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Get Dexter

2018-10-09T22:50:54Z

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'''''Get Dexter''''' (known as '''''Crafton & Xunk''''' from its country of origin France), is a Graphic adventure game, originally released for the [[CPC old generation|Amstrad CPC]] in 1986. It was programmed by Remi Herbulot, with graphics done by Michel Rho and published by [[ERE Informatique]]. The game is played out in isometric area with a futuristic sci-fi plot with puzzle solving. Reaction from the games industry and magazines was generally positive, gaining accolades and high ratings in reviews. A sequel, ''[[Get Dexter 2]]'', was released in 1988.

== Plot ==

In 2912 a war rages on earth and is escalating out of control. If the Central Galactic Control Computer on Earth is destroyed then all life on the planets will perish with it. The council of Sages give Dexter , an android expert in, and Scooter his trusty Podocephalus, the mission to infiltrate the computer centre and copy the memory in order that Galactic life can continue.

==Video==

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== External links ==

* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=371 Get Dexter at T.A.C.G.R. (The Amstrad Computer Games Resource] 
* Get Dexter at NVG ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/cpc/games/adventur/graphic/getdexte.zip 
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*{{EnWiki|Get_Dexter}}

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Games 1986]]
[[Category:Video contents]]

Links

2009-11-28T19:05:51Z

Khisanth: /* Others */

==== Software-related ====

*[http://www.cpczone.net CPC Zone] Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, coverscans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.
*[http://www.phenixinformatique.com PhenixInformatique] French forum and much more(French)
*[http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/ The Amstrad Computer Game Resource]
*[http://www.amstrad.es/ Amstrad ESP (ES)] All about the Spanish software for CPC. RUA Magazine and ESP Soft links.
*[http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/ CPC Game Reviews] - CPC Game Reviews is a website which, as its name suggests, contains reviews of games for the Amstrad CPC computer - hundreds of them, in fact. It also contains a collection of advertisements which have been scanned from Amstrad CPC magazines.
*[http://computeremuzone.com/amstrad/ Amstrad Zone]
*[http://www.prodatron.net/ Prodatron's page] ([[Prodatron|Prodatrons]] homepage includes the infos and downloads of his productions as well as a lot of downloads for CPC Digitracker modules (MDL), OCP Art Studio pictures and Scene demos)
*[http://bestofcpc.webcindario.com/ Best of CPC] (ES)
*[http://arkos.cpcscene.com/ Arkos Demogroup] - The page of [[Arkos|Arkos]], with some great demos, diskmags, games and tools.
*[http://www.cpc-hardware.com/ CPC Hardware] - (F) Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like [[RS232|RS232]] interfaces etc.
*[http://www.FutureOS.de/ FutureOS homepage] - Official homepage of the operating system [[FutureOS|FutureOS]] for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus.
*[http://cpcgamescd.cpcwiki.eu/ CPCGamesCD homepage]
*[http://optimus.demoscene.gr/cpcscene/ The CPC Demoscene] Optimus website about the CPC demoscene with a list of some of the best CPC demos with reviews and screenshots.
*[http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr Amstradeus] Lots of interviews, manuals for download and much more. (French)

 

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==== Hardware-related ====

*[http://www.symbos.de SymbOS] (includes the website of the two new hardware projects [[SYMBiFACE II|SYMBiFACE II]] and [[CPC TREX|CPC TREX]])
*[http://www.terra.es/personal/diegovp Various Amstrad stuff] - Including instructions on how to fit or connect a 3.5" drive, hot to connect your CPC to your PC and how to transfer files, among others.
*[http://www.cpc-hardware.com/ CPC Hardware] - (F) Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like [[RS232|RS232]] interfaces etc.
*[http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_CPCguide.HTML G.o.St.-SOFT's CPC-Hardwareführer at 8-Bit-Nirvana (German)]
*[http://8bit.yarek.pl/index.html 8bit Projects for Everyone] - Hardware updates for 8-bit computers, also for CPC.
*[http://www.amstradtoday.com/ Amstrad Today] - Many Tips for Amstrad CPC

 

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==== Document resources ====

*[http://www.cepece.info/amstrad Unofficial WWW Amstrad Resource]

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==== FTP sites ====

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*[ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/ NVG]
*[ftp://ftp.cmo.de/pub/Computer/Amstrad_CPC CMO.de] - Games, Meeting pictures, manuals, etc.
*[ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/cpm/ CPM] - related Amstrad things

==== Commercial sites ====

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==== User Groups ====

*[news://comp.sys.amstrad.8bit CSA8]
*[http://www.cpczone.net/boards CPC Zone Forum]: The most popular and active (? maybe some french forum is more active) forum on the net.
*[http://www.cpc-forum.de CPC-Forum.de]: The new most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene.
*[http://www.wacci.org.uk/ WACCI] (Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club Incorporated) - WACCI was a UK based user group that supported the Amstrad CPC computer. It was a subscription-only, printed English magazine published bi-monthly and available throughout the world. The current issues of the magazine are now reproduced on this website.
*[irc://irc.freenode.net/#cpc IRC-channel] #cpc on irc.freenode.net (a big IRC-network), one cpc-channel among many others out there on various networks.

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==== Emulators ====

*[http://www.arnoldemu.freeserve.co.uk/ Arnold] (WIN | MAC | LINUX)
*[http://xport.xbox-scene.com/ ArnoldX] (XBOX)
*[http://www.classicgaming.com/caprice/ Caprice] (WIN)
*[http://copacabana.emuunlim.com/ CoPaCabana] (WIN | PALM)
*[http://www.trans-it.de/cordes/amstrad/cpcemu.html CPCEmu]
*[http://www.amstrad-cpc.de CPC4X]
*[http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE]
*[http://icerive.free.fr/cpc Ice Rive]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/javacpc JavaCPC] Amstrad CPC Emulator in Java by Devilmarkus (based on JEMU)
*[http://jemu.winape.net JEMU] (Multi-System Java)
*[http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr PC-CPC] by Ludovic Deplanque(Demoniak)
*[http://www.winape.net WinApe]
*[http://www.wincpc.ch WinCPC]

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==== Others ====

*[http://thesnakebecomesthekey.wordpress.com/ The Snake Becomes the Key] is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Very well done but not updated any more.
*[http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/ CPC Oxygen] - home of the same-name great fanzine and AA scan repository. Not updated in a long time.
*[http://genesis8.free.fr/index.php Genesis 8] - Genesis 8 is a spartan, but often-updated Amstrad-related news site.
*[http://www.cpcscene.com/ CPC Scene] - Various stuff. Of much interest: The [http://radio.cpcscene.com/ CPC online radio station]!
*[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/ CPC Rulez] ([http://cpcrulez.2ya.com/ Alternative Link]) (FR) A great french site, updated frequently, with software reviews, utilities, games, demos, hardware info. A treasure and a must-visit if you speak french (though not necessarily so).
*[http://www.frappr.com/cpcscene/ CPC scene map]
*[http://www.cepece.info/ CePeCe.info] (ES) - Spanish CPC portal and web-hosting facilities for your CPC webpage.
*[http://cpccrackers.free.fr CPCCRACKERS] - French site about crackers for the CPC.
*[http://www.cpc6128.eu CPC 6128 Europe] - European portal.
*[http://www.octoate.de Octoate.de] - English site which features news, some articles and meeting pictures.
*[http://www.geocities.com/cpm22_user/programs/Amstrad_CPC/TurboPAS/ Programming Turbo Pascal on a CPC!] - A collection of Turbo Pascal programs with some CPC Specific programs.
*[http://www.oldschool-gaming.com/view_index.php?4mat=9 Oldschool gaming] - Games reviews of recent games for the CPC!   
*[http://gx4000.co.uk/ GX4000.co.uk], a new site devoted to the hardware and software of the oft-neglected games console.
*[http://grimware.org/doku.php Grimware] is a really nice site with hardware info and hacks for the CPC machines... give it a try!
*[http://www.khisanth.com/podcast The Kilobyes Podcast] Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general

Links

2009-11-28T19:05:17Z

Khisanth: /* Others */

==== Software-related ====

*[http://www.cpczone.net CPC Zone] Home of the Gamebase, the ultimate collection of information (with screenshots, coverscans, reviews etc) on all games CPC. Also home of the Zone Forum.
*[http://www.phenixinformatique.com PhenixInformatique] French forum and much more(French)
*[http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/ The Amstrad Computer Game Resource]
*[http://www.amstrad.es/ Amstrad ESP (ES)] All about the Spanish software for CPC. RUA Magazine and ESP Soft links.
*[http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/ CPC Game Reviews] - CPC Game Reviews is a website which, as its name suggests, contains reviews of games for the Amstrad CPC computer - hundreds of them, in fact. It also contains a collection of advertisements which have been scanned from Amstrad CPC magazines.
*[http://computeremuzone.com/amstrad/ Amstrad Zone]
*[http://www.prodatron.net/ Prodatron's page] ([[Prodatron|Prodatrons]] homepage includes the infos and downloads of his productions as well as a lot of downloads for CPC Digitracker modules (MDL), OCP Art Studio pictures and Scene demos)
*[http://bestofcpc.webcindario.com/ Best of CPC] (ES)
*[http://arkos.cpcscene.com/ Arkos Demogroup] - The page of [[Arkos|Arkos]], with some great demos, diskmags, games and tools.
*[http://www.cpc-hardware.com/ CPC Hardware] - (F) Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like [[RS232|RS232]] interfaces etc.
*[http://www.FutureOS.de/ FutureOS homepage] - Official homepage of the operating system [[FutureOS|FutureOS]] for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus.
*[http://cpcgamescd.cpcwiki.eu/ CPCGamesCD homepage]
*[http://optimus.demoscene.gr/cpcscene/ The CPC Demoscene] Optimus website about the CPC demoscene with a list of some of the best CPC demos with reviews and screenshots.
*[http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr Amstradeus] Lots of interviews, manuals for download and much more. (French)

 

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==== Hardware-related ====

*[http://www.symbos.de SymbOS] (includes the website of the two new hardware projects [[SYMBiFACE II|SYMBiFACE II]] and [[CPC TREX|CPC TREX]])
*[http://www.terra.es/personal/diegovp Various Amstrad stuff] - Including instructions on how to fit or connect a 3.5" drive, hot to connect your CPC to your PC and how to transfer files, among others.
*[http://www.cpc-hardware.com/ CPC Hardware] - (F) Forum, nice downloads, hardware projects; also an online store for hardware stuff like [[RS232|RS232]] interfaces etc.
*[http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_CPCguide.HTML G.o.St.-SOFT's CPC-Hardwareführer at 8-Bit-Nirvana (German)]
*[http://8bit.yarek.pl/index.html 8bit Projects for Everyone] - Hardware updates for 8-bit computers, also for CPC.
*[http://www.amstradtoday.com/ Amstrad Today] - Many Tips for Amstrad CPC

 

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==== Document resources ====

*[http://www.cepece.info/amstrad Unofficial WWW Amstrad Resource]

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==== FTP sites ====

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*[ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/ NVG]
*[ftp://ftp.cmo.de/pub/Computer/Amstrad_CPC CMO.de] - Games, Meeting pictures, manuals, etc.
*[ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/cpm/ CPM] - related Amstrad things

==== Commercial sites ====

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==== User Groups ====

*[news://comp.sys.amstrad.8bit CSA8]
*[http://www.cpczone.net/boards CPC Zone Forum]: The most popular and active (? maybe some french forum is more active) forum on the net.
*[http://www.cpc-forum.de CPC-Forum.de]: The new most important discussion forum for the German-speaking part of the CPC scene.
*[http://www.wacci.org.uk/ WACCI] (Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club Incorporated) - WACCI was a UK based user group that supported the Amstrad CPC computer. It was a subscription-only, printed English magazine published bi-monthly and available throughout the world. The current issues of the magazine are now reproduced on this website.
*[irc://irc.freenode.net/#cpc IRC-channel] #cpc on irc.freenode.net (a big IRC-network), one cpc-channel among many others out there on various networks.

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==== Emulators ====

*[http://www.arnoldemu.freeserve.co.uk/ Arnold] (WIN | MAC | LINUX)
*[http://xport.xbox-scene.com/ ArnoldX] (XBOX)
*[http://www.classicgaming.com/caprice/ Caprice] (WIN)
*[http://copacabana.emuunlim.com/ CoPaCabana] (WIN | PALM)
*[http://www.trans-it.de/cordes/amstrad/cpcemu.html CPCEmu]
*[http://www.amstrad-cpc.de CPC4X]
*[http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE]
*[http://icerive.free.fr/cpc Ice Rive]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/javacpc JavaCPC] Amstrad CPC Emulator in Java by Devilmarkus (based on JEMU)
*[http://jemu.winape.net JEMU] (Multi-System Java)
*[http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr PC-CPC] by Ludovic Deplanque(Demoniak)
*[http://www.winape.net WinApe]
*[http://www.wincpc.ch WinCPC]

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==== Others ====

*[http://thesnakebecomesthekey.wordpress.com/ The Snake Becomes the Key] is a very nicely-written blog with reviews and thoughts on various CPC games. Very well done but not updated any more.
*[http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/ CPC Oxygen] - home of the same-name great fanzine and AA scan repository. Not updated in a long time.
*[http://genesis8.free.fr/index.php Genesis 8] - Genesis 8 is a spartan, but often-updated Amstrad-related news site.
*[http://www.cpcscene.com/ CPC Scene] - Various stuff. Of much interest: The [http://radio.cpcscene.com/ CPC online radio station]!
*[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/ CPC Rulez] ([http://cpcrulez.2ya.com/ Alternative Link]) (FR) A great french site, updated frequently, with software reviews, utilities, games, demos, hardware info. A treasure and a must-visit if you speak french (though not necessarily so).
*[http://www.frappr.com/cpcscene/ CPC scene map]
*[http://www.cepece.info/ CePeCe.info] (ES) - Spanish CPC portal and web-hosting facilities for your CPC webpage.
*[http://cpccrackers.free.fr CPCCRACKERS] - French site about crackers for the CPC.
*[http://www.cpc6128.eu CPC 6128 Europe] - European portal.
*[http://www.octoate.de Octoate.de] - English site which features news, some articles and meeting pictures.
*[http://www.geocities.com/cpm22_user/programs/Amstrad_CPC/TurboPAS/ Programming Turbo Pascal on a CPC!] - A collection of Turbo Pascal programs with some CPC Specific programs.
*[http://www.oldschool-gaming.com/view_index.php?4mat=9 Oldschool gaming] - Games reviews of recent games for the CPC!   
*[http://gx4000.co.uk/ GX4000.co.uk], a new site devoted to the hardware and software of the oft-neglected games console.
*[http://grimware.org/doku.php Grimware] is a really nice site with hardware info and hacks for the CPC machines... give it a try!
*[http://www.khisanth.com/podcast] Home of the Kilobytes Podcast. Dedicated to playing chip tunes and covering the retro computing scene in general

Hisoft Devpac

2007-01-06T21:15:42Z

Khisanth:

== '''HiSoft DEVPAC''' ==

HiSoft's DEVPAC has been widely recognised as the most complete software tool for low level machine code programming. It incorporates virtually every feature available on much larger microcomputer systems, and is the product of several years of development and experience.

HiSoft DEVPAC is a suite of of two programs; GENA3 - a Z80 assembler and MONA3 - a disassembler/debugger.