Category: ZX Spectrum Next
I was a happy guy when I saw the newest Kickstarter update from Henrique Olifiers, which I summarize here in this quick post. The case mould is being produced and it is almost ready to be used to inject the first ZX Spectrum Next cases, starting with a prototype to validate the mould. It looks like a very complicated and detailed…
Today I have some exciting Gaming News regarding the ZX Spectrum Next. You may already be aware that Dungeonette by Adrian Cummings has been released. I secured my copy a few days ago and I must say it is a fantastic game – highly recommend that you purchase it! You can still play the game even without a ZX Spectrum Next…
It is with great sadness that we learned that Rick Dickinson lost the battle against cancer and passed away on April 24th. Rick had a very successful career but for us, retro enthusiasts, he was well-known for the design of the ZX-81, the ZX Spectrum, and the Sinclair QL. The Sinclair machines were successful for many reasons, from price to…
Finally concrete good news! Henrique has sent today a new update to the Next Kickstarter campaign telling us that the cases production has started and if all goes as planned, it will be ready in 35 days! Here is the full announcement: Ladies and gentlemen, we have good news at last: the Spectrum Next case mould is already in production…
Espectro Magazine is a Portuguese-speaking printed publication fully devoted to the ZX Spectrum. It is a co-production between Portuguese and Brazilian enthusiasts, who just announced the issue #3. The new issue brings a treat for its readers: a cover tape! Yes, the magazine will have a cassette tape bundled and it will include four games, including two exclusively available for…
After the very bad news about the case production, Henrique Olifiers has published new updates providing some light from within the darkness. First of all, he tells us that they have found two suppliers that already worked with SMS in the past and with good results. The two suppliers have already accessed the files and both are promising cost and delivery…
Fans of the eagerly awaited ZX Spectrum Next will be excited to learn that the very first commercial game for the ‘Next’ generation of Spectrum has launched and is now available for purchase over at softwareamusements.com. Viewed from a top-down perspective, Adrian Cummings Dungeonette bares the hallmark of all good dungeon crawlers, requiring the player to tackle an increasingly deadly…
Henrique Olifiers has provided backers of the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter with an update on the project, unfortunately disclosing some frustrating news. The company that was going to produce the plastic keyboard casing for the Next has inexplicably dropped the project leaving the Next project team to source an alternate supplier. Despite the setback, Olifiers confirmed that the team are…
Team Rusty Pixels has released a new scroll demo for the ZX Spectrum Next: ScrollNutter. If you are a coder, you will be happy to know that all the source code is included! Releasing the source of this demo, Jim Bagley and the Rusty Pixels team hope that anyone looking into to developing on the ZX Spectrum Next will be…
