Tag: Spectrum Next
Let’s face it. The Atari community has been jealous of their usual enemies for years. The Speccy enthusiasts have the ZX Spectrum Next, and the Commodore fans have the Mega65 and the Commander X16. Meanwhile, the Atari people could only dream about a modern Atari machine. Hold your breath, this is still the case, but there is a new hope…
The solder is barely dry on the Spectrum Next circuit boards, but that hasn’t stopped the community from dissecting the hardware and finding innovative ways to exploit the technology that is packed into the long-awaited spiritual successor to the ZX Spectrum. Among the fans already tinkering with the device boards is Dan Birch, who has designed, developed, and built a…
Game developers and musicians looking to infuse their projects with dynamic and engaging sound should pay close attention to NextDAW, a digital workstation solution created specifically for the Spectrum Next. Created by veteran musician of the 8-bit computing scene, Gari Biasillo (Target Renegade, Joe Blade), this new package aims to provide Next developers with a modern, easy-to-use digital audio workstation. Supporting…
With anticipation of the final delivery of the cased edition of the Spectrum Next starting to gather pace, gamers will be pleased to learn that they should have a selection of titles available to play when the machine finally launches. In a recent update to the Software Amusements website, Adrian Cumming’s Galaga-inspired retro shoot ’em up, DeltaStar Earth Defence, looks set…
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…
There is a new update on the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter page showing everything that was accomplished so far, including all the help the community gave to the ZX Spectrum Next team to ensure the early problems with the boards were fixed. Now the question that we keep asking! How about the full computers? The final design of the case…
Kim Justice has published a video on his YouTube channel talking about the ZX Spectrum homebrew scene. The video covers the basics showing briefly the tools that an inspiring ZX Spectrum developer can use, and finally talks about the 5 best Speccy homebrew games: Ooze, Castlevania – Spectral Interlude, Circuitry, Roboprobe, and Deep Blue. [vsw id=”rNWIJ4Dz3uo” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
After 2 decades W.A.S.P. (We are Spectrum Programmers) are back! If you have never heard of W.A.S.P, they are responsible for a fair few well known games from your childhood, including classics such as “Bubble Dizzy“, “Quick Snax” and “Robin Hood, Legend Quest“. Their first ZX Next game “Dream World Pogie“, has a target release date of January 2018 to…
I believe the ZX Spectrum Next made me more aware of all things Speccy as I am not myself what you could call a “Spectrum guy”. I first learned to program BASIC in a TK-82C (ZX-81 Clone) but I was never the owner of any Sinclair machine. I am, however, a big fan of these little marvels. I already own…
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…
