Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...
Handheld versions of the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum are being released later this year, loaded with 25 classic games in each.
Meeting ‘my people’ – video gamers with very long memories – took me back to an era of machine play that lacked megabytes but had far more tangible presence ...
THEC64 Handheld and The Spectrum Handheld are new portable handheld gaming consoles that reimagine two classic retro gaming ...
Retro home computing from the 1980s is coming to handheld gaming, and the target audience may be niche, but the devices look ...
Back in early 80s Britain, when home computing was still very, very young, Sinclair's ZX Spectrum opened the eyes of bedroom gamers to a new world of color and became a massive hit. The affordable ...
Some Kickstarter backers of the Recreated ZX Spectrum have yet to receive the nostalgia-fuelled retro keyboard - and the boss of the company behind it has been silent for months. The Manic ...
The parents of the home computer gamers of the 1980s presumably hoped we’d become programmers or accountants, but instead their kids ended up like me I had one of those ads pop up on Twitter recently.