Roujin wrote:I'm sorry what? It sounded like you said the board was £99 and the version in the case was £175. Instead of attaching a Pi, why don't I just buy one of those and emulate the fuck out of the Speccy like this thing does but for way less money?
Decades have come and gone and the Speccy is still alive and kicking. New games are being launched all the time, the demoscene carries on pushing the hardware limits to the unimaginable, artists keep on creating great 8-bit eyecandy and music with it. Alongside this there are thousands of awesome games in the back catalogue to play.
Meanwhile hardware hackers around the world have expanded the ZX Spectrum to support SD card storage, feature new and better video modes, pack more memory, faster processor... Problem is, these expansions can be difficult to get hold of, and without a standardised Spectrum, no one knows what to support or develop for.
Here is our answer: The Spectrum Next - an updated and enhanced version of the ZX Spectrum totally compatible with the original, featuring the major hardware developments of the past many years packed inside a simple (and beautiful) design by the original designer, Rick Dickinson, inspired by his seminal work at Sinclair Research.
Blocks100 wrote:Retro can rot.
cockbeard wrote:Ridiculous price, I think Edge ran a feature on them last month, something about actually emulating the hardware and it's nuances rather than just emulating it's capability. I thought it looked pretty so I checked out the website, tyhen saw the price and fucked off agina
WorKid wrote:Is this the one where they've fixed/removed the colour clash?
Kow wrote:The thought of connecting a tape recorder, crossing my fingers and waiting through five minutes of screeching noise does nothing but fill me with horror.
Blue Swirl wrote:Kow wrote:The thought of connecting a tape recorder, crossing my fingers and waiting through five minutes of screeching noise does nothing but fill me with horror.
You can use an SD card, to be fair.
Kow wrote:The thought of connecting a tape recorder, crossing my fingers and waiting through five minutes of screeching noise does nothing but fill me with horror.
WorKid wrote:Blue Swirl wrote:Kow wrote:The thought of connecting a tape recorder, crossing my fingers and waiting through five minutes of screeching noise does nothing but fill me with horror.
You can use an SD card, to be fair.
Games are much better on analogue though. Richer gameplay and graphics. Digital games are so... sterile.
LtPidgeon wrote:It was even worse once they changed the loading tone at around the release of Brian Bloodaxe, to that really high pitched tone. It was a nightmare to copyKow wrote:The thought of connecting a tape recorder, crossing my fingers and waiting through five minutes of screeching noise does nothing but fill me with horror.
No. Pretty much anything decent was rereleased on more powerful systems.bogard wrote:Never owned/played a speccy. Did I miss much?
LtPidgeon wrote:It's the times in our lives with the sights and sounds and smells that we cannot recapture, and why "retro" games only really get a few minutes of play time in the cold light of now.
WorKid wrote:Games are much better on analogue though. Richer gameplay and graphics. Digital games are so... sterile.Blue Swirl wrote:You can use an SD card, to be fair.Kow wrote:The thought of connecting a tape recorder, crossing my fingers and waiting through five minutes of screeching noise does nothing but fill me with horror.
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