Category: News
The ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter broke the 600K Barrier today! The chat is buzzing on the Next Facebook group and people are Tweeting like mad! If for some strange reason you haven’t heard about the ZX Spectrum Next, it’s an updated and enhanced version of the ZX Spectrum totally compatible with the original, featuring major hardware developments of the past…
As if Henrique Olifiers, Victor Trucco and the rest of the “Next” Team haven’t spoilt us enough with all the fantastic stretch goals we have been given through-out the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter, they have only gone and announced yet another Stretch Goal! Are you ready for this? ;) “Dreamworld Pogie” gets a Next version for free to all backers…
It has been a long time since we last saw an issue of Sunteam’s ZX Spectrum Gamer, the previous one being released in 2013, but issue 4 is now available. It contains reviews of Nemesis the Warlock, Ninja Commando and The Nowotnik Puzzle, as well as regular features and its typical less-than-serious attitude. Issue 4 can be downloaded or read…
“Fresh from the press”, this new video shows the Oliver Twins talking about the new Dizzy game that will be made for the ZX Spectrum Next and given for free to all backers. In the funny 3-minute video, the twins reveal that the new game will be called “Wonderful Dizzy”, and it will take direct inspiration from the classic The Wonderful…
PC Gamer has a series of articles called “Why I love”, where the writers pick an aspect of PC gaming and talk about why they are awesome. On this article, Joe Donnelly talks about the Atari ST, which according to him, helped to compensate the absence of siblings during his childhood. The article is pure nostalgia, where the author talks…
I’m one of these people who loves Amiga game music or Soundtracker/Protracker music modules, to the point of recording them onto cassette or Minidisc and listening to them while walking, traveling etc. However there was one thing that always put me off, that incredibly uncomfortable stereo separation which took the feeling away from the music itself. The Amiga’s sound chip…
We have some more Kickstarter News today and it’s not about the Next! Antoine Gohin (glutock) contacted us a few days ago to let us know that his Kickstarter project for “Twin Dragons” has started. We are very pleased to announce to the world that so far the project has reached a whopping €17,478 pledged of an €8,000 goal! But it’s not…
The first of the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter campaign stretch goals established by the development team was to use a bigger and better FPGA. Since the stretch goal was reached, they started to think what to do with the extra power. The Next is already equipped with three AY audio chips (the original Spectrum 128 had one) which is probably more than enough…
The German Atari club ABBUC (Atari Bit Byter User Club) is holding a new contest. This time they are calling out for new hardware development for the Atari 8-bit machines. The basic rule is that any non-commercial hardware that is ready to go or in development targeting the Atari 8-bit series 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, 800XE, and 130XE can enter the contest, which…
I remember to play Time Pilot for the Atari 2600 back in the 80’s and it was one of the best ones I had at the time, even with the not-so-good graphics the 2600 would offer compared to its arcade counterpart. Now, after 35 years, the Atari 8-bit computers get its well-deserved port, and a fantastic one! The game, developed by…
