Amstrad CPC emulators

Amstrad CPC

Developer	Amstrad
Type	Computer
Release date	1984 (CPC) 1990 (GX4000)
Discontinued	1990 (CPC) 1991 (GX4000)
Emulated	✓

The Amstrad CPC was a series of 8-bit computers released in Europe to compete with the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Like the Amiga, it was a big gaming platform.

Emulators

Note: To test accuracy, you could use Acid Tests for CPC by the developer of Arnold.

• See the CPCWiki Encyclopedia page for a mega-large list of all known Amstrad CPC emulators for a wide variety of platforms, consoles, other devices and FPGA hardware!
• Old website for CPCE emulator (Page shows a small list of old CPC emulators and other lists for many resources. It shows that there was an old multi-system emulator called 'MulTiMachine' by Paul A. Hodgson, abandoned in 1998, but it is titled as 'MTMW' on CPCWiki's page. See old interview in French.)

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	CPC+	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
ACE		1.24	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
Arnold		Src WIP 1.0.0-1 (*NIX) Windows	✓	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
CaPriCe32		libretro core (cap32_libretro) git (fork) 4.2.0 (old)	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
CaPriCe Forever		24.10	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME		0.270	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Retro Virtual Machine		2.1.17	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
CLK		2024-09-08	✗	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✓	~
JavaCPC Desktop		2.9.8f	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	~
SugarBox		2.0.2	✓	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✓	~
WinAPE		2.0b2	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	~
WinCPC/MacCPC (vbCPC based)		WinCPC 0.9.26 MacCPC 0.9.2	✗	✗	?	✗	~
CPCE		1.94	✗	✗	?	✗	~
CPCEC		20240830	✗	✗	?	✓	✗
CPCEmu		2.4	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
Roland		git	✗	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
XCPC		git	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
DSP		git	✗	✗	Non-commercial	✓	✗
ZEsarUX		11.0	✗	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
ACE-DL		20241002	?	✗	?	✓	TBD
AMSpiriT		1.01	?	✗	?	✓	TBD
Mobile / ARM
Azimuth		1.x	✗	✗	?	✓	✓
CaPriCe32 (libretro only)		libretro	✗	✓ (git)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
CaPriCeRPI GP2x/Wiz-CAP32 Pandora-CAP32 Dingux-CAP32 Caanoo-CAP32 (Old CaPriCe32 tech)		git Wiz 1.5.1/1.1.0 Pandora 1.1.0 GCW0 Caanoo 1.1.3	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	?	✓
andcpc (Old CaPriCe32 tech)		git	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
CPCDroïd (Old CaPriCe32 tech)		1.5.1	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
Droid-CPC		1.1.01	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
Consoles
CrocoDS (PC-CPC port)		2.0 RetroArch Core	✓	✓ (git)	MIT (Permissive)	✗	~
AmeDS (Old CaPriCe32 tech)		4.0	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	~
PSPCAP32 (Old CaPriCe32 tech)		1.5.1	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	~
Wiituka (Old CaPriCe32 tech)		0.98.8	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	~
ArnoldX		v5	?	✗	Proprietary	✗	TBD
DreamCPC (Old CaPriCe32 tech)		1.0 Alpha 3	?	✗	Proprietary	✗	TBD

Resources

• NonGood CPC (2016-02-20)
• TOSEC (V2017-04-23): Amstrad CPC
• Amstrad CPC Manuals
• Jaquettes Amstrad
• CPC Wiki