The Spectrum - reproduction ZX 48K Spectrum

SteM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122559037#Comment_122559037

Thanks for that. Ant Attack drove me crazy when I was a kid. I see the same level of frustration in my son when he plays Fortnite that caused my Dad to confiscate that tape from me when I was young.

Inviere

Caved and ordered 🤷🏻

Hoop66

Yeah, me too.

Quigs Snr

on the one hand… even though I was a C64 guy, there has always been a small shelf in my game room dedicated to Spectrum. So there’s no reason for me to buy this…

….. but on the other hand there was also no need for me to buy any of these either since I have in many cases vastly larger physical collections of each.

It’s a form of mental illness I expect.

Tom Mann Centuria

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122560161#Comment_122560161

I'd suggest Spectrum Computing as well, personally I find it far better experience for browsing and downloading games these days. Codemasters, Melbourne House a couple of other big hitters distribution denied on WoS and Spectrum Computing but still very easy to find.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/

Lady Eklipse revision of the Spectrum TOSEC on archive.org is a brilliant resource too, and if pokes work on this emulator (I'm sure they probably do) she has a brilliant collection of those too.

https://archive.org/details/zx_spectrum_tosec_set_september_2023

For things a bit more left field and demos, music etc. I'd recommend ZXArt

https://zxart.ee/eng/mainpage/

A Portuguese site called Planeta Sinclair gives lots of news and reviews of modern games, Google translate required obviously!

http://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/

Talking of modern games Itch.io has lots (and lots) of modern Spectrum games, some of which are fantastic and well worth trying out to see just how much modern programmers can squeeze out of the Spectrum. Pat Morita Team from Spain and Sinc Lair and Zosya Entertainment from Ukraine/Russia are teams well worth checking out.

https://itch.io/games/tag-zx-spectrum

Dublinandy3

I have just caved in and ordered it. You don't often find things cheaper in Smyth's than Amazon.

It's a shame I couldn't order the gamepad in the same order as free delivery is from 25 Euro and above and the gamepad is 24.99. I'll just wait for it to come back in stock on Amazon and get the gamepad from there.

Sheep Shagger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122765622#Comment_122765622

I ordered something from Smiths recently that was €24.99 and surprisingly it automatically applied free delivery.

Dublinandy3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122765963#Comment_122765963

That's good to know, I'll give it a try, cheers.

Edit: You are right, gr at spot and nice to see a company be decent with these things.

KeRbDoG

Noel from Noel's Retro Lab has a review

https://youtu.be/zifICZ234Ok

McDermotX

Dropped in the door this morning. Hope to get a look over the weekend, but after a number of these kind of devices, we kind of know what to expect. That said, the unit itself feels nice and solid (obviously has a couple weights in there), keys feel a little stiff, but to be fair, the original new from the box was probably similar from the off. Logo isn't too bad in the flesh, but obviously won't be a problem when it's back in the box and sitting on the shelf. 😂

Hotblack Desiato

I'd be mad to buy one of these, wouldn't I? I use FUSE on my laptop and have a couple of spare Raspberry Pis I've been threatening to put Recalbox or Retropie on for a long time… but still… I'm tempted!

SteM

Ah the reviews look great. I'm going to pick one up.

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122875892#Comment_122875892

I could emulate it on a Pi, of which I have a couple spares too. I'll most likely have a great weekend of Spectrum geekdom and then stick it on a shelf. At least a Pi I can repurpose for something else. Maybe this is me being mature and sensible, but I'm holding off.

(Not really in keeping with the vibe of the thread I know)

Hoop66

Got a .tap file for Elite. Forgotten how difficult it is with a speccy keyboard.

Quigs Snr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122885546#Comment_122885546

.. for my part I decided to get a rom for my favourite game of that era, Turrican C64 to see how it played on the Spectrum. Grim. Very grim.