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Patrik Rak has released the latest version of the emulator ZXDS console Nintendo DS. Changelist: Added emulation ULA + for all models of Sinclair and Amstrad. Support for all types of 3.5 “DD + 3DOS discs. Bug fixes. If you didn’t win Ben Heck’s portable ZX Spectrum, this is probably your best chance to have a good emulation on-the-go. Source:…
ZX-Uno is a ZX Spectrum clone based on FPGA. A new schematic and PCD design were made available, and you can look at them follow the link below. There is no estimated date specific to release the final product, and in principle there will be 2 runs: one for developers (prototype) with 10 units already made and another for the…
RGCD has published a new update showing the progress of the C64 16K Cartridge Game Development Competition. With the competition deadline on 1st December 2014, more and more high quality games are popping up. Follow the link below to check by yourself. Link: RGCD Blog
Friday 17th October 2014, 19:00 USRT: GurtyGurt – Radio Awesome – It’s Friday! and time for some more RADIO AWESOME! madness with your favourite Aussie DJ GurtyGurt! Expect your favorite Commodore Remixes as well as the usual crazy happenings and some exclusive mashups! STRAP IT ON! Listen: SLAYRadioWebsite: Commodore is Awesome, SLAYRadio
It was held in Manchester (UK) last weekend the event Play Expo, which included a great retro-gaming show. The reddit’s user spetrumero posted today some great pictures and a report of his participation on the event, which we partially reproduce here: “Play Expo probably has Europe’s – maybe the world’s – largest retrogaming show. I usually bring some kit to…
A new episode of The History of Personal Computing is available now. On this episode listen along as David Greelish and Jeff Salzman discuss several of the early single board computers, including the Nascom 1, OSI Superboard, MOS Technology KIM-1, anf the COSMAC ELF. Link: The History of Personal Computing Website
[youtube LiUruvTCQQ8 nolink] Ben Heck has published a video series showing his work building a portable ZX Spectrum, which we have reported here (see links below). Last August, he went to Electromagnetic Field Camp 2014, a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things, and gave a speech about his work with…
Reading ZX Spectrum subreddit, I’ve found this article written by Chris Osborn on his blog Insentricity titled “Zed to Zee”, showing how he was able to make three ZX Spectrum computers. It is a pretty nice guide, allowing all of us living in the colonies to import one Speccy and hook them up to our power and monitors. “Well, one…
After the great success of his first book, Commodore 64:a visual Compendium, Sam Dyer started his new Kickstarter campaign on October 13th, asking for £25,000 to fund the new book, Commodore Amiga: a visual Compendium. After just a few days, the amount pledged reaches £43,000 and there are still 27 days left for the campaign. This great accomplishment has one…
After the great success of his first book, Commodore 64:a visual Compendium, Sam Dyer started his new Kickstarter campaign on October 13th, asking for £25,000 to fund the new book, Commodore Amiga: a visual Compendium. After just a few days, the amount pledged reaches £43,000 and there are still 27 days left for the campaign. This great accomplishment has one…
