ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter

[Zaf]

£340 :-0

It’s does look beautiful tho!

 

[Neil79]

£340 :-0

It’s does look beautiful tho!

Yeh, I'm packing £100 or so over three months

 

[darkgen]

Gutted I missed this.

The rumblings are this is it but I live in hope there will be an issue 4.

 

[Neil79]

This is why I haven't purchased a C64 ultimate

Can't wait to see how it handles the C64 - Accelerated. Wonder if it can do dual sids too hmm lol

 

[HoneyBadger]

Ooooohhhhhh my.

 

[Neil79]

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...g_auto_backer_project_update_registered_users Latest updates for the ZX NEXT including an Arcade Coin Op Simulator " releasing it as the first volume of his Arcade Coin Op Simulator, hinting that more Z80 arcade gems might soon come to the Next. There are tons of classic arcades on the processor, such as 1942, Legend of Kage, Time Pilot, Bank Panic and Moon Cresta to name a few. Stay tuned… In the meantime:"

 

[bigmike20vt]

does anyone know if the c64 core will be available or compatible with older runs on the next hardware and if so will it be a free or a paid update?

thanks

 

[GeX]

Each revision has a new FPGA, that’s going to impact if it would be portable

 

[Neil79]

Magenta

We said it in our previous update but due to a few questions let’s re-iterate:
After a long battery of tests, changes and photos sent around, the Magentas will get a white PCB as the sexier choice of board to bring up the internals of the machine, which were lost with the blue PCB.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0/posts/4600932?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_backer_project_update_registered_users

 

[Neil79]

does anyone know if the c64 core will be available or compatible with older runs on the next hardware and if so will it be a free or a paid update?

thanks

C64 software licenses

This week we also finished the licensing deal with Cloanto for the inclusion of legal CBM 8bit ROMs with your Nexts. The folks at Cloanto and especially Mike Batillana were amazing from the get-go and were super easy to work with! We wish everyone in the retro world was so straightforward and honest! Details on how KS1 and KS2 backers will be able to get their ROM sets for their C64 cores will be made public around the time the Next is getting ready to ship, but goes without saying, KS1 & KS2 backers will get their fully licensed ROMs for free as we paid for them all. We are still ironing out the details for that; unlike the KS3 backers which will get their CBM ROMs in the shipping distribution SD card that ships with their Nexts.

 

[Whoop]

Noes, I've already got several spectrums, hoglets and a 'The Spectrum'. Finding this thread now cannot be good for my wallet

Thought I love the keys on the +2A more than any others so far.