The Monday letters page is still coming to terms with PlayStation’s all-digital announcement, as a reader reveals the only ...

ZEsarUX source code and binaries are distributed under GNU GPL license. ZEsarUX also includes a folder, "my_soft", which has some programs and data made by me. The entire folder is also covered by the ...

The use of modern microcontrollers as add-on peripherals for 1980s home computers has delivered significant benefits and capabilities unimaginable in the days when those machines were new. A great ...

A classic UK video game from the 80s is about to become the most belated sequel ever, thanks to one of the original programmers. Any British gamer who grew up in the 80s has likely played Head Over ...

1983 smash hit Chuckie Egg is being remade for mobile phones, and we’ve spoken to the bedroom programming teen protégé that originally made it. That year, the best-selling games on the Spectrum ...

Could Sinclair's 48k Sinclair ZX Spectrum land a spacecraft on the Moon? YouTuber Scott Manley decided to find out, and the answer is… kind of. Phrases along the lines of "they landed on the Moon with ...

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If you're into retro gaming – or are just retro, like me – there's one modern recreation that should be in your collection. Retro Games' The Spectrum is a wonderful remake of the 80s ZX Spectrum, ...

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next hit Kickstarter and was funded in under seven minutes and has now almost 5x’d its original target of £250,000, and it still has 27 days to go. Of course, we have had ...

What if? That question haunts retro gamers everywhere. What if the companies behind beloved childhood machines hadn’t driven off a cliff in a clown car of bad decisions? ZX Spectrum fan Henrique ...

The Spectrum faithfully recreates the 80s original with its rubber keys and classic games, delighting older gamers, while younger players may face a steep learning curve due to tricky controls and ...

This latest piece of modern vintage hardware from Retro Games Ltd makes for an astonishingly nostalgic experience The first time I played on a ZX Spectrum was at the Stockport branch of Debenhams, ...