Hooray, there it is: the long awaited Amstrad CPC version of R-Type by Easter Egg. Ok, we already had a R-Type version for the CPC, but it was ported in just one week from the Sinclair Spectrum and looks like all the other Spectrum ports. Team Easter Egg got the original Spectrum source code and did an own port which perfectly fits the CPC. So this game is a must – so now you can download it from http://www.rtype.fr.
Push’n’Pop, the Amstrad CPC scene page, asked their members for a vote to create charts of the best productions, etc. for the last year. And here are the results (as you can see, mostly french sceners voted – water and wine are on top in the ‘top drinks’ list 
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Top 5 demos of the past year (2011):
Top 5 games of the past year (2011):
Top 5 demos of the past five years (since January 1st 2007):
Top 5 demos of all time (since 1984):
Top 5 demogroups:
Top 5 coders:
Top 5 musicians:
Top 5 graphicians:
Top 5 drinks:
CNGSoft released his long awaited remake of the game Bubble Bobble. Finally, the CPC gets a version of this great, which it deserves. Compared to the original CPC port of Bubble Bobble, it features very colourful graphics, the intro sequence and bigger sprites. To sum it up: it is much closer to the original arcade version. Be sure to download and test it. You can get the game from CNGSofts homepage (click on the image).
Morn released an english translation of the game Strego. Strego is a turn based strategy game by Matthias Fink, which was released in 1992 on the bonus disk of the german Amstrad CPC magazine CPC Schneider International. It can be played by two and up to four players.
You can download the DSK image and the manual from the CPC Wiki of Strego.
Edge Grinder, a Shoot’em Up in the spirit of R-Type, was released some days ago. It was programmed for “Format War”, which main idea is to start developing games for different machines. The lead platform for Edge Grinder was that C64, well, and Paul Kooistra, who already brought such great games like Sub Hunter, Star Sabre and Dead on time to the CPC, did it and converted Edge Grinder to the CPC. You can read more about the story of the game, get the source code and of course download it on its Format War page. I also added a download to this posting.
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