27/06/2006
CPRTools v1.0

Convert between CPR and BIN cartridge formats / Convierte entre formatos de cartucho bin y cpr: CPRTools.

 

25/06/2006
New section GX4000/CPC+ Games / Nueva sección de juegos de GX4000/CPC+

In this new section you can get the Amstrad GX4000 / CPC+ cardtridge game collection, with instructions. You can play the games in emulators or in a real GX4000 following the instructions in our doc -Copying GX4000 Cartridges .

En la nueva sección puedes conseguir la colección de juegos en cartucho para Amstrad GX4000 / CPC+, con instruciones. Puedes jugar a estos juegos en un emulador o bien en una GX4000 real siguiendo el documento -Copiando cartuchos de GX4000 .

 

17/06/2006
Copying GX4000 & CPC+ Cartridges / Copiando cartuchos de GX4000 & CPC+

Today is very expensive to buy GX4000 cartridges, expecially with some titles, so the cheapest way to enjoy with all the GX4000 / CPC+ cartridge games is copying them. You have the hole tutorial here.

Hoy en día sale muy caro comprar cartuchos de GX4000, especialmente algunos títulos, así que la forma más barata de disfrutar con todos los juegos de GX4000 / CPC+ es copiandolos. Tienes el tutorial completo aquí.

 

09/05/2006
77 New Games / 77 Nuevos juegos

You can find on section My collection 77 new games buyed on ebay and MadriSX retro party:

Podeis encontrar en la sección Mi colección 77 nuevos juegos adquiridos en ebay y en MadriSX:

Phantis, Muggins The Spaceman, Bubble Ghost, Three Weeks in Paradise, Green Beret, Speed King, Livingstone Supongo, Flyspy, Arkanoid, Bat Man, Molecule Man, Off Shore Warrior, Superman (The Man of Steel), Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Warlock, Donkey Kong, Venom Strikes Back (Mask 3), Hyperbowl, ACE2, Sigma 7, Short Circuit (Cortocircuito), Thing Bounces Back, Zombi, The Great Escape, Motor Bike Madness, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Winter Games, War Cars (Construction Set), The Curse of Sherwood, Fernando Martin (Basket Master), Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge, Zorro, Colossus Chess 4, Out Run, Howard the Duck, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Bomb Jack II, Shackled, Meganova, Formula 1 Simulator, 007 La espia que me amo (The spy who loved me), Scuba Kidz, Super Sprint, Master Chess, Skateboard Kidz, Uchi-Mata, 1943, Emilio Butragueño, Super Sam, Saboteur II, Martianoids, Xevious, Ping Pong, Storm, Rescate Atlantida, Top Gun, Phantom Club, Xcel, Breakthru, Avenger, Helicoptero 2000, Star Raiders II, Data Amstrad 14, Data Amstrad 15, Ninja Master, Mad Mix Game, Artura, Cray 5 (Sealed/Precintado), Speed Zone (Sealed/Precintado), Charlie Chaplin (Sealed/Precintado), Sweevo's World (Sealed/Precintado), Bedlam (Sealed/Precintado), El misterio del Nilo (Sealed/Precintado), Laser Squad (Sealed/Precintado), Soviet Fighter Mig 29 (Sealed/Precintado), Airwolf 2 (Sealed/Precintado), Raid (Sealed/Precintado).

 

07/05/2006
CPCDiskXP v1.6 Released / CPCDiskXP v1.6 Liberado
CPCDiskXP v1.6 Changelog:

07-05-2006 - The icon program has ugly white squares :-) now they are transparent. Asked by mangrt.

07-05-2006 - FLOPPY to DSK - There were two messages that are badly translated to me, i have changed it from "readed" to "read", that is the correct past participle of read. Many thanks to warn to me, mangrt.
02-05-2006 - FLOPPY to DSK And DSK to FLOPPY - The program now support reading and writing discs using a 3" drive. Many thanks to KaosOverride and specially to Joseman (he send to me a 3" PC floppy connector). Tested successfully with many games and demos.
15-04-2006 - DSK INFO - Now the program shows "(Marked As Deleted)" text in the sectors summary if the sector has this mark in the DSK.
15-04-2006 - FLOPPY to DSK - Changed the read sector limit from 80 to 82. Asked by Longshot in CPCMania forums.
14-04-2006 - FLOPPY to DSK And DSK to FLOPPY - The program now support reading and writing some 'SpeedLock' protected discs, '8k Sectors' and 'Marked as Deleted' Sectors, tested successfully with original ADATE Addams Family, Cabal, 2x1 - New Zealand Story & Rainbow Islands, Afterburner, Cisco Heat, Mind-Streatchers, St Dragon, Pack A Toda Maquina, Total Recall, WWF Wrestlemania... Many thanks to Simon Owen for his help and for his incredible driver.
09-04-2006 - FLOPPY to DSK - Added the possibility of asking in case of error, to retry so many times as we want if it fails reading a sector. Demanded by Joseman.

 

04/04/2006
TDT on CTM 644 / TDT en CTM 644

The analogical blackout is close and our Amstrad TV tuners will became obsolete so there is a way to make our monitor more useful (and to leave the monitor in our room). There is a new Doc/Manual on the web explaining how to do it: TDT on CTM 644

El apagón analógico está cerca y nuestros sintonizadores de TV de Amstrad tienen los días contados así que hay que buscar nuevas mañas para hacer más útil nuestro monitor (y que nos sirva de excusa con la parienta para dejar el trasto ahí). Hay un nuevo Doc / Manual en la web explicando como hacer esto: TDT on CTM 644

 

14/03/2006
CPCDiskXP v1.5 Released / CPCDiskXP v1.5 Liberado
CPCDiskXP v1.5 Changelog:

13-03-2006 - DSK to FLOPPY - Now you can select all possible Side/Head write combinations. (DSK Side 1 to Floppy Head 1, DSK Side 2 to Floppy Head 1, ...). Many thanks to KaosOverride for suggest/ask it :-)

10-03-2006 - DSK to FLOPPY - Now, when you select the source DSK file, CPCDiskXP shows some DSK Info (Tracks, Heads) and it has two new buttons, "View Sectors Graph" and "View Sectors Data", that shows the same info dialogs like the one in DSK INFO section of the program.
10-03-2006 - CPC FORMAT - Added the ability to format disk in Parados/Ramdos format (80 tracks) 712k :-) Tested with Parados and Ramdos+.
10-03-2006 - CPC FORMAT - Now you can select which side of the disc you want to format, side A, side B or both sides. Thanks to Kris for suggest it.

 

09/03/2006
13 New Games / 13 Nuevos juegos

You can find on section My collection 13 new games buyed on ebay, five with big case, other five are sealed and the rest with normal case:

Regreso al futuro III, Italia 1990, Kick Off 2, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Magic Johnson's Basketball, Space Harrier II, Street Gang FootBall, Golpe en la Pequeña China (Big Trouble in Little China), Moto X Simulator (Sealed), Kick Off (Sealed), Megachess (Sealed), Black Tiger (Sealed), Cybernoid II (Sealed).

 

Podeis encontrar en la sección Mi colección 13 nuevos juegos adquiridos en ebay, cinco con caja grande, otros cinco precintados y el resto con caja normal:

Regreso al futuro III, Italia 1990, Kick Off 2, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Magic Johnson's Basketball, Space Harrier II, Street Gang FootBall, Golpe en la Pequeña China (Big Trouble in Little China), Moto X Simulator (Precintado), Kick Off (Precintado), Megachess (Precintado), Black Tiger (Precintado), Cybernoid II (Precintado).

 

12/02/2006
56 New Covers / 56 Nuevas Portadas

Section My collection has been changed and now it has game cover scans with 300dpi, it also has thumbnails in the list of games. For now it has 56 new covers, more come soon. For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

La sección Mi colección ha sido reestructurada y ahora cuenta con escaneos de las portadas a 300dpi, además de minifotos en la lista de juegos. Por ahora hay 56 portadas, pronto más. Como siempre, para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.

 

28/01/2006
New Games / Nuevos juegos

You can find on section My collection (see photographs) twenty-three new games buyed on ebay, two with big case and the others with normal case:

Basketball Two-on-Two, Renaud, Mathday II, Risky Holding, Hercules - Slayer of the Damned, Mega-Apocalypse, California Games, Sub, Electric Wonderland, Pacific, Operation Gun Ship, Driller, Hypersports, Motos, Time Scanner, Skateball, Thunderbirds, Tensions, ISS - Increible Shrinking Sphere, Marauder, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Purple Saturn Day, Xybots.

 

Podeis encontrar en la sección Mi colección (ver fotos) veintitrés nuevos juegos adquiridos en ebay, dos con caja grande y el resto con caja normal:

Basketball Two-on-Two, Renaud, Mathday II, Risky Holding, Hercules - Slayer of the Damned, Mega-Apocalypse, California Games, Sub, Electric Wonderland, Pacific, Operation Gun Ship, Driller, Hypersports, Motos, Time Scanner, Skateball, Thunderbirds, Tensions, ISS - Increible Shrinking Sphere, Marauder, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Purple Saturn Day, Xybots.

 

22/01/2006
CPCDiskXP v1.4 Released / CPCDiskXP v1.4 Liberado
CPCDiskXP v1.4 Changelog:
22-01-2006 - DSK INFO - New DSK Sectors Graph dialog added to DSK Info, to see a sector graph of any DSK file like the one used in FLOPPY to DSK.
22-01-2006 - DSK to FLOPPY - Added a button "Abort" to cancel the write process at any time. Sorry for don't do it until now.
22-01-2006 - DSK to FLOPPY - Added some more progress info, DSK info summary, current track, head and its number of sectors, and some more.
21-01-2006 - FLOPPY to DSK - Finally fixed Vortex support. The program was writing wrong DSK headers when it has two heads. Tested successfully with CPCE, Caprice32 and WinCPC. Thanks to Johnny Farragut and MiguelSky for send me two big DSKs to test it, and many thanks to all people who has reported me the bug in forums, news and by email :-).

 

19/01/2006
New Games / Nuevos juegos

You can find on section My collection six new games buyed on ebay, four with normal case and two with big case: Technician Ted, 007 Live And Let Die, Rambo III, Infiltrator, Gauntlet and Gauntlet II (see photographs). For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

Podeis encontrar en la sección Mi colección seis nuevos juegos adquiridos en ebay, cuatro con caja normal y dos con caja grande: Technician Ted, 007 Live And Let Die, Rambo III, Infiltrator, Gauntlet and Gauntlet II (ver fotos). Como siempre, para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.

 

14/01/2006
New Games / Nuevos juegos

You can find on section My collection four new games buyed on ebay, all from Activision and with deluxe box: PREDATOR, SUPER HANG ON, QUARTET, CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT (see photographs). For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

Podeis encontrar en la sección Mi colección cuatro nuevos juegos adquiridos en ebay, todos de Activision y con caja deluxe: PREDATOR, SUPER HANG ON, QUARTET, CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT (ver fotos). Como siempre, para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.

 

08/01/2006
CPCDiskXP v1.3.1 Hotfix Released / CPCDiskXP v1.3.1 Hotfix Liberado

Version 1.3 of CPCDiskXP has a little bug thas generates DSKs that only works in some emulators, so I decided to make a hotfix version 1.3.1, please update to it. For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

La versión 1.3 de CPCDiskXP tiene un pequeño error que produce DSKs que sólo funcionan en algunos emuladores, por eso he decidido sacar una versión reparada, la 1.3.1, por favor actualizaos. Como siempre, para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.

 

07/01/2006
CPCDiskXP v1.3 Released / CPCDiskXP v1.3 Liberado

Welcome again to CPCMania, new version 1.3 of CPCDiskXP with changes that mainly affect the floppy disk reading (creating DSKs), as always you can find in its section. Also I have added many CPC manuals to the web. For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

Bienvenidos de nuevo a CPCMania, nueva versión 1.3 de CPCDiskXP con cambios principalmente a la hora de leer disquetes (Creando DSKs), como simepre lo podeis encontrar en su sección. Tambien he añadido más manuales de CPC en su sección. Como siempre, para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.

 

08/12/2005
CPCDiskXP v1.2 Released / CPCDiskXP v1.2 Liberado

Welcome again to CPCMania, new version 1.2 of CPCDiskXP with interesting changes that you can find in its section. Also I have added many things to the web: Links, Forum, Manuals, my games collection... ¡always growing!. For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

Bienvenidos de nuevo a CPCMania, nueva versión 1.2 de CPCDiskXP con interesantes cambios que podeis encontrar en su sección. Tambien he añadido cosas a la web: Links, Foro, Manuales, mi colección de juegos... ¡esto se mueve!. Como siempre, para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.

 

26/11/2005
CPCDiskXP v1.1 Released / CPCDiskXP v1.1 Liberado

Welcome again to CPCMania, only two weeks from the launching of the initial version of CPCDiskXP and already there is a new version 1.1 with substantial new features that you can find in its section. Also I have added a doc to the Web, in the section "Docs, Manuals" you can find a "easy" manual with photos to connect a 3,5" floppy drive to the CPC. For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

Bienvenidos de nuevo a CPCMania, tan sólo dos semanas despues del lanzamiento de la versión inicial de CPCDiskXP ya hay una nueva versión 1.1 con jugosas novedades que podeis encontrar en su sección. Tambien he añadido al go más a la web, en la sección "Docs, Manuals" podeis encontrar un manual "facil" y con fotitos para conectar una disquetera de 3.5" al CPC. Como siempre, para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.

 

12/11/2005
CPCMania Starts / CPCMania comienza

Welcome to CPCMania, web about the Amstrad CPC that just starts and that is under construction, so far there is little to see, but soon I will be adding documents, utilities, manuals, demos, etc. The author of this web is the programmer of CPCDiskXP, you could find in its section. For any doubt, suggestion, complaint, collaboration or other send me a mail.

Bienvenidos a CPCMania, web sobre el Amstrad CPC que acaba de nacer y que aun está en obras, por ahora hay poco que ver, pero pronto iré añadiendo documentos, utilidades, manuales, demos, etc. El autor de esta web es el programador de CPCDiskXP, que podeis encontrar en su sección. Para cualquier duda, sugerencia, queja, colaboración o lo que sea escribidme un mail.