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| + | ==== Collections  ====  | ||
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| + | *[https://acpc.me/index.php?language=eng Amstrad CPC Memory Engraved] Huge collection of documents, manuals, literature, magazines, marketing material and much more  | ||
| + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/ CPC Archives] Collection of documents and tools related to the Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/AmstradCPCManuals_201812 Amstrad CPC Manuals] Manuals for the games released on the Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/ CPC-Power] Collection of most of the software that was ever released. Also includes ROMs and patched versions for programs with bugs.  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcrulez.fr CPC Rulez (FR)] A great french site, updated frequently, with games, reviews, utilities, type-ins, demos, hardware info. A treasure and a must-visit (french pages can easily be translated with Google translate or similar tools).  | ||
| + | *[http://www.amstrad.es/ Amstrad ESP (ES)] Collection of CPC software downloadable individually with Spanish media and manual  | ||
| + | *[https://www.velus.be/ Crackers Velus (FR)] Collection of thousands of CPC games downloadable individually  | ||
| + | *[http://cpccrackers.free.fr/Downloads/index.php CPC Crackers Downloads] Collection of thousands of cracked CPC games, sorted by cracking group  | ||
| + | *[http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/cpc_lzx.htm CPC Compactages by CNGsoft] CPC softwares compressed in compact archives  | ||
| + | *[http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es/ CPCGamesCD] ISO containing a Windows launcher and 4429 CPC games included  | ||
| + | *[https://acpc.me/ACME/?COLLECTIONS/ABRAXAS Abraxas CPC Collection] 1800 titles in dsk and cdt formats on 2 DVDs  | ||
| + | *[https://github.com/Amstrad-CPC-File-Archive/ Amstrad Demo Files/Discs Archives] Collection of scene artifacts  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/DemobaseAmstradCpc Demobase Amstrad CPC] [https://gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5053] Downloadable archive of demos from the CPC demoscene  | ||
| + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/gamebasecpc/index.php?page=full Gamebase CPC] [https://gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2025&start=195] Amstrad CPC Gamebase by Loic Daneels containing 3300 softwares dumped only from originals and complete with scans, manuals, media, etc...  | ||
| + | *[https://gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4233&start=90 Amstrad Mania] Amstrad CPC Gamebase by Mark (Sparky) Hardman containing 5782 softwares. Contains a selection of everything: original disk & tape dumps, hacks, cracks and trainers, homebrews  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/GoodCPCV3.1415 GoodCPC] Downloadable archive of 27103 softwares for the CPC. Tons of duplicates though  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/Amstrad_CPC_TOSEC_2012_04_23 Amstrad CPC TOSEC] Downloadable archive of 5575 softwares for the CPC. Dumps are of dubious quality  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/amstrad-cpc-clean-db Clean CPC DB] Based on tosec+cpcpower site. A database that has checked every game so that you don't have to  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/hearto-1g1r-collection Hearto's 1G1R (1game=1rom) collection] Tosec 2020-10-31, trimmed manually  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/mame-merged MAME SL ROM Set (Merged)] MAME software archives cpc_flop.zip and cpc_cass.zip for Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/AmstradCPCGameCollectionByGhostware Amstrad CPC Game Collection] Downloadable archive of 4242 game files by Ghostware. Lots of duplicates though  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/amstrad-cpc_202203 Amstrad CPC ROM set] Downloadable archive of 2416 game files by rfl0wpr with no duplicate  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/amstrad-cpc-cdt-collection Amstrad CPC cassette images] Collection of over 3500 tape-images by VincentGR  | ||
| + | *[https://mega.nz/folder/93pR2KiA#qlkiFakrZhSzmko65EbTWw/folder/d7gyjSBS Juegos en MP3] Collection of tape-images in MP3 format  | ||
| + | *[https://www.spinpoint.org/M4backup.zip M4backup by Mr.DVG] Collection of 1300 games tested and working with [[M4 Board]]  | ||
| + | *[https://mega.nz/folder/93pR2KiA#qlkiFakrZhSzmko65EbTWw/file/Yu50QDCa Epidemiom M4-HFE] Collection of 900 games and programs in DSK and HFE for the [[M4 Board]]  | ||
| + | *[[Converted GX4000 Software]] Collection of 1000+ games converted to standard Amstrad cartridges  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/ CPC Game Reviews] Collection of 2400+ CPC games with review and download link. Also contains a collection of advertisements which have been scanned from Amstrad CPC magazines.  | ||
| + | *[https://computeremuzone.com/amstrad/?l=en Amstrad Zone] Collection of 500+ CPC games with review and download link  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cpc-history.com CPC History] CPC database listing 3200+ titles  | ||
| + | *[https://www.mobygames.com/platform/cpc/ Moby Games] Games database listing 2300+ games for Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/cpc-roms CPC Roms] Collection of 16KB ROM chip games by VincentGR  | ||
| + | *[[Snapshot Archive|CPCWiki Snapshot Archive]] Collection of game snapshots  | ||
| + | *[https://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=10 CPC-Power SNR sessions] Collection of 400+ SNR game sessions  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/Fichiers/Projets/cpcloadingscreenremake_CPC/cpcloadingscreenremake.html Remakes écrans-titres CPC] Collection of CPC title screens remake  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/Fichiers/Liens&Outils/Screenshots/ Amstrad Museum Screenshots] Collection of CPC game screenshots  | ||
| + | *[https://www.spriters-resource.com/amstrad_cpc/ The Spriters Resource] Collection of sprite sheets ripped from Amstrad CPC games  | ||
| + | *[https://github.com/cpcepower/CPCMix/ CPCMix] Collection of thousands of Amstrad music files ripped in ASM and BASIC format  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/Fichiers/Liens&Outils/TopMusic/YM/ TopMusic YM] Small collection of Amstrad YM music files  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/Fichiers/Liens&Outils/Jaquettes/ Amstrad Museum Jaquettes] All CPC game covers  | ||
| + | *[https://www.la-collec-cpc.fr/ La Collec' CPC] 800 game covers and media stickers remastered for the best games of the CPC  | ||
| + | *[http://cpmarchives.classiccmp.org/ Humongous CP/M software archives] Collection of the great CP/M repositories past and present  | ||
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| + | ===== Game Launchers for real CPCs =====  | ||
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| + | *[https://cdtplayer.hypha.ws/ Hypha's CDT collection and player] Web-browser based cdt/wav/flac/mp3 player with thousands of games available to use  | ||
| + | *[https://pelrun.github.io/PlayUEF/PlayUEF.html Pelrun's CDT collection and player] Web-browser based cdt/tzx/uef player with thousands of games available to use  | ||
| + | *[[Amsteam]] Online service that is currently free of charge, but the creator has mentioned that some future games will require payment. To be used on specific Amsteam hardware  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_util-rulez-change-m4wifi.htm RulezCharge] Online service that is free of charge. To be used on M4 Board or CPC Booster. Note: "Charge" means "Load" in french, as in download. It does not mean charging money  | ||
| + | *[https://github.com/Frange/Amstrad-M4-Board Amstrad M4] Navigation and execution of programs and games from a mobile Android device to an Amstrad CPC equipped with an M4 Board  | ||
| + | *[[M4FE - A front-end for M4|M4FE]] Front-end for the M4 Board available as a ROM  | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20181113190515/http://amstrad.esy.es/ M4 Explorer] Another front-end for the M4 Board. It is not in ROM format. The files are installed on the root of the microSD card  | ||
| + | *[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/filelauncher-(acmedosm4dos)/ FileLauncher] Front-end for the X-Mass or M4 Board available as a ROM  | ||
| + | *[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/lilicpc-2-2-m4-ulifac-loaders-available-now/ LiliCPC] Warehouse of thousands of loaders to run the games and applications, organized in intuitive navigation menus to be used on CPC with an ULIfAC or M4 Board  | ||
| + | *[http://amsnet.chez.com/ UniLoad] CPC Launcher with 1000+ games included to be used on CPC with any mass-storage expansion supported by [[UniDOS]] (M4 Board, X-Mass, Symbiface II, Albireo, etc...). A tool is also provided to create your own game database  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_disc-hxc_floppy_emulator_manager.htm HxC Floppy Emulator Manager] CPC front-end for the [[Gotek]] floppy drive with [[HxC Floppy Emulator|HxC]] or [[FlashFloppy]]  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_util-cprselect.htm CprSelect] Front-end for the [[C4CPC]]  | ||
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| + | ===== Online Emulators  =====  | ||
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| + | *[http://crocods.org/web/ CrocoDS]  | ||
| + | *[https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/ Tiny Emus]  | ||
| + | *[https://devilmarkus.de/ WebGL 3d 8-bit]  | ||
| + | *[https://8bitworkshop.com/v3.11.0/?file=hello.asm&platform=cpc.6128 8bitworkshop IDE]  | ||
| + | *[https://benchmarko.github.io/CPCBasic/index.html?example=cpcbasic CPC BASIC]  | ||
| + | *[https://bzhgames.xyz/amstrad.php BZH Games] Includes ongoing highscore competition  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amstradcpc.es/doku.php?id=emus Amstrad ESP]  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradpower.es/juega-online/ Juega Online]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.juegotk.com/emulador-online/2/amstrad-cpc464.html JuegoTk]  | ||
| + | *[http://www.amstradcpcgames.eu AmstradCPCgames.eu]  | ||
| + | *[https://online.oldgames.sk/play/cpc Online OldGames]  | ||
| + | *[[Emulators]] Full list of Amstrad CPC emulators  | ||
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| + | ==== File servers  ====  | ||
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| + | *[https://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/cpc/ NVG]  | ||
| + | *[https://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/amstrad/ LIP6]   | ||
| + | *[http://cpmarchives.classiccmp.org/cpm/mirrors/ftp.demon.com/pub/cpm/ CPM] - related Amstrad things  | ||
| + | *[ftp://ftp.cpcszene.de/ CPC Szene]  | ||
| + | *[ftp://amstrad:amstrad@amstrad.serveftp.com Amstrad ServeFTP]  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/Fichiers/DSK/ Amstrad Museum GoodCPC DSK full-set]  | ||
| + | *[https://two-mag.com/cpc/ Two-Mag CPC games]  | ||
| + | *[https://mega.nz/folder/93pR2KiA#qlkiFakrZhSzmko65EbTWw Amstrad Power folder on MEGA]  | ||
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| + | ==== Chat  ====  | ||
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| + | *[https://web.libera.chat/#cpc-fr IRC channel] #cpc-fr on Libera-chat network, french scene channel (replacing #cpc on freenode, #cpc on Neoxys and #cpc on Europnet)  | ||
| + | *[news://comp.sys.amstrad.8bit Newsgroup CSA8]  | ||
| + | *[https://amstrad.simulant.uk/ Amstrad BBS] Telnet Bulletin Board System  | ||
| − | ====   | + | ===== ChatGPT =====  | 
| + | *[https://chatgpt.com/g/g-4N6Ts4Y3O-amstrad-cpc-engineer Amstrad CPC Engineer (by Fergus Leen)] Specialised in Z80 Assembly for the Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://chatgpt.com/g/g-V3gsOcx7F-cpc-z80-assembly-engineer CPC Z80 Assembly Engineer (by Vassilis N. Perantzakis)] Formal, beginner-friendly Z80 assembly guide  | ||
| + | *[https://github.com/markburns/amstrad_gpt AmstradGpt] Get your Amstrad CPC to talk to ChatGPT via a USB to RS232 serial cable  | ||
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| + | ===== Discord Servers =====  | ||
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| + | *[https://discord.gg/4QZqfCr Amstrad CPC Community]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/eFmDcMu Amstrad.eu (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/YP3tVvx NoixDeCroco (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/dwNNbTupT8 ASMtrad CPC (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/FvpPbNQ5ju Orgams]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/rKxFPndHPw Praline]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/nd476U5 Xyphoe's Amserver]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/eVQQnzFYkD SymbOS & Quigs]  | ||
| + | *[https://discord.gg/ZXy3TZMSrj Rodrik Studio - PicoCPC]  | ||
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| + | ===== Telegram Groups =====  | ||
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| + | *[https://t.me/amstradeterno Amstrad Eterno]  | ||
| + | *[https://t.me/amstradpower Amstrad Power]  | ||
| + | *[https://t.me/ensambladorZXSpectrum Ensamblador Z80 (ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, MSX y más)]  | ||
| + | *[https://t.me/cpctelera_asm CPCtelera]  | ||
| + | *[https://t.me/LiliCPC LiliCPC]  | ||
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| + | ===== Facebook Groups =====  | ||
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| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/5357712057 Amstrad CPC 464] - the biggest and most active english speaking group - not only for 464  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/298743294763933 Amstrad CPC 6128]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1066160190075999/ AMSTRAD CPC CLASSIC GAMING AND DEMOS]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/354709275176426/ AMSTRAD CPC LATEST GAMES]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/cpclegends/ CPC Legends]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/281939335598581/ Amstrad GX4000/PLUS Users]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/688629749193585/ Amstrad CPC/PCW/NC/GX Users]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/amstrad4ever Amstrad 4Ever]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380187495418957/ Amstrad For Everyone] - not only CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/181195638970447/ Amstrad 8bit computers]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/168233427111563/ Amstrad Collective]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2137490036569352/ Somos de Amstrad !]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/577133703114361/ Asociación Amstrad Eterno]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/guamstrad/ Grupo de Usuarios Amstrad (GUA)]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/auamstrad/ Amigos y Usuarios de Amstrad (AUA)]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/cpcuser Amstrad CPC User] - Italian group  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2277697035789023/ Amstrad - Schneider CPC] - German group  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/466173504171187/ AMSTRAD.PL] - Polish group  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/940816202700187/ Amstrad CPC Danmark]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmstradCpcCom/ Amstrad CPC Türkiye]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/3348293601902686/ Amstrad CPC Greek Community]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/462601654365944/ Amstrad Cpc Users Group Australia]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/amstradbelgique/ Amstrad Belgique]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/amstrad.eu/ Amstrad.eu CPC 464 / 664 / 6128 Old & + / GX4000] - mostly French   | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1120607071477318/ Amstrad CPC pour toujours and beyond]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmstradCPCMemoireEcrite/ Amstrad CPC Mémoire Ecrite]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/699366355196951/ 100% Amstrad CPC]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/amstradiens/ Amstradiens] - the biggest and most active group  | ||
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| + | ===== Web Forums =====  | ||
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| + | *[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/ CPCwiki forum]  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcrulez.fr/forum/ CPCRulez forum (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://amstrad.eu/ Amstrad.eu (FR)] [https://phenixinformatique.com Old website phenixinformatique.com] Previously used the URL cpcscene.com  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradplus.forumactif.com/ Amstrad Plus / Cpc Forum (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[http://www.amstrad.es/forum/ Amstrad ESP forum (ES)]  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcwiki.de/forum/ CPCwiki.de forum (DE)]  | ||
| + | *[https://computeremuzone.com/amstrad/?l=en Amstrad Zone] Subsection of computeremuzone.com  | ||
| + | *[https://www.reddit.com/r/Amstrad/ r/Amstrad] Amstrad sub-Reddit  | ||
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| + | ==== Shops / Groups to buy/sell hardware and games  ====  | ||
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| − | *[  | + | *[https://hobbyretro.com/amstrad Hobbyretro.com] Spanish shop  | 
| − | *[  | + | *[https://www.cpcstore.co.uk/ CPCStore.co.uk] UK shop  | 
| − | *[  | + | *[https://www.sellmyretro.com/category/Retro+Computers/Amstrad Sell-My-Retro] portal - some sellers including Zaxon sell through this shop  | 
| + | *[https://www.sintech-shop.de/retro-atari-commodore-sinclair-etc/amstrad-schneider Sintech] some software, 6128/Plus keyboard membranes  | ||
| + | *[https://lotharek.pl/ Lotharek's Lair] Retro hardware manufacturer  | ||
| + | *[https://www.icompplus.com/ IcompPlus] original new-old-stock Amstrad ICs  | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/amstradforsale/ Amstrad for sale] Facebook group  | ||
| + | *[http://www.amibay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44 AMIBAY - Hardware For Sale]  | ||
| + | *[http://www.amibay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=50 AMIBAY - Wanted Hardware]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/abiantfosdxr Amstrad and Co]  | ||
| + | *[https://pixel.rodrik.ch/cartouche Rodrik cartridges] Game cartridges 100% compatible with the original  | ||
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| + | ==== Blogs/Websites of individuals and groups ====  | ||
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| − | *[http://www.  | + | *[http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_CPCguide.HTML G.o.St.-SOFT's CPC-Hardwareführer at 8-Bit-Nirvana (DE)] Lots of tips and tricks, but no recent updates  | 
| − | *[http://www.  | + | *[https://www.oocities.org/siliconvalley/park/6129/engmain.htm Virtual Net 96] Amstrad CPC local network protocol  | 
| + | *[http://siou.free.fr/General/Pages/index-cpc6128.html Siou's projects] CPCISA and Video digitizer  | ||
| + | *[https://www.hanssummers.com/cpcng.html CPCng] CPC Next Generation  | ||
| + | *[https://bread80.com/category/amstrad-cpc/ bread80.com] Some analysis of Firmware and BASIC logic (and also the video subsystem- hardware)  | ||
| + | *[http://www.amstradtoday.com/ Amstrad Today (FR)] Many Tips for Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://www.centpourcent.net/ Cent Pour Cent] TotO's MX4 hardware expansions  | ||
| + | *[[PulkoTronics]] PulkoMandy's hardware expansions  | ||
| + | *[http://www.tmtlogic.com/ TMTLogic] CPC and MSX hardware expansions  | ||
| + | *[https://www.spinpoint.org/ Spinpoint] Duke's M4 Board and Imperium Solo hardware  | ||
| + | *[http://retroworkbench.blogspot.com/ ikonsgr 80's Home Micros WorkBench] CPC, Spectrum, Amiga hardware projects  | ||
| + | *[https://pelrun.github.io/cpc-schematics/ CPC schematics] KiCad transcription of the CPC6128 motherboard  | ||
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| + | ===== Software-related  =====  | ||
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| + | *[https://espsoft.blogspot.com ESPsoft (ES)] Blog on Spanish homebrews for the CPC.  | ||
| + | *[https://playonretro.itch.io/ Play on retro] Homebrew retro games editor  | ||
| + | *[http://www.mojontwins.com The Mojon Twins (ES)] Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems, among which is the CPC.  | ||
| + | *[https://www.4mhz.es/en/ 4MHz]  Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems that use the Z80 CPU.  | ||
| + | *[http://www.retroworks.es/index_en.php RetroWorks]  Z80 homebrew games developer  | ||
| + | *[https://altanerus-dog.itch.io/ Altanerus Dog (ES)] CPC and PC homebrew games developer  | ||
| + | *[https://www.usebox.net/jjm/ Usebox.net] Homebrew studio that focuses on creating games for retro systems, among which is the CPC.  | ||
| + | *[https://mananuk.itch.io/ Mananuk] Homebrew game developer for retro systems, including the CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://x.com/AmstradGGP AmstradGGP] Twitter account of this CPC homebrew games developer group  | ||
| + | *[https://zisquier.itch.io/ Zisquier games] CPC homebrew games developer  | ||
| + | *[http://www.prodatron.net Prodatron's page] ([[Prodatron|Prodatrons]] homepage includes info and downloads of his productions as well as a lot of downloads for CPC Digitracker modules (MDL), OCP Art Studio pictures and Scene demos)  | ||
| + | *[http://www.symbos.de SymbOS] Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System [[SymbOS]]  | ||
| + | *[http://www.FutureOS.de FutureOS] [[FutureOS]] is an revolutionary operating system for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus  | ||
| + | *[http://orgams.wikidot.com/ Orgams] Ultimate Z80 suite on Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cpcmania.com/news.htm CPC Mania] - some tools like CPR tools, CPCDiskXP, CPCTapeXP - plus some technical informations  | ||
| + | *[http://schneidercpc.cf2.de Domes-DOS Schneider/Amstrad CPC dedication] - Domes-DOS's CPC website in the design of an GT65 green monitor (with download of his DART-logging tool and lots of infos about the CPC series)  | ||
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| + | ===== Demoscene =====  | ||
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| + | *[https://memoryfull.net/index.php Memory Full] All about the CPC demoscene  | ||
| + | *[https://64nops.wordpress.com/ 64 NOPs] CPC demoscene tech blog  | ||
| + | *[http://cpc.sylvestre.org/index.html Les Sucres en morceaux (FR)] all the news relating to the productions of "Les Sucres en Morceaux" and many articles relating to the Amstrad CPC.  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/ Amstrad Museum (FR)] Website of the CPC graphic artist [[Titan]]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.praline-cpc.fr/barjack/ Barjack (FR)] Website of the CPC graphic artist [[Barjack]] / Praline  | ||
| + | *[https://twitter.com/batman_group Batman Group (ES)] Twitter account of the Amstrad and Amiga Demogroup [[Batman Group]]  | ||
| + | *[http://tj.gpa.free.fr/ Tom&Jerry GPA (FR)] The page of [[GPA]] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[https://astimpact.weebly.com/ AST Impact (FR)] The page of [[Impact]] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[http://arkos.cpcscene.com/ Arkos Demogroup] - The page of [[Arkos|Arkos]], with some great demos, diskmags, games and tools.  | ||
| + | *[http://futurs.chez.com/ Futurs'] The page of [[Futurs']] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[http://www.logonsystem.eu/ Logon System] The page of [[Logon System]] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[http://benediction.cpcscene.net/ Benediction] The page of [[Benediction]] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[https://vanity.memoryfull.net/ Vanity] The page of [[Vanity]] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[https://pulkomandy.github.io/shinra.github.io/ Shinra] The page of [[Shinra]] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[http://tafcpc.free.fr/ TAF HQ] The page of [[TAF]] Demogroup  | ||
| + | *[https://betasoftcologne.github.io/ BetaSoftCologne's place] The page of [[BSC]] Demogroup  | ||
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| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Blogs =====  | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[http://norecess.cpcscene.net NoRecess] Blog of [[NoRecess]]  | ||
| + | *[https://blog.logonsystem.eu/ Logon System (FR)] Blog of [[Longshot]]  | ||
| + | *[https://overflowlogonsystem.wixsite.com/amstradcpc/ Overflow's RAndom Memory] Blog of [[Overflow]]  | ||
| + | *[https://muckypaws.com/category/amstrad/ Mucky Paws] [[The Argonaut]] blog  | ||
| + | *[http://retropoke.canalblog.com Rétro Poke (FR)] Philippe Moulin's CPC programming blog  | ||
| + | *[https://www.sikorama.fr Sikorama (FR)] [https://z80code.sikorama.fr/browse z80code] Stéphane Sikora's CPC programming blog  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradsakis.blogspot.com/ Amstrad Sakis] Blog of [[Sakis]]  | ||
| + | *[https://deadketchup.kyuran.be My Ketchup Is Dead (FR)] Blog of [[RedBug]]  | ||
| + | *[http://bdciron.canalblog.com/ Retroblog de BDCIron (FR)] Blog of [[BDCIron]]  | ||
| + | *[https://thecheshirec.at/ CheshireCat's basket (FR)] Blog of [[CheshireCat]]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amstrad-noob.com/ Amstrad noob] Blog of [[Niall Brady]]  | ||
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| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Youtube and Twitch ====  | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@NoelsRetroLab Noels Retro Lab] - lots of hardware related videos, especially repairs  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@AmstradESP Amstrad ESP] El Amstrad CPC en España  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@somosdeamstrad Somos de Amstrad !] Youtube channel of that Facebook group  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@Novabug Novabug] - many CPC games  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@John_B_Gage John Gage] - lots of game reviews but a lot of swearing and sound driven heavily into saturation  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@tempsnyx Temps Nyx (FR)] CPC game reviews  | ||
| + | *[https://youtube.com/@oursonretrogames OursoN Retrogames (FR)] CPC game reviews  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@amaurydurand Amaury Durand] [[BDCIron]]'s CPC demoscene channel  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@AmstradMystical Thomas Naslin] [[Oneman]]'s CPC demoscene channel  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@edouardberge Edouard Bergé] [[Roudoudou]]'s channel, including CPC demoscene and long gameplays of adventure games  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@amstradmaniaque Amstrad Maniaque] Long Gameplays  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@AmstradCPCWorld Amstrad CPC World] Long Gameplays  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@xenomorph50 XeNoMoRPH] Short Gameplays  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@amstradman8836 Amstrad Man] Short Gameplays  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@Orko_Ready Orko Ready (FR)] Amstrad CPC channel  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@DarkArcade_ DarkArcade (FR)] [[DarkSteph]]'s channel  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@monstrogoth Eric Boulat (FR)] [[Ldir Hector]]'s BASIC programming channel  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@Nemo-xq7fi Nemo 59 (FR)] CPC Turbo Pascal programming channel  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@ProfesorRetroman Profesor Retroman (ES)] CPC GameDev con C y Z80 ensemblador  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEZx8QnbZCI&list=PLnpak17jeo9fDUE1zZSxsDkCAX6H-ejhp Apprendre et programmer des jeux en Assembleur Z80 sur Amstrad CPC (FR)] Tutorials by [[Yreggor]]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@amstradienschannel1643 Amstradiens] Amstrad CPC Channel for Amstrad Fans  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@Xyphoe Xyphoe] - Gaming - almost every week a several hour long live stream on YouTube  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@Amstariga Zisquier (Amstariga) (FR)] Lives  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@KhomenorNostalgeek Khomenor (FR)] Lives  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@jbdaron JB le Daron (FR)] Lives  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/@GeekoRex Geekorex (FR)] Lives  | ||
| + | *[https://twitch.tv/noixdecroco NoixDeCroco (FR)] Lives  | ||
| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Radios and Podcasts ====  | ||
| + | *[https://rolandradio.net/ Roland Radio] [http://streaming.rolandradio.net/rolandradio Stream] [http://streaming.rolandradio.net/ Icecast2 status] Plays 24h the finest Amstrad CPC sounds  | ||
| + | *[https://radio.cpcscene.com/ CPC Scene Radio] Alternative to Roland Radio  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/Fichiers/Liens&Outils/Audiotheque/Audiotheque.htm Audiothèque Amstrad Museum] CPC tunes in MP3 format  | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBEUG_9b-mC_5Pq5vlCVxd4yQD2jWPL1s YM!Rulez Radio] Tunes recorded on real CPC hardware  | ||
| + | *[https://youtube.com/@AmstradMusic Amstrad Music] Tunes recorded on emulator  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cepeceros.com Cepeceros (ES)] Tu Podcast sobre juegos de Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amstrad.es/podcast/ PODCAmSTrad (ES)] El podcast del Amstrad CPC  | ||
| + | |||
| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Fanzines ====  | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[https://fusionretrobooks.com/collections/amtixcpc Amtix! CPC] [https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/fusion-cpc Fusion CPC]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.cpcstore.co.uk/ Colour Personal Computing]  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/Amstrad-CPC-User-Club-01--ACUC-Magazine- ACUC - Amstrad CPC User Club magazine]  | ||
| + | *[https://shop.amiga-addict.com/amstrad-addict/amstrad-addict-magazine Amstrad Addict]  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/AmstradAction052 Amstrad Action]  | ||
| + | *[https://fr.ulule.com/users/memory_full/ 64 NOPs]  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcrulez.fr/Scene_Papermags/index.php CPCRulez Scene Papermags Archive]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.zyvaprod.fr/cracknrom/cnrsite/downloadcnr.html Crack'n Rom (FR)] [https://www.zyvaprod.fr/cracknrom/cnrsite/downloadcfb.html CPC Fanz Bzh (FR)] [https://www.zyvaprod.fr/cracknrom/cnrsite/downloadlcd.html Le Canard Déchainé (FR)] [https://www.zyvaprod.fr/cracknrom/cnrsite/articles.html Webzine (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.la-collec-cpc.fr/ CoverBook (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[http://futurs.chez.com/FQuasarCPC.html Quasar CPC (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://ucpmblog.ovh/ ùCPM (FR)] [https://ucpmblog.ovh/ Disc Missing (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://elegance-editions.eproshopping.fr/catalogue/318478-Fanzines-Magazines CPC-Anachronie (FR)] [https://elegance-editions.eproshopping.fr/catalogue/318478-Fanzines-Magazines Fanzine GX (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradcentpourcent.darkarcade.fr Amstrad Cent Pour Cent (FR)]  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info/Fichiers/Liens&Outils/Presse/Presse.htm Presse Amstrad (FR)] Commercial-era Amstrad magazines  | ||
| + | *[https://www.retro-format.com/eightbit.php Eight Bit] All 8-bit computers, not only Amstrad  | ||
| + | |||
| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Fanbooks ====  | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/CesOrdinateursSontDangereux/ Ces ordinateurs sont dangereux - L'aventure Amstrad (1993) (FR)] Written by an employee of Amstrad France  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0F2L182WH Lo Increíble (2025) (ES)] [https://www.amazon.es/Jes%C3%BAs-Mart%C3%ADnez-del-Vas/dp/841795628X Queremos su dinero (2019) (ES)] El hombre tras Amstrad España  | ||
| + | *[https://omakebooks.com/fr/archives-visuelles/542-les-pubs-de-jeux-amstrad-9782379891663.html Les pubs de jeux Amstrad (2022) (FR)] 160-pages hardcover book  | ||
| + | *[https://fr.ulule.com/users/memory_full/ Memory Full - Une histoire de la demoscene Amstrad CPC (2023) (FR)] 180-pages hardcover book  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.fr/Nos-ann%C3%A9es-Amstrad-Alexandre-Brillant/dp/B0CPDY5WGL Nos années Amstrad (2023) (FR)] 136-pages paperback book  | ||
| + | *[https://www.verkami.com/projects/33020-amstrad-cpc-forever Amstrad CPC Forever (2023) (ES)] 250-pages hardcover book  | ||
| + | *[https://www.editionspixnlove.com/accueil/1104-generation-amstrad-cpc-9782371882225.html Génération Amstrad CPC (2024) (FR)] 536-pages hardcover book  | ||
| + | *[https://gunhedshop.com/Marion-et-les-crocodiles-dAmstrad-p653961281 Marion et les crocodiles d'Amstrad (2024) (FR)] The surprising and little-known story of Amstrad France by Gunhed TV  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D577X9VS The Amstrad CPC Reference Guide (2024)] 798-pages paperback book  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/Alan_Sugar_The_Amstrad_Story_1990_Century Alan Sugar - The Amstrad story (1990)] Written by David Thomas  | ||
| + | *[https://books.google.cd/books?id=9yGtDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover Sir Alan Sugar - The Biography (2009)] Written by Charlie Burden  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034PP4Q8 Books written by Alan Sugar] Autobiographies  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.co.uk/history-Ocean-Software-Chris-Wilkins-ebook/dp/B0753XYBHP The story of Ocean (2017)] 268-pages book  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-US-Gold-Chris-Wilkins-ebook/dp/B07544DG4C The story of US Gold (2017)] 236-pages book  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.fr/Ubisoft-ans-cr%C3%A9ation-depuis-1986/dp/2918771430 Ubisoft, 30 ans de création (2016) (FR)] 224-pages hardcover book  | ||
| + | |||
| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Technical Documentation ====   | ||
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| + | *[https://archive.org/details/wiki-www.cpcwiki.eu-20230926 CPCWiki (20230926)] CPCWiki - THE Amstrad CPC encyclopedia! dumped with [https://github.com/saveweb/wikiteam3/ wikiteam3 tools]  | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/cpcbooks CPC Books] Books and writings about the Amstrad CPC family of computers  | ||
| + | *[https://mega.nz/folder/93pR2KiA#qlkiFakrZhSzmko65EbTWw/folder/QjxRVKTY Libros y Manuales (ES)] Technical CPC books in Spanish  | ||
| + | *[[User Manual]] Official Amstrad user manuals  | ||
| + | *[[Soft968: CPC 464/664/6128 Firmware]] Official developer documentation  | ||
| + | *[https://acpc.me/ACME/?DOCUMENTS_TECHNIQUES/WEKA Classeurs Weka (FR)] The 1220-pages french reference for CPC developers  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cpctech.org.uk/ Unofficial WWW Amstrad Resource]  | ||
| + | *[https://www.chibiakumas.com/z80/ Learn Assembly Programming with ChibiAkumas] Multi-platform Z80 tutorial   | ||
| + | *[https://asmtradcpc.zilog.fr ASMtrad CPC (FR)] Learn how to code with Z80 Assembler on Amstrad CPC with [[BDCIron]]  | ||
| + | *[https://roudoudou.com/AmstradCPC/programmationAssembleur.html Wanna learn assembly? (FR)] Learn how to code with Z80 Assembler on Amstrad CPC with [[Roudoudou]]  | ||
| + | *[http://logonsystem.eu/html/downloadlogon.htm CRTC Compendium] Everything about the CRTC - incl. examples  | ||
| + | *[http://grimware.org/doku.php Grimware] is a really nice site with hardware info and hacks for the CPC machines... give it a try!  | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160714235951/https://www.grimware.org/doku.php/documentations/firmware/guide/jumpblock Amstrad Firmware reference] Built-in firmware functions explained  | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170830173253/https://www.grimware.org/doku.php/documentations/software/locomotive.basic/start Locomotive BASIC reference] Built-in functions and keywords explained  | ||
| + | *[https://www.sean.co.uk/books/amstrad/index.shtm The Basic Idea] Amstrad Basic tutorial by Campursoft  | ||
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| + | ==== News websites ====  | ||
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| + | *[https://www.genesis8bit.fr Genesis 8] - Genesis 8 is a spartan, but often-updated Amstrad-related news site.  | ||
| + | *[https://minitel.darkarcade.fr/index3.php DarkArcade Minitel (FR)] Videotex Amstrad news service  | ||
| + | *[https://www.zyvaprod.fr/cracknrom/cnrsite/archivenews.html Crack'n Rom news (FR)] News archive from CNR webzine  | ||
| + | *[https://www.indieretronews.com/search/label/AMSTRAD%20CPC Indie Retro News] Amstrad CPC news filtering  | ||
| + | *[https://auamstrad.es/ Amigos y Usuarios Amstrad (ES)] News website that has lessons on software development and hardware restoration. It also has a forum, and reviews on software and hardware.  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradpower.es/ Amstrad Power] Spanish CPC-related news site.  | ||
| + | |||
| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Events ====  | ||
| + | ----  | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Amstrad+Video+Game+Awards+Show%22 The Sugars] Annual Amstrad video game awards show by [[Xyphoe]]  | ||
| + | *[https://bndcodingparty.memoryfull.net/ Benediction Coding Party] Annual Amstrad demoparty organised by [[Eliot]] / Benediction  | ||
| + | *[https://www.demoparty.net/platform/amstrad-cpc Amstrad CPC demoparties] Listing of demoscene events  | ||
| + | *[https://logiker.com/Vintage-Computing-Christmas-Challenge Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge] Annual size coding challenge for retro machines including CPC by [[Logiker]]  | ||
| + | *[https://logiker.com/AMSCII-Compo AMSCII Compo] Annual Amstrad ASCII competition by [[Logiker]]  | ||
| + | *[https://jerres12.net/run/index.htm Border 0: Run"] CPC high-score gaming competition organised periodically by [[Jerres12]]  | ||
| + | *[https://crocofest.fr/ CrocoFest] Annual gathering of Amstradists and other retro computer users. No game console allowed except the GX4000  | ||
| + | *[https://amstradeterno.com/ Amstrad Eterno] The first Amstrad fair in Spain. Includes the Amstrad Eterno awards ceremony for the best games of the year  | ||
| + | *[https://auamstrad.es/retroescena/amstrad-mania-2024/ Amstrad Mania] Exposition, talks and repair workshop  | ||
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==== Others ====  | ==== Others ====  | ||
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| − | *[http://www.  | + | |
| − | *[http://  | + | *[https://amstrad.com Amstrad.com] Official Amstrad website  | 
| − | *[http://www.cpc-  | + | *[https://amstraddigital.co.uk Amstrad Digital] Current marketing agency founded by Alan Sugar and led by his grandson  | 
| + | *[https://amstradworld.com/ Amstrad India] Official independent Amstrad franchise  | ||
| + | *[https://youtu.be/wp_OhXOIQn4 Amstrad Gamebox] [https://youtu.be/x_l0JI_5VyE Review] [https://youtu.be/cLv-W7-yFCU Drama] New retrogaming console by Amstrad  | ||
| + | *[https://www.amazon.fr/stores/AMSTRAD/page/E4B24068-D603-4465-83F6-1E56A2D44B50 Amstrad store] on Amazon (also distributed in French retail stores)  | ||
| + | *[https://github.com/topics/amstrad-cpc GitHub #amstrad-cpc] GitHub topic filter  | ||
| + | *[https://8bitsdepoder.blogspot.com 8 bits de poder (ES)] Programación del Amstrad CPC usando la libreria 8BP desde BASIC  | ||
| + | *[http://cpccrackers.free.fr CPCCRACKERS] - French site about crackers for the CPC.  | ||
| + | *[https://www.two-mag.com/ Two-Mag] The page of [[Two-Mag]] CPC cracker  | ||
| + | *[https://jerres12.net Border 0] French site about CPC games  | ||
| + | *[http://turpas3.angelfire.com Programming Turbo Pascal on a CPC!] - A collection of Turbo Pascal programs with some CPC Specific programs.    | ||
| + | *[http://www.oldschool-gaming.com/view_index.php?4mat=9 Oldschool gaming] - Games reviews of recent games for the CPC!  | ||
| + | *[http://homebrew.amstradtoday.com/index_uk.htm Amstrad Today Homebrew] Website dedicated to homebrews for the CPC  | ||
| + | *[http://gx4000.co.uk GX4000.co.uk] Website devoted to the hardware and software of the oft-neglected games console.  | ||
| + | *[https://www.gx4000.net/ GX4000.net] French website dedicated to the GX4000  | ||
| + | *[https://cpcwiki.de/ CPCwiki.de] German CPCwiki  | ||
| + | *[https://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:start PcwWiki] Amstrad PCW / Schneider Joyce wiki  | ||
| + | *[https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM Micro Men (2009)] BBC movie about the rivalry between Sinclair and Acorn in the early 1980's. Alan Sugar briefly appears in the end.  | ||
| + | |||
| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Outdated / abandoned ====  | ||
| + | ----  | ||
| + | *[http://www.octoate.de Octoate.de] - CPC news website in English. Last updated in 2019  | ||
| + | *[http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/ The Amstrad Computer Game Resource] Last updated in 2006  | ||
| + | *[http://thesnakebecomesthekey.wordpress.com The Snake Becomes the Key] is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Last updated in 2007  | ||
| + | *[http://antoine.rozanski.free.fr CPC Museum (FR)] Website dedicated to the Amstrad CPC. Last updated in 2003  | ||
| + | |||
| + | <br>  | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== DEAD  ====  | ||
| + | ----  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cepece.info/ CePeCe (ES)] Spanish CPC portal and web-hosting facilities for your CPC webpage.  | ||
| + | *[http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr Amstradeus (FR)] Lots of interviews, manuals for download and much more.  | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080317151434/https://optimus.demoscene.gr/cpcscene/ The CPC Demoscene] Optimus website about the CPC demoscene with a list of some of the best CPC demos with reviews and screenshots.   | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20250114135536/https://cpcfreak.cpc-live.com/ CPC Freak] Homepage of Kevin (arnoldemu) Thacker's CPC productions  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cpczone.net CPC Zone] Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, cover scans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.  | ||
| + | *[http://8bit.yarek.pl/index.html 8bit Projects for Everyone] - Hardware updates for 8-bit computers, also for CPC  | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081216010826/http://cpc-hardware.com/index.php?op=edito CPC Hardware (FR)] Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like [[RS232|RS232]] interfaces etc.  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cpc-forum.de CPC-Forum (DE)] The new most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene.  | ||
| + | *[http://www.cpc6128.eu CPC 6128 Europe] European portal.  | ||
| + | *[http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/ CPC Oxygen] Home of the same-name great fanzine and AA scan repository.  | ||
| + | *[http://www.terra.es/personal/diegovp Various Amstrad stuff] Including instructions on how to fit or connect a 3.5" drive, hot to connect your CPC to your PC and how to transfer files, among others.  | ||
| + | *[http://cpcretrodev.byterealms.com/en/ #CPCRetroDev] Annual Amstrad CPC game development contest that ran from 2013 to 2023. It is now a GameBoy development contest [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/general-discussion/hi-folks-21822/msg248223/#msg248223 Source]  | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210126/https://pushnpop.net/ Push'n'Pop] Amstrad Demoscene.  | ||
*[http://www.frappr.com/cpcscene/ CPC scene map]  | *[http://www.frappr.com/cpcscene/ CPC scene map]  | ||
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 - GoodCPC Downloadable archive of 27103 softwares for the CPC. Tons of duplicates though
 - Amstrad CPC TOSEC Downloadable archive of 5575 softwares for the CPC. Dumps are of dubious quality
 - Clean CPC DB Based on tosec+cpcpower site. A database that has checked every game so that you don't have to
 - Hearto's 1G1R (1game=1rom) collection Tosec 2020-10-31, trimmed manually
 - MAME SL ROM Set (Merged) MAME software archives cpc_flop.zip and cpc_cass.zip for Amstrad CPC
 - Amstrad CPC Game Collection Downloadable archive of 4242 game files by Ghostware. Lots of duplicates though
 - Amstrad CPC ROM set Downloadable archive of 2416 game files by rfl0wpr with no duplicate
 - Amstrad CPC cassette images Collection of over 3500 tape-images by VincentGR
 - Juegos en MP3 Collection of tape-images in MP3 format
 - M4backup by Mr.DVG Collection of 1300 games tested and working with M4 Board
 - Epidemiom M4-HFE Collection of 900 games and programs in DSK and HFE for the M4 Board
 - Converted GX4000 Software Collection of 1000+ games converted to standard Amstrad cartridges
 - CPC Game Reviews Collection of 2400+ CPC games with review and download link. Also contains a collection of advertisements which have been scanned from Amstrad CPC magazines.
 - Amstrad Zone Collection of 500+ CPC games with review and download link
 - CPC History CPC database listing 3200+ titles
 - Moby Games Games database listing 2300+ games for Amstrad CPC
 - CPC Roms Collection of 16KB ROM chip games by VincentGR
 - CPCWiki Snapshot Archive Collection of game snapshots
 - CPC-Power SNR sessions Collection of 400+ SNR game sessions
 - Remakes écrans-titres CPC Collection of CPC title screens remake
 - Amstrad Museum Screenshots Collection of CPC game screenshots
 - The Spriters Resource Collection of sprite sheets ripped from Amstrad CPC games
 - CPCMix Collection of thousands of Amstrad music files ripped in ASM and BASIC format
 - TopMusic YM Small collection of Amstrad YM music files
 - Amstrad Museum Jaquettes All CPC game covers
 - La Collec' CPC 800 game covers and media stickers remastered for the best games of the CPC
 - Humongous CP/M software archives Collection of the great CP/M repositories past and present
 
Game Launchers for real CPCs
- Hypha's CDT collection and player Web-browser based cdt/wav/flac/mp3 player with thousands of games available to use
 - Pelrun's CDT collection and player Web-browser based cdt/tzx/uef player with thousands of games available to use
 - Amsteam Online service that is currently free of charge, but the creator has mentioned that some future games will require payment. To be used on specific Amsteam hardware
 - RulezCharge Online service that is free of charge. To be used on M4 Board or CPC Booster. Note: "Charge" means "Load" in french, as in download. It does not mean charging money
 - Amstrad M4 Navigation and execution of programs and games from a mobile Android device to an Amstrad CPC equipped with an M4 Board
 - M4FE Front-end for the M4 Board available as a ROM
 - M4 Explorer Another front-end for the M4 Board. It is not in ROM format. The files are installed on the root of the microSD card
 - FileLauncher Front-end for the X-Mass or M4 Board available as a ROM
 - LiliCPC Warehouse of thousands of loaders to run the games and applications, organized in intuitive navigation menus to be used on CPC with an ULIfAC or M4 Board
 - UniLoad CPC Launcher with 1000+ games included to be used on CPC with any mass-storage expansion supported by UniDOS (M4 Board, X-Mass, Symbiface II, Albireo, etc...). A tool is also provided to create your own game database
 - HxC Floppy Emulator Manager CPC front-end for the Gotek floppy drive with HxC or FlashFloppy
 - CprSelect Front-end for the C4CPC
 
Online Emulators
- CrocoDS
 - Tiny Emus
 - WebGL 3d 8-bit
 - 8bitworkshop IDE
 - CPC BASIC
 - BZH Games Includes ongoing highscore competition
 - Amstrad ESP
 - Juega Online
 - JuegoTk
 - AmstradCPCgames.eu
 - Online OldGames
 - Emulators Full list of Amstrad CPC emulators
 
File servers
- NVG
 - LIP6
 - CPM - related Amstrad things
 - CPC Szene
 - Amstrad ServeFTP
 - Amstrad Museum GoodCPC DSK full-set
 - Two-Mag CPC games
 - Amstrad Power folder on MEGA
 
Chat
- IRC channel #cpc-fr on Libera-chat network, french scene channel (replacing #cpc on freenode, #cpc on Neoxys and #cpc on Europnet)
 - Newsgroup CSA8
 - Amstrad BBS Telnet Bulletin Board System
 
ChatGPT
- Amstrad CPC Engineer (by Fergus Leen) Specialised in Z80 Assembly for the Amstrad CPC
 - CPC Z80 Assembly Engineer (by Vassilis N. Perantzakis) Formal, beginner-friendly Z80 assembly guide
 - AmstradGpt Get your Amstrad CPC to talk to ChatGPT via a USB to RS232 serial cable
 
Discord Servers
- Amstrad CPC Community
 - Amstrad.eu (FR)
 - NoixDeCroco (FR)
 - ASMtrad CPC (FR)
 - Orgams
 - Praline
 - Xyphoe's Amserver
 - SymbOS & Quigs
 - Rodrik Studio - PicoCPC
 
Telegram Groups
Facebook Groups
- Amstrad CPC 464 - the biggest and most active english speaking group - not only for 464
 - Amstrad CPC 6128
 - AMSTRAD CPC CLASSIC GAMING AND DEMOS
 - AMSTRAD CPC LATEST GAMES
 - CPC Legends
 - Amstrad GX4000/PLUS Users
 - Amstrad CPC/PCW/NC/GX Users
 - Amstrad 4Ever
 - Amstrad For Everyone - not only CPC
 - Amstrad 8bit computers
 - Amstrad Collective
 - Somos de Amstrad !
 - Asociación Amstrad Eterno
 - Grupo de Usuarios Amstrad (GUA)
 - Amigos y Usuarios de Amstrad (AUA)
 - Amstrad CPC User - Italian group
 - Amstrad - Schneider CPC - German group
 - AMSTRAD.PL - Polish group
 - Amstrad CPC Danmark
 - Amstrad CPC Türkiye
 - Amstrad CPC Greek Community
 - Amstrad Cpc Users Group Australia
 - Amstrad Belgique
 - Amstrad.eu CPC 464 / 664 / 6128 Old & + / GX4000 - mostly French
 - Amstrad CPC pour toujours and beyond
 - Amstrad CPC Mémoire Ecrite
 - 100% Amstrad CPC
 - Amstradiens - the biggest and most active group
 
Web Forums
- CPCwiki forum
 - CPCRulez forum (FR)
 - Amstrad.eu (FR) Old website phenixinformatique.com Previously used the URL cpcscene.com
 - Amstrad Plus / Cpc Forum (FR)
 - Amstrad ESP forum (ES)
 - CPCwiki.de forum (DE)
 - Amstrad Zone Subsection of computeremuzone.com
 - r/Amstrad Amstrad sub-Reddit
 
Shops / Groups to buy/sell hardware and games
- Hobbyretro.com Spanish shop
 - CPCStore.co.uk UK shop
 - Sell-My-Retro portal - some sellers including Zaxon sell through this shop
 - Sintech some software, 6128/Plus keyboard membranes
 - Lotharek's Lair Retro hardware manufacturer
 - IcompPlus original new-old-stock Amstrad ICs
 - Amstrad for sale Facebook group
 - AMIBAY - Hardware For Sale
 - AMIBAY - Wanted Hardware
 - Amstrad and Co
 - Rodrik cartridges Game cartridges 100% compatible with the original
 
Blogs/Websites of individuals and groups
- G.o.St.-SOFT's CPC-Hardwareführer at 8-Bit-Nirvana (DE) Lots of tips and tricks, but no recent updates
 - Virtual Net 96 Amstrad CPC local network protocol
 - Siou's projects CPCISA and Video digitizer
 - CPCng CPC Next Generation
 - bread80.com Some analysis of Firmware and BASIC logic (and also the video subsystem- hardware)
 - Amstrad Today (FR) Many Tips for Amstrad CPC
 - Cent Pour Cent TotO's MX4 hardware expansions
 - PulkoTronics PulkoMandy's hardware expansions
 - TMTLogic CPC and MSX hardware expansions
 - Spinpoint Duke's M4 Board and Imperium Solo hardware
 - ikonsgr 80's Home Micros WorkBench CPC, Spectrum, Amiga hardware projects
 - CPC schematics KiCad transcription of the CPC6128 motherboard
 
- ESPsoft (ES) Blog on Spanish homebrews for the CPC.
 - Play on retro Homebrew retro games editor
 - The Mojon Twins (ES) Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems, among which is the CPC.
 - 4MHz Homebrew developer group that focuses on creating games for retro systems that use the Z80 CPU.
 - RetroWorks Z80 homebrew games developer
 - Altanerus Dog (ES) CPC and PC homebrew games developer
 - Usebox.net Homebrew studio that focuses on creating games for retro systems, among which is the CPC.
 - Mananuk Homebrew game developer for retro systems, including the CPC
 - AmstradGGP Twitter account of this CPC homebrew games developer group
 - Zisquier games CPC homebrew games developer
 - Prodatron's page (Prodatrons homepage includes info and downloads of his productions as well as a lot of downloads for CPC Digitracker modules (MDL), OCP Art Studio pictures and Scene demos)
 - SymbOS Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System SymbOS
 - FutureOS FutureOS is an revolutionary operating system for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus
 - Orgams Ultimate Z80 suite on Amstrad CPC
 - CPC Mania - some tools like CPR tools, CPCDiskXP, CPCTapeXP - plus some technical informations
 - Domes-DOS Schneider/Amstrad CPC dedication - Domes-DOS's CPC website in the design of an GT65 green monitor (with download of his DART-logging tool and lots of infos about the CPC series)
 
Demoscene
- Memory Full All about the CPC demoscene
 - 64 NOPs CPC demoscene tech blog
 - Les Sucres en morceaux (FR) all the news relating to the productions of "Les Sucres en Morceaux" and many articles relating to the Amstrad CPC.
 - Amstrad Museum (FR) Website of the CPC graphic artist Titan
 - Barjack (FR) Website of the CPC graphic artist Barjack / Praline
 - Batman Group (ES) Twitter account of the Amstrad and Amiga Demogroup Batman Group
 - Tom&Jerry GPA (FR) The page of GPA Demogroup
 - AST Impact (FR) The page of Impact Demogroup
 - Arkos Demogroup - The page of Arkos, with some great demos, diskmags, games and tools.
 - Futurs' The page of Futurs' Demogroup
 - Logon System The page of Logon System Demogroup
 - Benediction The page of Benediction Demogroup
 - Vanity The page of Vanity Demogroup
 - Shinra The page of Shinra Demogroup
 - TAF HQ The page of TAF Demogroup
 - BetaSoftCologne's place The page of BSC Demogroup
 
Blogs
- NoRecess Blog of NoRecess
 - Logon System (FR) Blog of Longshot
 - Overflow's RAndom Memory Blog of Overflow
 - Mucky Paws The Argonaut blog
 - Rétro Poke (FR) Philippe Moulin's CPC programming blog
 - Sikorama (FR) z80code Stéphane Sikora's CPC programming blog
 - Amstrad Sakis Blog of Sakis
 - My Ketchup Is Dead (FR) Blog of RedBug
 - Retroblog de BDCIron (FR) Blog of BDCIron
 - CheshireCat's basket (FR) Blog of CheshireCat
 - Amstrad noob Blog of Niall Brady
 
Youtube and Twitch
- Noels Retro Lab - lots of hardware related videos, especially repairs
 - Amstrad ESP El Amstrad CPC en España
 - Somos de Amstrad ! Youtube channel of that Facebook group
 - Novabug - many CPC games
 - John Gage - lots of game reviews but a lot of swearing and sound driven heavily into saturation
 - Temps Nyx (FR) CPC game reviews
 - OursoN Retrogames (FR) CPC game reviews
 - Amaury Durand BDCIron's CPC demoscene channel
 - Thomas Naslin Oneman's CPC demoscene channel
 - Edouard Bergé Roudoudou's channel, including CPC demoscene and long gameplays of adventure games
 - Amstrad Maniaque Long Gameplays
 - Amstrad CPC World Long Gameplays
 - XeNoMoRPH Short Gameplays
 - Amstrad Man Short Gameplays
 - Orko Ready (FR) Amstrad CPC channel
 - DarkArcade (FR) DarkSteph's channel
 - Eric Boulat (FR) Ldir Hector's BASIC programming channel
 - Nemo 59 (FR) CPC Turbo Pascal programming channel
 - Profesor Retroman (ES) CPC GameDev con C y Z80 ensemblador
 - Apprendre et programmer des jeux en Assembleur Z80 sur Amstrad CPC (FR) Tutorials by Yreggor
 - Amstradiens Amstrad CPC Channel for Amstrad Fans
 - Xyphoe - Gaming - almost every week a several hour long live stream on YouTube
 - Zisquier (Amstariga) (FR) Lives
 - Khomenor (FR) Lives
 - JB le Daron (FR) Lives
 - Geekorex (FR) Lives
 - NoixDeCroco (FR) Lives
 
Radios and Podcasts
- Roland Radio Stream Icecast2 status Plays 24h the finest Amstrad CPC sounds
 - CPC Scene Radio Alternative to Roland Radio
 - Audiothèque Amstrad Museum CPC tunes in MP3 format
 - YM!Rulez Radio Tunes recorded on real CPC hardware
 - Amstrad Music Tunes recorded on emulator
 - Cepeceros (ES) Tu Podcast sobre juegos de Amstrad CPC
 - PODCAmSTrad (ES) El podcast del Amstrad CPC
 
Fanzines
- Amtix! CPC Fusion CPC
 - Colour Personal Computing
 - ACUC - Amstrad CPC User Club magazine
 - Amstrad Addict
 - Amstrad Action
 - 64 NOPs
 - CPCRulez Scene Papermags Archive
 - Crack'n Rom (FR) CPC Fanz Bzh (FR) Le Canard Déchainé (FR) Webzine (FR)
 - CoverBook (FR)
 - Quasar CPC (FR)
 - ùCPM (FR) Disc Missing (FR)
 - CPC-Anachronie (FR) Fanzine GX (FR)
 - Amstrad Cent Pour Cent (FR)
 - Presse Amstrad (FR) Commercial-era Amstrad magazines
 - Eight Bit All 8-bit computers, not only Amstrad
 
Fanbooks
- Ces ordinateurs sont dangereux - L'aventure Amstrad (1993) (FR) Written by an employee of Amstrad France
 - Lo Increíble (2025) (ES) Queremos su dinero (2019) (ES) El hombre tras Amstrad España
 - Les pubs de jeux Amstrad (2022) (FR) 160-pages hardcover book
 - Memory Full - Une histoire de la demoscene Amstrad CPC (2023) (FR) 180-pages hardcover book
 - Nos années Amstrad (2023) (FR) 136-pages paperback book
 - Amstrad CPC Forever (2023) (ES) 250-pages hardcover book
 - Génération Amstrad CPC (2024) (FR) 536-pages hardcover book
 - Marion et les crocodiles d'Amstrad (2024) (FR) The surprising and little-known story of Amstrad France by Gunhed TV
 - The Amstrad CPC Reference Guide (2024) 798-pages paperback book
 - Alan Sugar - The Amstrad story (1990) Written by David Thomas
 - Sir Alan Sugar - The Biography (2009) Written by Charlie Burden
 - Books written by Alan Sugar Autobiographies
 - The story of Ocean (2017) 268-pages book
 - The story of US Gold (2017) 236-pages book
 - Ubisoft, 30 ans de création (2016) (FR) 224-pages hardcover book
 
Technical Documentation
- CPCWiki (20230926) CPCWiki - THE Amstrad CPC encyclopedia! dumped with wikiteam3 tools
 - CPC Books Books and writings about the Amstrad CPC family of computers
 - Libros y Manuales (ES) Technical CPC books in Spanish
 - User Manual Official Amstrad user manuals
 - Soft968: CPC 464/664/6128 Firmware Official developer documentation
 - Classeurs Weka (FR) The 1220-pages french reference for CPC developers
 - Unofficial WWW Amstrad Resource
 - Learn Assembly Programming with ChibiAkumas Multi-platform Z80 tutorial
 - ASMtrad CPC (FR) Learn how to code with Z80 Assembler on Amstrad CPC with BDCIron
 - Wanna learn assembly? (FR) Learn how to code with Z80 Assembler on Amstrad CPC with Roudoudou
 - CRTC Compendium Everything about the CRTC - incl. examples
 - Grimware is a really nice site with hardware info and hacks for the CPC machines... give it a try!
 - Amstrad Firmware reference Built-in firmware functions explained
 - Locomotive BASIC reference Built-in functions and keywords explained
 - The Basic Idea Amstrad Basic tutorial by Campursoft
 
News websites
- Genesis 8 - Genesis 8 is a spartan, but often-updated Amstrad-related news site.
 - DarkArcade Minitel (FR) Videotex Amstrad news service
 - Crack'n Rom news (FR) News archive from CNR webzine
 - Indie Retro News Amstrad CPC news filtering
 - Amigos y Usuarios Amstrad (ES) News website that has lessons on software development and hardware restoration. It also has a forum, and reviews on software and hardware.
 - Amstrad Power Spanish CPC-related news site.
 
Events
- The Sugars Annual Amstrad video game awards show by Xyphoe
 - Benediction Coding Party Annual Amstrad demoparty organised by Eliot / Benediction
 - Amstrad CPC demoparties Listing of demoscene events
 - Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge Annual size coding challenge for retro machines including CPC by Logiker
 - AMSCII Compo Annual Amstrad ASCII competition by Logiker
 - Border 0: Run" CPC high-score gaming competition organised periodically by Jerres12
 - CrocoFest Annual gathering of Amstradists and other retro computer users. No game console allowed except the GX4000
 - Amstrad Eterno The first Amstrad fair in Spain. Includes the Amstrad Eterno awards ceremony for the best games of the year
 - Amstrad Mania Exposition, talks and repair workshop
 
Others
- Amstrad.com Official Amstrad website
 - Amstrad Digital Current marketing agency founded by Alan Sugar and led by his grandson
 - Amstrad India Official independent Amstrad franchise
 - Amstrad Gamebox Review Drama New retrogaming console by Amstrad
 - Amstrad store on Amazon (also distributed in French retail stores)
 - GitHub #amstrad-cpc GitHub topic filter
 - 8 bits de poder (ES) Programación del Amstrad CPC usando la libreria 8BP desde BASIC
 - CPCCRACKERS - French site about crackers for the CPC.
 - Two-Mag The page of Two-Mag CPC cracker
 - Border 0 French site about CPC games
 - Programming Turbo Pascal on a CPC! - A collection of Turbo Pascal programs with some CPC Specific programs.
 - Oldschool gaming - Games reviews of recent games for the CPC!
 - Amstrad Today Homebrew Website dedicated to homebrews for the CPC
 - GX4000.co.uk Website devoted to the hardware and software of the oft-neglected games console.
 - GX4000.net French website dedicated to the GX4000
 - CPCwiki.de German CPCwiki
 - PcwWiki Amstrad PCW / Schneider Joyce wiki
 - Micro Men (2009) BBC movie about the rivalry between Sinclair and Acorn in the early 1980's. Alan Sugar briefly appears in the end.
 
Outdated / abandoned
- Octoate.de - CPC news website in English. Last updated in 2019
 - The Amstrad Computer Game Resource Last updated in 2006
 - The Snake Becomes the Key is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Last updated in 2007
 - CPC Museum (FR) Website dedicated to the Amstrad CPC. Last updated in 2003
 
DEAD
- CePeCe (ES) Spanish CPC portal and web-hosting facilities for your CPC webpage.
 - Amstradeus (FR) Lots of interviews, manuals for download and much more.
 - The CPC Demoscene Optimus website about the CPC demoscene with a list of some of the best CPC demos with reviews and screenshots.
 - CPC Freak Homepage of Kevin (arnoldemu) Thacker's CPC productions
 - CPC Zone Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, cover scans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.
 - 8bit Projects for Everyone - Hardware updates for 8-bit computers, also for CPC
 - CPC Hardware (FR) Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like RS232 interfaces etc.
 - CPC-Forum (DE) The new most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene.
 - CPC 6128 Europe European portal.
 - CPC Oxygen Home of the same-name great fanzine and AA scan repository.
 - Various Amstrad stuff Including instructions on how to fit or connect a 3.5" drive, hot to connect your CPC to your PC and how to transfer files, among others.
 - #CPCRetroDev Annual Amstrad CPC game development contest that ran from 2013 to 2023. It is now a GameBoy development contest Source
 - Push'n'Pop Amstrad Demoscene.
 - CPC scene map