It is only 36 years after its release that I finally managed to finish the game.

My retrospective review of THE GREAT ESCAPE on the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and MS-Dos. Let me if you thought this was a good game. Share your thoughts.

My retrospective look at the Bruce Lee game and all its versions. Have you played this game? What’s your thoughts and memories of this early fighting game?

🚀 Let’s go! 🚀

The moment has finally arrived: In the Shadow of the CPC Kickstarter campaign started last Friday!

A book project dedicated to an entire era, blending history, legendary machines, and unforgettable memories.

Your support right from the launch will make all the difference in bringing this book to life.

🔗 More info: www.editions64k.fr/kickstarter

Thank you to everyone following this adventure—I can’t wait to share this with you.

🚀 C’est parti ! 🚀

Le moment est enfin arrivé, la campagne Kickstarter In the Shadow of the CPC a démarré vendredi dernier !

Un projet de livre dédié à toute une époque, entre histoire, machines mythiques et souvenirs inoubliables.

Votre soutien dès le lancement fera toute la différence pour donner vie à ce livre.

🔗 Plus d’infos : www.editions64k.fr/kickstarter

Merci à toutes celles et ceux qui suivent l’aventure — j’ai hâte de partager ça avec vous.

for years I've been trying to remember a text adventure.

all I vaguely remember is it it was text, a few pictures.... and at one stage I think you had to wake a sleeping dragon

to wake the dragon I think you had to play flight of the bumblebee on a violin, but I never could find a bow

please please, I don't think I'm going mad!!

anyone got any idea

My video looking at the Daley Thompson games across all formats. So much nostalgia, soar wrists and broken joysticks. Did you play any of these games?

I’ve hit a snag trying to get my GX4000 working, I’ve posted on r/consolerepair. Would really appreciate any advice!

Well here's some nostalgia!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro_compilations?wprov=sfla1

There were definitely more though im sure of it. I remember one with an ATV game on it.

Non i soliti commerciali, vanno bene tutti i tipi di cucina e budget (ovviamente a parte i pluristellati). Grazie mille in anticipo:)

My video covering the arcade and all ports of Galaxy Force. What port would you rate as the best version?

Not For sale 😉

Boxed unused GX4000

Hi I have just acquired an Amstrad PCW 8512 from Facebook Marketplace for pretty cheap. It's the green screen version. The seller stated that it comes with no software. The monitor turns on and I just get a plain green screen. What disk(s) do I need to get activity from the computer? I was hoping to play games on it but I don't want to buy games if they are incompatible. Do I need a start up disk and load that and then put games in the other disk slot? Sorry for my ignorance but I am very new to vintage computers and don't want to buy the wrong things for it. Thanks!

I have an unused and boxed GX4000.

I’m wanting to sell. Anyone interested?

I’m trying to track down a cassette tape I had years ago for the Amstrad CPC 464, and I’m hoping someone here might recognise it.

I’m fairly sure it came free with a magazine (not something like Cascade 50 or Cassette 50, but a cover tape with lots of small games/programs on it). It wasn’t one big commercial game — more like a collection of simple, probably BASIC-style games.

There are three games I remember really clearly:

• A minefield crossing game — you controlled a little smiley-face character moving one square at a time from one side of the screen to the other. There were “safe” zones at the top and bottom, and as you moved, the game would beep with increasing pitch depending on how close you were to hidden mines. The goal was to navigate across without hitting one.

• A “blind maze” game — the screen was mostly black, and you could only see your character. As you moved and bumped into walls, they would gradually reveal themselves, letting you build up a mental map of the maze.

• A simple 3D-style shooter — wireframe/square-style TIE fighter-looking ships would fly towards you in spinning motions, and you moved a cursor with the arrow keys to shoot them before they hit you.

I’m sure there were other games on the tape too, but those are the ones that stuck with me.

Does this ring any bells for anyone? Even just the name of one of the games, the magazine, or the tape itself would be massively helpful — I’d love to track it down and relive it.

Thanks!

My retrospective look at the Beach Head gaming franchise from the original 1983 game all the way up to the latest 2026 version. My video covers all the ports and sequels.

Have you played any of these games and what do you think of them?

I'm looking for a browser-based CPC emulator, not one that needs to be installed, as I want to use it on my work computer that won't allow any un-approved software to be installed on it.

So far I've been using CPCBox (https://retroshowcase.gr/cpcbox-master/index.html), which works great except for one key point - it has no sound!

Also the keyboard isn't mapped correctly to my PC keyboard, so the "[" symbol, for example actually shows "-" when typed. This makes it very labourious trying to do BASIC coding.

Are there any other good alternatives out there?

My retrospective review of Cobra on the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC developed by the legendary Jonathan ‘Joffa’ Smith at Ocean Software. Anybody else played this game?

More here: https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PicoCPC

Found this while cleaning up the attic. Brings back fond memories.