The Headsoft team has ported the classic ZX Spectrum platformer game Manic Miner to the Nintendo DS. This release includes various stages of the Manic Miner ports from Oric, BBC Micro, Dragon 32, Amstrad CPC and Game Boy Advance.

Download: Manic Miner The Lost Levels v1.00 (FAT)
Download: Manic Miner The Lost Levels v1.00 (EFS)

It's been over half a year now, but Alekmaul is back with an update for the Amstrad CPC homebrew emulator on the DS. There are quite a lot of fixes with the release of AmeDS v3.0 (a huge leap from the previous v2.1).

Download: AmeDS v3.0

Developer Alekmaul has released an improved version of the xRick homebrew game originally developed by GPF. This new build will carrying some bug fixes, although the developer had to disable its load/save state feature. The changelog is available over in the full article.


Download:xRick v2.0

If you're looking for a DS Homebrew puzzle game to pass the time, then you might want to try Jayenkai's Puzzobomb Jr. To find out more about this, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

Download: Puzzobomb Jr.

If you're in the mood for some retro-gaming joy and you've decided on the Amstrad CPCP 6128 Computer as your pleasure, then homebrew developer Alekmaul's emulator, AmeDS, has your fix. Check out what's new in this latest  version and see why you NEED to have a WiFi connection while you're using this app. All the details in the full article!

Download: AmeDS v2.1

Homebrew developers Redbug and KuKulcan have released CrocoDS 2.0 for the Nintendo DS. In case you aren't familiar with this application, it is an Amstrad CPC emulator that was based on the PC-CPC emulator from demoniak. This application will run on any Nintendo DS with a linker that supports DLDI.

This application has undergone significant changes since CrocoDS 1.0. If you want to find out all the new features or plan on download CrocoDS 2.0, head on over to the full article.

It's been a very long time since we heard anything from Alekmaul, which is why we're happy to report that the developer's back in action with a new build for AmEDS. For the guys tuning in for the first time, this DS homebrew is an emulator that will let your Nintendo handheld play games originally meant for the Amstrad CPC 6128 Computer. AmEDS version 2.0 carries these new features from version 1.1:

• Even more fast now :)
• New design
• Display optimization (direct memory access)
• Optimization/Hack of CRTC code (so it is faster ... thanks redbug for your help)
• Better Overscan mode management
• Add automatic resize mode
• Rewrite of dsk / sna files choice
• Rewrite of keyboard management (with correct management of SHIFT and CONTROL)
• Add DSK autostart (activate with OPTIONS menu)
• New AY-8912 sound management
• The sending of a DSK / SNA file compatibility with WIFI on portabledev web site. You can see it at: http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds/liste-de-compatibilitE9-des-fichiers.php    
• Tracks with no length management (Nexor [original]works now)
  

Users are advised to open up the file bundle's readme for proper installation and usage instructions.

Download: AmEDS v2.0

Alekmaul must be building a rep for resurrecting the past. First with the MarcaDS classic arcade emulator, then with the ColecoDS ColecoVision emulator, and now the Amstrad CPC 464 micro-computer with the AmEDS. This one's just like the equivalent CrocoDS Amstrad emulator, which Alekmaul also acknowledges as instrumental in his own little project.

Anyway, for a time warp into an age of bad hair and great music, just hit the DL link below. Speaking of music... v1.1 improves on the original by adding SOUND. Besides that, this

• Is a little bit fast
• Adds sound (yes, we already mentioned that, Alek)
• Adds scrolling in file choice when the touch is still pressed
• Adds an option menu (replace icons from the bottom of the screen)
• Has the ability to change each DS key with the Amtrad keyboard
• Has better screen resize
• Saves in SNA format (in OPTIONS menu)

Download: [AmEDS v1.1]

Donning one of the most bizarre names we've ever encountered among coders, My Ketchup Is Dead has once again updated his Amstrad CPC homebrew emulator, CrocoDS Alpha.

The list of changes for this version is pretty long, looks like someone's been working over the holidays, eh? So anyway, if this is your first time to encounter this, it emulates Amstrad CPC, the nifty wonder that peaked in popularity way back in the 80's.

That said, here's the list of stuff that's changed in v0.5a:

Changelog:

• Complete Mapping of the keyboard.
• New finely.
• Possibility of insertion of discs without autoload.
• Realtime for the majority of the plays.
• Posting of the screens in overscan.
• Key R + up/down for scroller the screen.
• Its Stereophony (but always also rotted)
• Reading of the roms in the root of the flash, the /AmeDS repertory and /ROMS repertory
• Possibility of redefining all the keys. (Except L, R and Select for the moment)
• Support of ROMs zippées.
  

Download: [CrocoDS Alpha v0.5a]

redbug is back with the latest update to his Amstrad CPC 6128 emulator for Nintendo DS. In CrocoDS Alpha v0.4a redbug gives us this Google- translated changelog:

• Certain plays did not function any more of with a bad interpretation of l'opcode HALT. C'est now corrected.
• Addition d'un finely allowing l'ait affichage framerate.

Now that we "cleared" that up, let us tell you a bit more about the games they used to play on the Amstrad CPC.

Cybernoid 2. The sequel to Cybernoid (duh), this shooter'sgameplayinvolved hunting space pirates and retrieving their stolen booty within a specified time limit. Shooting pirate ships often leaves power-ups or jewels which Cybernoid can collect.

Turrican. The game featured huge detailed labyrinth levels that must be fully explored and secret spots, hidden rooms and invisible passages are waiting to be revealed. The game has been described as a hybrid of Metroid and Psycho-Nics Oscar.

Crafton&Xunk (aka Get Dexter). A French puzzler in a sci-fi setting. The two characters must make their away through a maze. One fan called it "funny, very funny" and "innovative with great animation, wacky, strange and wild."

Download: [CrocoDS Alpha v0.4a]