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Extended RAM Software

This article deals with software that actually uses the Extra RAM banks as featured in the CPC6128 or Amstrad 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 Software for more informations and links.


HISTORY IN THE MAKING

Common Beliefs

If one discounts the short-lived CPC664, the Amstrad home computer range is usually divided between the 464 (64KB of memory) and the 6128 (128KB). This leaves lots of users with only 64KB of memory. The downside for everyone was that, because the developers would choose to publish games for the lowest common denominator, very few titles took advantage of the upper 64KB bank of the 6128 model.

There were, however, several titles that took advantage of the full 128KB of memory, both commercially released or scene-related.

Modern Scene production

  1. RickDangerous 128+ was released for 128K machines, causing several 464Plus users to complaint, in an ironic repeat of history.
  2. StarSabre also lead to some debate wether it should be only 64K or get a better 128K version. In the end, one was released as well.

The debate continues on whether a production should use even more than 128k of RAM or not.

A difficult Task

The following list originates from [1] and was originally compiled by Kukulcan with help from Hermol. MacDeath started the relevant thread on the Forum.

It is sorted in alphabetical order and in French at the moment and is a work in progress.

GAMES

GAMES : 237

  1. 2112 AD
  2. 20000 Lieues Sous Les Mers
  3. A La Decouverte De La Terre
  4. APB
  5. Adi Environnement 3eme
  6. Adi Environnement Ce2
  7. Adi Environnement Cm1
  8. Adi Environnement Cm2
  9. Adi Francais Ce2
  10. Adi Francais Cm1
  11. Adi Mathematiques 3eme
  12. Adi Mathematiques Ce2
  13. Adi Mathematiques Cm2
  14. Adventure Quest
  15. Alien Storm
  16. Amnesia
  17. Arcticfox
  18. Atland
  19. B.A.T.
  20. Badlands
  21. Balade A Cologne
  22. Barthels Dash
  23. Batman The Movie
  24. Battle Command
  25. Black Land
  26. Bo!
  27. Bounty Hunter
  28. Bunny Bricks
  29. Burger PARTY [CPC+]
  30. Call &BD10'n'oeuf [CPC+]
  31. Carrier Command
  32. Casanova
  33. Chase H.Q.
  34. Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer
  35. Cloud 99
  36. Code De La Route
  37. Colossal Adventure
  38. Computer Scrabble Deluxe
  39. Corruption
  40. Cpc Aventure
  41. Crazyfruit
  42. Cyborgs
  43. Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
  44. Das Reich
  45. Davy Jones Locker
  46. Der Zeichner
  47. Dizzy V - Spellbound Dizzy
  48. Dora
  49. Double Dragon
  50. Double Dragon II - The Revenge
  51. Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
  52. Dragon Ninja
  53. Dragon World
  54. Drigus Und Drolan
  55. Dungeon Adventure
  56. El Paciente 106
  57. Emlyn Hughes International Soccer
  58. Escape From Prison Planet
  59. Escape From Wacci
  60. Eswat - Cyber Police
  61. European Soccer Challenge
  62. European Superleague
  63. Exterminator
  64. Fighting Soccer
  65. Final Fight
  66. First Past The Post
  67. Flags Slideshow
  68. Freedom
  69. Fres Attack
  70. Fres Fighter II Turbo
  71. Fres Man
  72. Frestris
  73. Fucki Demo
  74. G-Loc R360
  75. Gauntlet III - Final Quest
  76. Get Me To The Church On Time!
  77. Gnome Ranger
  78. Grand Prix 500 2
  79. Granny's Garden
  80. Grell And Falla
  81. Groops
  82. Gryzor
  83. Gunboat - River Combat Simulation
  84. Hard Drivin'
  85. Hawk Storm
  86. Hero Quest
  87. Hero Quest Return Of The Witch Lord
  88. Highway Patrol
  89. Horizon Ce1
  90. Hostages - Operation Jupiter
  91. Hounds Of Hell
  92. III Guerra Mundial
  93. Il Etait Une Fois
  94. Inferno
  95. Ingrid's Back!
  96. International 3D Tennis
  97. Into The Mystic
  98. Ishido
  99. Jinxter
  100. Jump Mania
  101. Jungle Book
  102. Karatian
  103. Kick Off 2
  104. Killerball
  105. Knight Orc
  106. L'Art De La Guerre
  107. L'Or Des Azteques
  108. L'affaire Ravenhood
  109. La Abadia Del Crimen
  110. La Bosse Des Maths 3eme
  111. La Bosse Des Maths 5eme
  112. La Espada Sagrada
  113. La Malediction
  114. La Planete Mysterieuse
  115. Labyrinthe De La Reine Des Ombres
  116. Lancelot
  117. Larry The Lemming's Urge For Extinction
  118. Le Labyrinthe Aux Cent Calculs - Ecole 8/10 ans
  119. Le Labyrinthe Aux Mille Calculs - College 11/14 ans
  120. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 1
  121. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 2
  122. Le Labyrinthe D'Errare - College 11/14 ans
  123. Le Labyrinthe De Morphintax
  124. Le Labyrinthe d'Orthophus - Ecole 8/10 ans
  125. Le Taromancien
  126. Leopold The Minstrel
  127. Les Griffes De La Nuit
  128. Les Mondes Paralleles
  129. Les Passagers Du Vent
  130. Les Ripoux
  131. Lights Out
  132. Logical Head
  133. Lop Ears
  134. Lord Of The Rings
  135. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
  136. Lubix
  137. Mage
  138. Megablasters
  139. Megamix
  140. Meurtres A Venise
  141. Mickey Et La Machine A Mots Croises
  142. Microprose Soccer
  143. Mig Busters
  144. Monte Cristo
  145. Moulinsart
  146. Mutant Fortress
  147. Nathan Ecoles Francais CP - CE
  148. Nathan Ecoles Francais Ce2
  149. Nathan Ecoles Francais Cm1
  150. New York Warriors
  151. Nigel Mansell's World Championship
  152. Night Hunter
  153. No Exit
  154. North & South - Les Tuniques Bleues
  155. Operation Thunderbolt
  156. Orion Prime
  157. Paris-Dakar
  158. Peter Pan
  159. Phoenix
  160. Pilots
  161. Pirates
  162. Plumpy
  163. Poussy
  164. Power-Flash
  165. Prehistorik II [CPC/CPC+]
  166. Prohibition
  167. Puffy's Saga
  168. Rambo III
  169. Recherche Miss X Desesperement
  170. Red & Blue
  171. Renegade
  172. Return Of The Jedi
  173. Rick Dangerous 128+ [CPC+]
  174. Robocop
  175. SWIV
  176. Scapeghost
  177. Shadow Warriors
  178. Shinobi
  179. Sliders
  180. Snow Joke
  181. Soccer Pinball
  182. Soko Bam
  183. Space Crusade
  184. Space Harrier II
  185. Splash
  186. Squares
  187. Star Sabre
  188. Starship Quest
  189. Streap-poker
  190. Striker In The Crypts Of Trogan
  191. Strip-jak
  192. Stuart England
  193. Stunt Car Racer
  194. Sudoku Master
  195. Super Cars
  196. Super Cauldron
  197. Super League
  198. Super Trux
  199. Swap
  200. Switch
  201. Switchblade
  202. Target Renegade
  203. Targhan
  204. Teacher Trouble
  205. Terramex
  206. Tetris 95
  207. The Addams Family
  208. The Eternal Light
  209. The Great Giana Sisters
  210. The Guild Of Thieves
  211. The Light Corridor
  212. The Miser
  213. The Pawn
  214. The Spiro Legacy
  215. The Spy Who Loved Me
  216. The Taxman Cometh
  217. The Test
  218. The Untouchables
  219. Thundercats - The Lost Eye Of Thundera
  220. Times Of Lore
  221. Total Recall
  222. Toyota Celica Gt Rally
  223. Treasure Island
  224. Ultimate Tetris
  225. Vindicators
  226. Violator Of Voodoo
  227. Wild West Seymour
  228. Wind Surf Willy
  229. World Championship Soccer
  230. World Class Rugby
  231. World Cup Challenge
  232. X-Contra
  233. Xyphoes Fantasy
  234. Zap'T'Balls - The Advanced Edition
  235. Zap'T'Balls
  236. Zombi

Unfinished projects

  1. A Tribute to the Sisters (three WIP versions have been released, but no final version. The title is still in heavy development with a further (final?) WIP release in the works.)
  2. Cyber Huhn (Mohrhuhn clone under construction)
  3. Elvira (developpment ended?)
  4. Gerelakos (RPG under construction)
  5. Project X (developpment ended)

APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS : 83

  1. 2in1
  2. 3D Construction Kit
  3. AMX Pagemaker
  4. Access A La Banque Ram du CPC6128
  5. Ades
  6. Almacen-Facturacion 6128
  7. Alyssa Database
  8. Anti-Multiface
  9. Arnor C
  10. B-Asic V3.4 [CPC+]
  11. CPC_T v3.1
  12. CPM Plus
  13. CPM Plus Programming Utilities For 6128 Plus
  14. CPM Plus System Utilities For 6128 Plus
  15. Cheese Cruncher
  16. Cpc-Word
  17. DES
  18. DK'Tronics Bank Switch
  19. Dbase II
  20. Digitracker
  21. Dimension 6
  22. Discology
  23. Disc'O'Magic
  24. Dobbertin RDOS
  25. Drive C Ramdisk
  26. Edit
  27. Electra 2000
  28. Electron
  29. FAst BAsic COMpiler
  30. Fichero De Clientes 6128
  31. Fichero Proveedores 6128
  32. FilmeMacher
  33. FreeOcp [CPC+]
  34. FutureOS
  35. FuturePlayer
  36. GMSK
  37. GSEd
  38. Iankey Two Fingers To Touch Typing Conversion Course
  39. Iankey Typing Crash Course
  40. JL-Copy Utilities
  41. Knife Plus
  42. LightPen - Mark II
  43. Logbook
  44. M80 Microsoft Macro Assembler
  45. Mallard-80 Basic
  46. MicroDesign Plus
  47. MicroDesign v1.1
  48. Microsoft MS-Cobol
  49. Microsoft Multiplan
  50. Mon Ordinateur A Dessins
  51. Oxford PAO
  52. Page Publisher
  53. Pascal MT+80
  54. PowerPage 128
  55. PowerSpell
  56. Procopy 128K
  57. Protext Version 2.x
  58. Proverscan
  59. Pyradev+
  60. Rambase
  61. Ramdisk
  62. ROManager (all the different versions)
  63. Routeplanner
  64. S-Daf
  65. Silipack
  66. Space Archiver
  67. Speedtrans Plus-3
  68. Starkos
  69. Stop Press - Desktop Publishing
  70. Symbos CPC
  71. Tas-Sign
  72. Tas-Spell
  73. Tasword 6128
  74. Tearaway - The Informer
  75. The Advanced OCP Art Studio
  76. The Electric Studio Light Pen Graphics 6128
  77. The OCP Art Studio
  78. The Soundtrakker
  79. Turbo Super Monitor Razormaid Mix 1994
  80. Vidi Video Digitiser
  81. Vortex BDOS (memory expansion)
  82. Wacci-Word
  83. Wordstar

COMPILATIONS

COMPILATIONS : 30

  1. 6128 Games Selection
  2. A Toda Maquina
  3. A Toda Maquina II
  4. Air Sea Supremacy
  5. Amsoft Pack 1
  6. Amsoft Pack 2
  7. Arcadia
  8. Edition One
  9. Fists Of Fury Edition 2
  10. Les Battants 2
  11. Les Guerriers Ninja
  12. Les Justiciers
  13. Max
  14. Mega Mix
  15. Micro Club : Chase HQ, Wec Le Mans
  16. Micro Club : Robocop, Batman The Movie
  17. Micro Club : Welltris, The Light Corridor
  18. NRJ La Compil'Action Vol. 3
  19. Pack Powersports
  20. Pick 'N' Mix - Cloud 99, Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, Phoenix, Violator Of Voodoo
  21. Pick 'N' Mix - The Black Fountain, Sharpe's Deeds...
  22. Power Up
  23. Six Appeal
  24. Soccer Stars
  25. Super Sega
  26. The Hollywood Collection
  27. The Jewels Of Darkness
  28. The River Collection
  29. Time And Magik Trilogy
  30. 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
  10. La Bosse Des Maths 3eme
  11. La Bosse Des Maths 5eme
  12. Le Labyrinthe Aux Cent Calculs - Ecole 8/10 ans
  13. Le Labyrinthe Aux Mille Calculs - College 11/14 ans
  14. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 1
  15. Le Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 2
  16. Le Labyrinthe D'Errare - College 11/14 ans
  17. Le Labyrinthe De Morphintax
  18. Le Labyrinthe d'Orthophus - Ecole 8/10 ans
  19. Nathan Ecoles Francais CP - CE
  20. Nathan Ecoles Francais Ce2
  21. Nathan Ecoles Francais Cm1

DEMOS

DEMOS : 7

  1. Batman Forever
  2. Captain Future (4 MB movie that uses Jareks 4 MB expansion)
  3. Darth Vader (stand alone demo)
  4. Gravitation Zero
  5. Meg Ryan sample demo
  6. NGC4650A
  7. Rotating Fractal (stand alone demo)
  8. Star Trek sample demo

LINKS