The humble Amstrad CPC micro-computer, born in 1984 has still to this day a surprisingly strong following. Independent developers, engineers and fans are still writing games, software and utilities and building modern hardware mods and more. It's actually quite outstanding a computer this old has such a user-base in the 21st century. Year on year, and thanks largely to the annual CPCretroDev competition, a spate of new games are released. Some simple BASIC programs, others highly intricate and detailed coded games which wouldn't have looked out of place if released back in 1988. In fact, many would be best sellers. So, here are my 3 films on what are the finest games made between 2015 and 2017.
2015 featured top games and interesting remakes from
Shinra, Egotrip, Toni Ramirez, Morri, CNG Soft and Project Argon
2016 saw a record number of new releases from the likes of
Keith Sear, Shining, Usebox.net, Bitplane and RetroBytes
2017 saw a vast step up in quality over quantity. Shining and Keith Sear return,
along with Arnaud Bouche, 4MHZ and Azicuetano/Mcklain.
18 months ago to mark to 31st anniversary of the Amstrad CPC464, I took the time to create a tribute film showcasing four hundred and sixty four games in just under 1 hour. It's been a long time coming, but my popular demand I bring you a further 128 games on the CPC464. This blog page is to assist the video; a full list of all the games shown in order, as well as the soundtrack listing. All games used are playable on the CPC464, but some may require additional ram expansion or disk drive. However, no Plus or GX4000 games have been included. The footage is captured from either emulation or actual hardware.
Full List of Games in Order.
1. Octoplex
2. Aaargh!
3. BMX Ninja
4. Gazza's Super Soccer
5. Joe Blade
6. Pro Tennis Simulator
7. Black Tiger
8. Beverly Hills Cop
9. Game Over
10. Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot!
11. Jack the Nipper 2
12. Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge
13. Parabola
14. Sub Hunter
15. Strike
16. Strider 2
17. The Addams Family
18. Booty
19. Ghostbusters
20. Jonny Quest
21. Rally 2
22. Summer Games
23. Outlaws
24. Bruce Lee
25. G-Loc R360
26. Raster Runner
27. Super Sprint
28. Rod-Land
29. Karatian
30. Graham Gooch's Test Cricket
31. Castle Master
32. Aftermath
33. Afterburner
34. Advanced Pinball Simulator
35. Chibi Akumas Episode 1
36. Room Ten
37. Killapede
38. Gremlins 2 The New Batch
39. Terra Cognita
40. The Living Daylights
41. Run CPC
42. Lawn Tennis
43. Gyroscope
44. Contraption
45. After The War
46. The Masters of Space
47. Rygar
48. Let's Go!
49. Hammer Boy
50. Dan Dare 3
51. After The War 2
52. Airwolf 2
53. Dandy
54. Herobotix
55. Beach Buggy Simulator
56. Leviathan
57. SAS Combat Simulator
58. Steve McQueen's Westphaser
59. Army Moves
60. Alex Higgins World Snooker
61. Deathscape
62. Life Expectancy Zero
63. Scooby & Scappy Doo
64. Seesaw
65. Magical Drop CPC
66. Homerunner
67. Alien
68. Desert Fox
69. Hong Kong Phooey
70. MGT - Magnetik Tank
71. Shadow Dancer
72. The Amazing Spiderman & Captain America in Doctor Doom's Revenge
73. Space Moves
74. Aliens
75. Altair
76. Hydrofool
77. Hudson Hawk
78. Sidearms
79. Dragon Attack
80. Animated Strip Poker
81. Megablasters - Escape From the Castle in the Clouds
