The well-received ZX Spectrum film The Rubber Keyed Wonder is now available to pre-order on Blu-ray, following its successful world premiere at the BFI Southbank in October 2024. You can sample the bonus features, the Blu-ray comes in Standard and Special editions. The docuemntary is described as follows: The RubberRead More →
Today, I’m showing you why you don’t need to spend money on The Spectrum to enjoy ZX Spectrum games. Emulation is easier, especially if you own a Raspberry Pi. Released in 1982 in the UK and Europe, the British-built ZX Spectrum was a budget home computer that contributed hugely toRead More →
One of the most beloved and challenging titles of the 80s, Head Over Heels, is making a triumphant return, and it’s coming to PC and Nintendo Switch in 2025! For those of you who spent countless hours navigating the bizarre worlds of the original ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and AmstradRead More →
Monty Mole! Horace! Pimania! All these ZX Spectrum games and many more are all available on Steam right now, courtesy of Pixel Games UK. Joining them this week is a new addition, Phantom Club, released back in 1987 by Ocean. Only you, Plutus, lowliest of the Phantom Club’s superheroes, canRead More →
The Raspberry Pi Pico is the heart of potentially the smallest emulation platform. Twitter user bobricious has created a system that run Commodore 64, Atari 800, and ZX Spectrum games with a VGA output. With just a 133 MHz dual-core RP2040 processor, the sub-£5 board can be attached to aRead More →
Whether you owned a C64 or ZX Spectrum, you claimed you had the best 8-bit computer. But which one had the best graphics? Forget Stallone vs. Schwarzenegger, Betamax vs. VHS, and Liverpool vs. Everton, throughout the 1980s, there was only one real rivalry: Commodore 64 vs. ZX Spectrum. It’s oneRead More →
The best selling British computer of the 8-bit era, the ZX Spectrum has a massive libary of games. Think Manic Minor, Horace Goes Skiing, Ant Attack, and many others. Like most other games of the time, these were distributed as cassettes, and required a temperamental cassette player to load (whichRead More →
You might call Retro Games Ltd’s (RGL) The Spectrum a “nostalgic blast from the past,” and in some ways it is. PLAION and RGL have jointly released a device that can be described as a modern recreation of the legendary ZX Spectrum computer. But while the Spectrum isn’t just anotherRead More →
With a mini Commodore 64 and a full-sized variant, a VIC-20, a mini Amiga, an Atari 400, and now a ZX Spectrum, Retro Games Ltd has amazing at supporting retro gaming. But what could be coming next? While we don’t know, we’ve compiled some possibilities; a sort of slightly-likely wishlist…Read More →
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