¶ Technical data
- Manufacturer: Amstrad
- Year of release: 1984
- OS: AMSDOS with Locomotive BASIC
- CPU: Zilog Z80A @ 4 MHz
- RAM: 64 KB
- Sound chip: General Instrument AY-3-8910
¶ Presentation
The Amstrad CPC is an 8-bit personal computer produced by Amstrad in the 1980s. CPC stands for Colour Personal Computer, although a version with a monochrome monitor was available.
The Amstrad CPC sold about three million units worldwide, including about one million in France.
¶ Emulators
New in Recalbox 10.1: the SugarBox2 core, a new Amstrad CPC/GX-4000 emulator. Release 10.1 also ships several fixes for this core: Sonic fully functional and improved floppy-disk launch heuristics.
Emulator availability per board:
| Emulator | RPI3/RPI02W | RPI4/400 | RPI5/500 | OGA/OGS/RG351 | PC | RG353 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libretro Cap32 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Libretro CrocoDS | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Libretro SugarBox2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Cap32 is the default emulator. Netplay is available with Cap32 and CrocoDS. RetroAchievements are supported on this system. A keyboard is required to fully enjoy this system, with a pad recommended as a complement.
¶ BIOS
No BIOS is required for this system.
¶ Roms
Put your games in:
/recalbox/share/roms/amstradcpc/
Supported extensions per emulator:
| Emulator | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Cap32 | .cdt .cpr .dsk .m3u .sna .tap .voc .zip .7z |
| CrocoDS | .dsk .kcr .sna .zip .7z |
| SugarBox2 | .bin .cdt .csw .dsk .kcr .m3u .sna .tap .wav .zip .7z |