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AMSTRAD ADDICT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCED

A new 60-page Amstrad magazine - Amstrad Addict - edited by David Crookes (Retro Gamer, PC Pro, GamesTM, Wireframe, Amstrad Action, WACCI) is taking pre-orders!

It includes an interview with Lord Sugar and in-depth articles by Roland Perry, Auntie John, Adam Peters, Nich Campbell, Xyphoe, Rob Scott, Themistocles "gryzor" Papassilekas, Neil Reive, Stuart "Balrog" Whyte, Steve "WACCI" Williams and Andy Price.

There's an amazing type-in by Sean McManus, interviews with Richard Fairhurst and behind the scenes looks at Toki... and Vespertino.

And more. Like interviews with the people behind Protext and OCP Advanced Art Studio

Preorder PDF or printed magazine here or follow the discussion here!

CPC Related News

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• 07/06/24: OnFile database management system has been released.
• 17/05/24: The Heart of Salamanderland, a new action platformer, has been released.
• 17/10/23: FutureOS Update 2023 released.
• 21/09/23: AMSnews.fr, a new french information site about the Amstrad. Be the first to know.
• 07/06/23: Gates to Heaven, a new platformer by ESP Soft has been released, and their previous game, CPC Jewels, can now be downloaded for free.
• 27/02/23: SOH Tactics GX, a new GX4000/plus strategy game released.
• 21/12/22: Current_Sources_Of_Software, now as a wiki page.
• 09/12/22: Hyperdrive, a new vertical scrolling SHMUP has been released.
• 04/11/22: UniDOS 1.50 has been released [1].
• 30/10/22: Ramiro el vampiro III using the Mojon Twins engine is released.
• 17/07/22: Lala Prologue using the Mojon Twins engine is released.
• 24/01/22: SymAmp 4.0, with Amiga MOD support and more is released.

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