So many memories come suddenly to my mind... Such a different and vague period of my life. That loading sound, those graphics, it was all that mattered to me back then hahaha
That's the sound of my childhood alright. I lost my CPC 464 in a house fire when I was 16, but I got a used but still working one on eBay a few years ago. I guess I got hit real hard by nostalgia, there's no other explanation for buying it.
Definately worth going the 664/6128 or getting an ext hard drive if you go the 464 route. Though there are add ons these days which let you use an SSD as a hard drive, which is great for grabbing loads of old games from the rom sites
i remember playing the bards tale, to go up or down in a dungeon it took about 3 mins to load each time. the c64 version was admittedly quicker loading, but I finished the game on the cpc.
i juste remember the read error A.....read error B!!! You wait 1h to play the game and 2mn before the end of the tape, one beautiful read error A!!! :D
Although it is charming with the loading sound and stripes, I would say get a ULIFAC. It turns a 464 into a 6128 with 512kB or RAM or 256kB RAM and 8 ROMS, you get USB drive disk emulation, so you can read any game you like in a few seconds, and it ads serial communication and Bluetooth or WIFI.
1 that's not a smartphone it's clearly a tablet, 2 ya could atleast invest in a colour monitor, fuck I only paid 30 quid for mine a few years ago. Green screen sucks bumhole
The files are the conversion of old audio cassettes to WAV format. So they are simple audio files. More information here: www.ccworld.it/2018/01/usiamo-limmagine-cassetta-audio-un-vero-amstrad-cpc/
Ah ah great times :) I had the colour model. If Im not wrong there was a shortcut for the run" command , maybe shift+ right arrow or control right arrow.. Damn its not that far, only 35 years ago ;)
You need to have the game in .cdt format in your smartphone. Then you must rename the file extension from .cdt to .tzx and play it on your Android device with the app "PlayZX": play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.baltazarstudios.playzxtapes
Hey, great video. This is awesome to be able to use your phone. I have got a dead CPC 464 (No power). What should I be checking please? fuses, obviously already checked etc. Thank you.
There are no fuses.... Or are you trying to run it from the display? In that case, power the computer itself. You can mod a random 2A USB charger for that, just mount a EJAJ connecter to it, 5,5 mm, center pin positve.
Now another thing you could do is install an emulator then use a walkman with a headphone to usb adapter linking 5he walkman to the phone and you could run the actual game.
What’s the best way to play roms on original amstrad hardware is ther a way I can load all the roms and just pick which ones I want to play, similar like how a flash card works ?
The best way is to use the M4Board from Duke (cpc wiki forums). A board which connects to the expansion edge and Adds wifi and sd card support. Then all you have to do as your amstrad is a part of your local network, is to fire up a web browser with amstrad ip and transfer your files with drag and drop using the web server UI of the M4Board. Files are transferred wirelessly to the sd card and you can even start them from the web ui of the pc. Search in youtube with "m4board" as a key
That's such a good idea! I still have mine but unfortunately lost my gt64 monitor, joystick and games when I moved. Ive manged to get a power adapter and my mastersystem pad works. Any chance you can give me a link to downlod some? I'll pay!
