Project website of Tony Kingsmill
Retro and modern software platforms
Home of the long running football game Top of the League
Project website of Tony Kingsmill Retro and modern software platforms Home of the long running football game Top of the League |
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Data PD Library Data PD Library was a UK Public Domain library service I
ran from 1990 to late 1992, supplying software for the
Amstrad CPC on cassette and disk formats, and for a short
while on the Amiga. David Nagle ran the Amstrad cassette service for a time
and introduced his own artwork and library. Unfortunately I no longer have all the original disk
collection but most software is available to download
across the internet. For self-written software or software
initially published through Data PD I'm in the process of
compiling and hosting software here to download. I'm also
hosting some unique archives here such as newsletters and
some of the magazine articles.  Airraid  Digger Current Data PD Disks available I am adding new links to Amstrad dsk files here. For now see Amstrad downloads archives section. Newsletter scans Can you help? Do you have
any old Data PD disks, newsletters, disk catalogues or
related info?  Amstrad
Computer User Magazine
Lost Shadow / Storm Mountain review Amstrad Computer User magazine May 1991 Screen Editor / Disk menu review, Amstrad Computer User magazine Nov 1991Data PD
Newsletter March 1991
.png) .png) Notable Data PD
Software and Authors
Simon Avery Simon release a number of adventures into the public domain, many of which made their way to Data PD early on, with memorable titles including 'Can I Cheat Death?' and 'Jason and the Argonauts'. Many of Simon's games are available on Launchbox as well as a number of other archive sites. Croco Magneto A French arcade adventure game released into the public domain, Croco Magneto was a cut above most public domain releases at the time. It was brought a wider audience when Amstrad Action published the game on a covertape in 1992. Ken Bond Ken Bond was a very well regarded expert using Professional Adventure Writer (PAW - by Gilsoft) and author of several adventures released in the early 1990s, including The Base and The Island. Rob Buckley's Eve of Shadows is a superb graphic adventure released for the Amstrad CPC. With excellent location descriptions and beautiful graphics the game could have passed as a decent commercial release had Rob decided to take that route. Instead we saw one of the best public domain games available on the Amstrad at the time. Edmund Spicer Edmund was a prolific writer of Amstrad graphic and text adventures using PAW and GAC, many of his games released first into Data PD. There's an entertaining interview with Edmund from 2020 published here. |