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phX by Condense (Amstrad CPC demo), now available for download !

3/31/2018

 
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Finally, after 5 years of hard work, we are delighted to announce that our latest demo, phX, is  RELEASED and available for download !

We sincerely hope you will enjoy it. Thanks to everyone that contributed to this production.

Bonus: a making-of is available in the archive.

Related links :
Pouet.net
Youtube



Confirmed: the next Condense demo is still on track for 2018 !

12/29/2017

 
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Quick news about our next production...

As mentioned here, we remained silent while working (hard !) on our next demo for Amstrad CPC.

It's still not totally completed yet, but it's now in pretty good shape for a release at Revision 2018.
And yes, I (NoRecess) will make the trip from Canada to Germany to attend the party ! :)


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Attached picture: my friends Alkama and Soundy @ Revision 2017 giving me some extra-motivation for the 2018's Condense demo.

Amstrad Plus on the spotlight @ Alchimie 2017 !

11/12/2017

 
Few years ago, Gerald released the fantastic C4CPC device allowing the use of cartridge images stored on a micro-SD card. This resulted a general availability of the GX-4000 software library, plus other side effects such as original Amstrad CPC 64Kb games converted to the platform (thanks Phantomz and others), or system cartridge replacements that includes some popular Amstrad CPC ROMs at startup (that also includes the HxC Floppy Emulator Manager - thanks Dragon !). More information here.

Unfortunately, the platform still lack interest from developers... till now ! During the Alchimie 2017, not 1 but 2 demoscene productions were released !
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Eerie Forest by Overflow/Logon System

We all remember IO demo for MSX (released at Forever 2015) and the great Logon's run - 3D meets the aging bits (released at Revision 2017 for Amstrad CPC machines).
And now Overflow strikes again with Eerie Forest, a demo for the Amstrad GX-4000 !

This intro is an adaptation of the famous in-game screen of the running beast in Shadow of the Beast game on Amiga.
It's a well-rounded production, made coherent thanks to excellent TotO's sense of design, that definitively unleashes the GX-4000 abilities. Who thought this under-appreciated console would one day rivalise with 16-bit machines !?

Click here for Pouet.net link !

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CRTC³ by Flower Corp + Futurs + X-men

Roudoudou (french interview here) is an active programmer mostly focused on the Amstrad Plus machines. He released last year the Asic Intro 2 (released at the VIP 2016) and released rasm this year, a cross-platform Z80 assembler.

With the help of Zik, Zisquier, Hwikaa, Fra and CoyHot, CRTC³ is a multi-part demo released at Alchimie 2017 for Amstrad Plus machines. It features impressive effects never seen before. It's not only about visuals, but audio also - which is a pleasant mix of soundchip and samples ! Since it uses the 128Kb of RAM of the Amstrad Plus, don't expect a GX-4000 conversion one day.

Congratulations to everyone involved in this production !

Click here for Pouet.net link !

As a final note, thanks to everyone releasing those productions for the platform. Clearly, the Amstrad Plus / GX-4000 machines are progressively transitioning from under-rated machines to platforms of choice ! The future is bright for the white CPCs ;-)

HxC Floppy Emulator Manager V3.5 released

10/15/2017

 
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A new version is available !

As a reminder, the HxC Floppy Emulator is a device allowing your software library to be stored on a USB/SD card (DSK + HFE disc image formats) for usage on a real Amstrad CPC machine.

This news is about the Manager for Amstrad CPC (the program to select disc images on the HxC Floppy Emulator's slots).

End-user can now select .DSK files (when using latest firmware for Gotek USB). Memory footprint has been improved (memory above &8800 is not used, which means users with tons of installed ROMs will not experience crashes anymore). As usual, a ROM version is also provided. Finally, the sources are now available online on GitHub.

Feel free to download latest software by clicking here !

NoRecess / Condense (me !) interviewed by Epsilon (french only)

9/3/2017

 
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I completed an interview for Epsilon, click here for download.

It's funny how life may bring some surprises. I interviewed Epsilon few months ago ; but doing that gave him enough motivation to create a new website dedicated to the Amstrad CPC called Amstrad Paradise. Make sure to check it out ! (french only).

"Logon's run - 3D meets the aging bits" making-of (April 2017)

4/24/2017

 
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Overflow/Logon System presented at Revision 2017 his demo called "Logon's run - 3D meets the aging bits". Reception has been really good and the production was ranked 2nd in the oldschool demo category. Congratulations Olivier !

As promised last December, a making-of (written by Overflow himself !) is now available on this website. It explains all the technical details that fits in 22Kb, including the introduction of a custom 3D engine + some clever use of hardware features.

Click HERE to read the making-of.

Added interview of Epsilon / Power System & Arkos

1/15/2017

 
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Despite what I said in the previous news ...

To begin the year, here is a new interview of Epsilon / Power System & Arkos ! He was mostly active from 1992 to 1996. He was a prolific author of demos, musics, tools and games. His work was underrepresented on the net, it was time to fix this !

Click here to read the interview.

Get ready for new demo releases in 2017 and 2018 !

12/21/2016

 
Some news...
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Condense is working hard on its next demo. The plan is to release it at Revision 2018 (yes, 2018 !).
Expect something new and refreshing from us :)
We already spent 2 years of development on it... but only half of the demo has been completed yet.

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About this site, no future interviews should be published soon. Looks like it got harder to chase good old demomakers :)
That said, a making-of of the next demo from Overflow/LogonSystem (to be presented at Revision 2017) will be published here on this site.

Finally - Greetings to everyone that continues to make the CPC alive, especially the guys behind the 30YMD - what a really a good job ! You provided a solid work, congratulations to all of you.

Happy XMAS all !
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