Tag: Jim Bagley

Dungeonette, Delta Star, Montana Mike, Baggers in Space!, Here Come the Next Games!

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…

New demo by ‘Team Rusty Pixels’ proves why ZX Spectrum Next will take the demo scene by storm!

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…

ZX Spectrum Next, February Backers BIG Update!

As a backer of the ZX Spectrum Next board and also the ZX Spectrum Cased version, I was very excited to receive a new backers email in my inbox this morning from the Next team. News about new games, apps, box design, upcoming firmware and more! The Box Mike has been relentlessly pushing the box forward, with the design and…

Ever wanted to see a ZX Spectrum Next Laptop? Well Now One Exists Thanks to Dan Birch!

Hopefully you should all be aware of the ZX Spectrum Next by now. The Next is an expanded and updated version of the ZX Spectrum, fully compatible (software and hardware) with the original. You can play any games, demos, use original hardware, you name it. And it also runs new software created more recently to make use of expanded hardware,…

Nearly August, First Run of ZX Spectrum Next Boards Coming Soon!

Jim Bagley has just returned from a meeting with Henrique Olifiers and SMS Electronics, which took place in Nottingham. The meeting was to discus the Next test board run which should hopefully be delivered to Henrique by a week on Monday! Once the boards have been thoroughly tested, the go ahead for the board only run will take place and…

Victor Trucco Shows ZX Spectrum Next WAV Capabilities!

Those of you who are closely following and maybe even backing the ZX Spectrum Next, may be pleased to know that Victor Trucco recently added a new video on YouTube showing WAV files playing on the Next! I am pretty savvy when it comes to computers and technology but the way this was achieved kinda flew right over my head…

Baggers on Ladders, Jim Bagley’s New Work in Progress ZX Spectrum Next Game Updated!

Good Afternoon.. Here is the Bagley News .. Jim Bagley’s New Next game has been updated! The official name for the game has been decided and it will be called “Baggers on Ladders”. To celebrate the new name, Jim has implemented walking up and down ladders! As you can see from the video the game is coming along nicely, Donkey…

Latest ZX Spectrum Next Updates and New Speccy Homebrew!

You may have been wondering where I have been these last few days, well.. as some of you know, July 2nd was my birthday, you may have seen the ZX Spectrum Next cake my boyfriend made me (If not check the ZX Spectrum Next Facebook Group or @CommodoreBlog Twitter). I usually do a day trip to the coast on my…

The Bagley Report, The Latest ZX Spectrum Next News!

Jim Bagley has released some new interesting News regarding info about game loading screens on the ZX Spectrum Next and a New Game! Jim wrote: A quick test to see what some new loading screens could look like :) these were just some ST loading screens quickly resized to 256×192 and put into Spectrum Next palette. Let me know what…

New ZX Spectrum Next Images from Rick Dickinson!

Victor Trucco has just posted some interesting new images from Sinclair designer Rick Dickinson regarding the positioning of the two 9 pin joystick ports on the ZX spectrum Next. Victor Trucco: It’s possible to see that the connector isn’t touching too close to the table, even with the Next legs opened. On this version too, the new RPi position with…