Return of the ZX Spectrum!

zoomee · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:30

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techa...spectrum-computer/ar-BBgej4m?ocid=mailsignout

trips down memory lane! Bit steep at £100 but its towards a good cause

The first 1,000 devices will be made in the UK and all the proceeds will go to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. It has been marketed by Retro Computers, a Luton-based start-up in which Sir Clive is a shareholder through a corporate entity.

chaparral · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:34

Now your making me feel very old....

............

Remember my 16k spectrum which I upgraded to 48k...

teenwolf · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:36

Chuckie Egg

want want want

robgmun · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:36

I would be far more interested in a C64 or Amiga

Cosimo · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:37

A lot of people will be walking down memory lane with this.

scorza · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:41

I took a risk and pledged to get one of the first 1000. I know if I waited I could get it cheaper but meh...

robfosters · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:41

Cliffhanger and IK karate!!!

MonkeyBasher · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:47

teenwolf said:
Chuckie Egg

want want want

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx

A raspberry PI-ish device, an SD card, a posh case and some rubber buttons running 1 of a plethora of emulators. £100 seems a tad expensive tbh.
Your going to need the full keyboard as well.

chaparral · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:49

robgmun said:
I would be far more interested in a C64 or Amiga

Mhmm Amiga...where Robocod.....

I still remember the music from this game all these years later :eek:

Cosimo · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:54

scorza said:
I took a risk and pledged to get one of the first 1000. I know if I waited I could get it cheaper but meh...

Same here.

zoomee · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:57

MonkeyBasher said:
http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx

A raspberry PI-ish device, an SD card, a posh case and some rubber buttons running 1 of a plethora of emulators. £100 seems a tad expensive tbh.
Your going to need the full keyboard as well.

yes there are many emulators out there, but this £100 is also a contribution to a good cause.

Jakedapeguk · 2 Dec 2014 at 18:23

wow 8 colours, bring it.
Horace goes skiing all the way!

Cosimo · 2 Dec 2014 at 18:28

The link if you are interested.

baldmonk · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:02

oh yes please

baldmonk · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:09

Jakedapeguk said:
wow 8 colours, bring it.
Horace goes skiing all the way!

one of the first games i played

i also remember playing sam fox strip poker a lot :eek:

lol

slinxy · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:33

I'm very torn about backing this..
The item in my eyes is worth £30-£50 bucks. It looks like just an controller that plugs into the TV, and I'm sorry I'm not a speccy fan.. Atic Atac is the only game I would rate that I can't get on any legal system that I would want to play.

On the other hand it's 100% goes to GOSH, which I dearly found off.. IF it looked different from thr retail versions, I would definitively get one and re auction it back off at a later time to re donate the amount; once I get bored of it of course...

scorza · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:45

Jakedapeguk said:
wow 8 colours, bring it.
Horace goes skiing all the way!

8 colours but only two on screen at any one time please - and one of them must be black

bitslice · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:27

Not an uprated Z80, just an ARM + flash + ram
no keyboard

not really that interested :/

would rather have one of the revamped ZX81's

thedoc46 · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:30

Some things are best left to memories. Try playing some of these games now and it'll hold all of 1min of your attention.

bitslice · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:42

This is true, I loved flight sim on the ZX81, but in reality the resolution was the same as an icon on my desktop (but in black and white).