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 →
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 →
While it might be relatively easy to emulate the ZX Spectrum on pretty much any device going, nothing beats the real thing. Sadly, finding a working instance of this 41 year old home computer (happy birthday, ZX Spectrum!) is pretty unusual. Even when you do, a certain amount of restorationRead More →
The next issue of Pixel Addict celebrates the world’s most versatile CPU, Zilog’s Z80 which was recently discontinued. Used for around 50 years, the processor could be found in the ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Game Boy, and various other notable hardware. The magazine also features a look at the SEGA 32XRead More →
These handheld Spectrum consoles let you take classic 8-bit games with you everywhere. I’ve gained a growing respect for the ZX Spectrum over the past few years. This was, I think, instigated by trying the ZXBaremulator software for Raspberry Pi, and now, 40 years later, I’m finally far less criticalRead More →
Hewson’s Helpline is a book of classic magazine columns from Sinclair User and has hit its Kickstarter goal with 28 days still to go. It was another age. Before software was easily available to buy in high street shops, magazines included what we call type-in programmes within their pages. TheseRead More →
Fans of the ZX Spectrum classic series should back The Horace Collection crowdfunder campaign on Kickstarter. The Horace Collection is an official boxset of the classic ZX Spectrum series, with nostalgically designed cassettes and cases, and some attractive pledge options and stretch goals. Produced by Pixel Jockey, this collection isRead More →
