It was possible to program in Basic and play some games. The ZX Spectrum’s competitor was the Commodore 64, a popular machine that Retro Games had already recreated. Nowadays we’ve got The ...

If you’ve ever fancied building a ZX Spectrum clone without hunting down ancient ULAs or soldering your way through 60+ chips, [Alex J. Lowry] has just dropped an exciting build. He has ...

including the Commodore 64 and the 16-bit Amiga and Atari ST (and the 64-bit Jaguar), Head Over Heels is best remembered as a ZX Spectrum game. First released in 1987, it was an evolution of the ...

My nephews have been visiting recently. Aged 9 and 11, they are just as into video games as I was into computer games in the mid-to-late 1980s. While they’ve been visiting, we’ve played a few Nintendo ...

Some 35 years after experiencing an overwhelming sense of mild disappointment thanks to Ocean Software's Terminator 2: Judgment Day on the ZX Spectrum 128K, I get to tell you a new video game ...

The Spectrum is a recreation of the iconic ZX Spectrum, complete with working rubber keys and 48 built-in games, plus a special copy of Crash magazine. The ZX Spectrum launched the same year I was ...

If you’re wondering where the ‘ZX’ has gone in the new machine’s name ... You can decide which Spectrum model is being emulated (128k games tend to have superior audio). One setting provides accurate ...

As you can see by the list below, a number of these games are the 128K versions. These weren’t originally playable on the ZX Spectrum 48K, but while the form factor is based on the 48K this – being an ...

This capability allows users to expand their game library by loading additional titles via USB. The device emulates multiple ZX Spectrum models, such as the 48K and 128K versions, as well as later ...

a modern board that both replicates the functionality of the ZX Spectrum's original Uncommitted Logic Array and is, in theory, compatible with all 16, 48, as well as 128K Spectrum games.

The heads of several major British studios cut their teeth on developing and selling games for the ZX Spectrum. And the second-order effects of Sinclair’s work left a far deeper impact on the ...

Retro Games Ltd and Plaion recently unveiled The Spectrum, a fully-functional recreation of the iconic ZX Spectrum home computer. In a world of mini consoles and modern-day re-releases ...