Pituka
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| Platform(s): | Dingoo-Linux |
| Download(s): | Dingoo File Archive |
| Developer(s): | D_Skywalk |
| Version: | v0.8 |
| Status: | Released |
| Homepage: | D_Skywalk - Dev & gaming |
Contents |
Introduction
The Amstrad CPC range was an 8bit microcomputer family released on June 21st, 1984. These computers were sold as a complete bundle including a colour or green screen monitor and a main storage system. CPC was an acronym of Colour Personal Computer. The first digit was a code for the main storage system; '4' denoted a tape deck and '6' a 3-inch floppy disk drive. The Amstrad CPC range included the following models:
- Amstrad CPC 464, 64Kb RAM
- Amstrad CPC 472, 64Kb RAM (only sold in Spain)
- Amstrad CPC 664, 64Kb RAM
- Amstrad CPC 6128, 128Kb RAM
The CPC series was very popular in Europe, mainly in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany (where the CPC was sold under the Schneider brand). Amstrad plc. entered the computing market with the CPC series. They even dominated the European market with their PC clones the PC1512 and 1640. Sales of CPC units are estimated at about 2 million.
You are looking at a machine thats hardware was packed with its Z80A 4MHz processor, 4 channels of sound that made for perfect atmospheres in games, and a very advanced graphical chip for its time: different graphical modes and graphical resolutions changes whilst running. Very few machines have been as big as the CPC was, it survived for more than 10 years and it's a beloved and well known machine by two generations of computing fans that remember it.
[edit] About Pituka
PituKa is an Amstrad CPC6128 emulator for the Dingoo (linux) system based on my last work Pituka for GamePark32.
My hope is that you enjoy this emulator and people who don't know this marvellous machine can enjoy it, even today there are new remake releases, you only have to look at the NES remakes released for the GBA.
[edit] Dingoo Features
- Full Amstrad CPC Emulation, no FRAMESKIP need it! :D
- Support ZIP files (Don't use DSK images).
- Keyboard on Screen.
[edit] Installation
Simply copy the Pituka directory somewhere on your SD.
To launch it with dmenu use this in your dmenu.cfg (adjust your folders accordingly):
MenuItem PITUKA
{
Icon = "res/game1.png"
Name = "Pituka"
Executable = "./pituka.dge"
WorkDir = "/usr/local/emulators/pituka"
Selector = yes
}
[edit] Controls
- D-PAD - Joystick Directions
- A - FIRE 1
- B - FIRE 2
- SELECT - Keyboard on Screen
- SELECT+START - Exit Emu
More info at README.TXT
[edit] TODO
- Savestates.
- Bind Support.
