenix
  4. Pilots
  5. Pirates
  6. Plumpy
  7. Poussy
  8. Power-Flash
  9. Prehistorik II [CPC/CPC+]
  10. Prohibition
  11. Project X
  1. Rambo III
  2. Recherche Miss X Desesperement
  3. Red & Blue
  4. Renegade
  5. Return Of The Jedi
  6. Rick Dangerous 128+ [CPC+]
  7. Robocop
  1. SWIV
  2. Scapeghost
  3. Shadow Warriors
  4. Shinobi
  5. Sliders
  6. Snow Joke
  7. Soccer Pinball
  8. Soko Bam
  9. Space Crusade
  10. Space Harrier II
  11. Splash
  12. Squares
  13. Star Sabre
  14. Starship Quest
  15. Streap-poker
  16. Striker In The Crypts Of Trogan
  17. Strip-jak
  18. Stuart England
  19. Stunt Car Racer
  20. Sudoku Master
  21. Super Cars
  22. Super Cauldron
  23. Super League
  24. Super Trux
  25. Swap
  26. Switch
  27. Switchblade
  1. Target Renegade
  2. Targhan
  3. Teacher Trouble
  4. Terramex
  5. Tetris 95
  6. The Addams Family
  7. The Eternal Light
  8. The Great Giana Sisters
  9. The Guild Of Thieves
  10. The Miser
  11. The Pawn
  12. The Spiro Legacy
  13. The Spy Who Loved Me
  14. The Taxman Cometh
  15. The Test
  16. The Untouchables
  17. Thundercats - The Lost Eye Of Thundera
  18. Times Of Lore
  19. Total Recall
  20. Toyota Celica Gt Rally
  21. Treasure Island
  1. Ultimate Tetris
  1. Vindicators
  2. Violator Of Voodoo
  1. Wild West Seymour
  2. Wind Surf Willy
  3. World Championship Soccer
  4. World Class Rugby
  5. World Cup Challenge
  1. X-Contra
  2. Xyphoes Fantasy
  1. Zap'T'Balls - The Advanced Edition
  2. Zap'T'Balls
  3. Zombi

APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS: 74

  1. 2in1
  1. 3D Construction Kit
  1. AMX Pagemaker
  2. Access A La Banque Ram du CPC6128
  3. Ades
  4. Almacen-Facturacion 6128
  5. Alyssa Database
  6. Anti-Multiface
  7. Arnor C
  1. B-Asic V3.4 [CPC+]
  1. CPC_T v3.1
  2. CPM Plus
  3. CPM Plus Programming Utilities For 6128 Plus
  4. CPM Plus System Utilities For 6128 Plus
  5. Cheese Cruncher
  6. Cpc-Word
  1. DES
  2. DK'Tronics Bank Switch
  3. Dbase II
  4. Digitracker
  5. Dimension 6
  6. Disc'O'Magic
  7. Drive C Ramdisk
  1. Edit
  2. Electra 2000
  3. Electron
  1. FAst BAsic COMpiler
  2. Fichero De Clientes 6128
  3. Fichero Proveedores 6128
  4. FreeOcp [CPC+]
  1. Iankey Two Fingers To Touch Typing Conversion Course
  2. Iankey Typing Crash Course
  1. JL-Copy Utilities
  1. Knife Plus
  1. Light Pen - Mark II
  2. Logbook
  1. M80 Microsoft Macro Assembler
  2. Mallard-80 Basic
  3. MicroDesign Plus
  4. MicroDesign v1.1
  5. Microsoft MS-Cobol
  6. Microsoft Multiplan
  7. Mon Ordinateur A Dessins
  1. Oxford PAO
  1. Page Publisher
  2. Pascal MT+80
  3. PowerPage 128
  4. PowerSpell
  5. Procopy 128K
  6. Protext Version 2.x
  7. Proverscan
  8. Pyradev+
  1. Rambase
  2. Ramdisk
  3. Routeplanner
  1. S-Daf
  2. Silipack
  3. Space Archiver
  4. Speedtrans Plus-3
  5. Starkos
  6. Stop Press - Desktop Publishing
  7. Symbos CPC
  1. Tas-Sign
  2. Tas-Spell
  3. Tasword 6128
  4. Tearaway - The Informer
  5. The Advanced OCP Art Studio
  6. The Electric Studio Light Pen Graphics 6128
  7. The OCP Art Studio
  8. The Soundtrakker
  9. Turbo Super Monitor Razormaid Mix 1994
  1. Vidi Video Digitiser
  1. Wacci-Word
  2. Wordstar

COMPILATIONS

COMPILATIONS : 28

  1. 6128 Games Selection
  1. A Toda Maquina
  2. A Toda Maquina II
  3. Air Sea Supremacy
  4. Amsoft Pack 1
  5. Amsoft Pack 2
  6. Arcadia
  1. Edition One
  1. Fists Of Fury Edition 2
  1. Les Battants 2
  2. Les Guerriers Ninja
  3. Les Justiciers
  1. Max
  2. Mega Mix
  3. Micro Club : Chase HQ, Wec Le Mans
  4. Micro Club : Robocop, Batman The Movie
  1. NRJ La Compil'Action Vol. 3
  1. Pack Powersports
  2. Pick 'N' Mix - Cloud 99, Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, Phoenix, Violator Of Voodoo
  3. Pick 'N' Mix - The Black Fountain, Sharpe's Deeds...
  4. Power Up
  1. Soccer Stars
  2. Super Sega
  1. The Hollywood Collection
  2. The Jewels Of Darkness
  3. The River Collection
  4. Time And Magik Trilogy
  1. Wheels Of Fire

EDUCATIONAL

EDUCATIONAL : 21

  1. Adi Environnement 3eme
  2. Adi Environnement Ce2
  3. Adi Environnement Cm1
  4. Adi Environnement Cm2
  5. Adi Francais Ce2
  6. Adi Francais Cm1
  7. Adi Mathematiques 3eme
  8. Adi Mathematiques Ce2
  9. Adi Mathematiques Cm2
  1. La Bosse Des Maths 3eme
  2. La Bosse Des Maths 5eme
  1. Le Labyrinthe Aux Cent Calculs - Ecole 8/10 ans
  2. Le Labyrinthe Aux Mille Calculs - College 11/14 ans
  3. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 1
  4. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 2
  5. Le Labyrinthe D'Errare - College 11/14 ans
  6. Le Labyrinthe De Morphintax
  7. Le Labyrinthe d'Orthophus - Ecole 8/10 ans
  1. Nathan Ecoles Francais CP - CE
  2. Nathan Ecoles Francais Ce2
  3. Nathan Ecoles Francais Cm1

LINKS