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The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« on: January 15, 2015, 10:21:08 pm »
It's back.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-30810148



Production is set to start on a remodelled version of the ZX Spectrum, which will come pre-installed with 1,000 classic game titles.

Nottinghamshire firm SMS Electronics will manufacture the Sinclair Spectrum Vega at its Beeston factory.

The machine, which has been developed by Luton-based Retro Computers, is due to go on sale in April.

Sir Clive Sinclair, who launched the original ZX Spectrum computer in 1982, is backing the venture.

Mark Goldby, managing director of SMS Electronics, said he was hoping for "big things" from the new machine.

He said: "I am absolutely delighted our company has been involved in this project.

"If it sells anywhere near as well as the original ZX Spectrum that could bring massive employment opportunities for us here.

"If you are a diehard graphics fiend then you are probably not going to get too excited - but this is all about the games, which are extremely addictive.

"We have a queue of technicians waiting for a chance to test it."

Production is set to start in February.
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2015, 10:38:21 pm »
Ah my childhood returns...
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2015, 10:42:45 pm »
that thing is an abomination, how the fuck can i play renegade on that, my standard gaming keys were Q A O P M

this is all kinds of wrong
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 10:52:02 pm »
that thing is an abomination, how the fuck can i play renegade on that, my standard gaming keys were Q A O P M

this is all kinds of wrong

Target Renegade? One of my favorite ever games that. Fucking loved it.
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2015, 10:59:04 pm »
Oh... I remember that too!..


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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2015, 11:48:05 pm »
Target Renegade? One of my favorite ever games that. Fucking loved it.

Is that the one where you had to beat people up in a car park?

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2015, 11:50:07 pm »
Is that the one where you had to beat people up in a car park?

That's the one. Batter people with bats. Fly kick c*nts off motor bikes. Fight big butch trannies. Tackle punks in the park. Fuck I want that game.  ;D
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2015, 11:55:20 pm »
That's the one. Batter people with bats. Fly kick c*nts off motor bikes. Fight big butch trannies. Tackle punks in the park. Fuck I want that game.  ;D

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2015, 12:45:52 pm »
You can of course play Speccy games on emulators on your phone these days. You can even play them instantly in a browser.

Like this

http://torinak.com/qaop/games

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2015, 08:21:10 pm »
Between Target Renegade, Rampage and Gauntlet i lost many months of my childhood.
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2015, 01:46:58 pm »
If this comes with Milk Race, Pedro, Alchemist and Zzoom,  i'm all over it.

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2015, 02:02:54 pm »
Oh... I remember that too!..


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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2015, 02:06:45 pm »
that thing is an abomination, how the fuck can i play renegade on that, my standard gaming keys were Q A O P M

this is all kinds of wrong

Pah, you were one of them were you?  I was more a QA NM Z kinda guy

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2015, 02:09:10 pm »
Manic Miner and Horace Goes Ski-ing, ahhhh, happy days.
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2015, 02:12:24 pm »
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2015, 02:24:28 pm »

that thing is an abomination, how the fuck can i play renegade on that, my standard gaming keys were Q A O P M

this is all kinds of wrong
^ Yep, don't like the look of that, whatever it is. It's neither a classic Speccy keyboard nor a decent joypad. What am I supposed to do with that?!? Also, seems a bit too dumbed-down for a proper tribute to the Speccy. Just give it a miniaturised (rubber!) keyboard (maybe partial), and ship it with an optional kempston joystick, then we're talking.

Other than that, all those classic games would make it a must-buy normally, if it isn't set at a daft price. I don't really like emulation on up-to-date devices, I prefer the device itself to be paying tribute in its look and overall attitude! Next best thing to firing up the actual computer/console.
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2015, 10:04:55 am »
I still have my Atari 2600.  Top is missing and I need to jab a screwdriver into the lever slots but other than that works fine.  Sack load of cartridges too.
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2015, 12:02:49 pm »
I still have my Atari 2600.  Top is missing and I need to jab a screwdriver into the lever slots but other than that works fine.  Sack load of cartridges too.
I think the cartridge-based ones are built to last - my beloved Master System, Megadrive, and even the Game Gear are all still going strong, whenever I take them out on an adventure again for old times' sake. Some games were just sitting around loose, picking up dust and dirt over years and years, quick clean though and they're sorted. I've revived many a dead cart just by blowing magic into it.  ;D

Haven't tried my Speccy for yonks though, last time it was a no-goer. Be great to have it looked at one day, and maybe mended. Any of yous out there that have got an original model still working, how are your cassette tapes? How were they stored (if at all), have they been anywhere near a TV or other electromagnetic radiation for a significant length of time and still worked?

Really should check on my Amiga floppies too. That would kill me if they were all blank now, I'm almost too scared to try.  :'(


What would yous say was the general lifespan for:

A) '80s Spectrum game tape cassettes?
B) early-to-mid '90s floppy disks (dunno if they got much better/more robust as technology advanced), such as for the Amiga - both retail game disks, and blanks with stuff saved on them?
C) PS1 CDs?


I could always google it I suppose, but I'd really like to hear if anyone here has had ones that managed to defy the march of time.

I'm guessing my PS3 & PS4 Bluray thingies are good for a looooong time yet.
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2015, 07:26:19 pm »
Pah, you were one of them were you?  I was more a QA NM Z kinda guy

you sir are an affront to nature, an abomination if you will
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2015, 07:28:00 pm »
^ Yep, don't like the look of that, whatever it is. It's neither a classic Speccy keyboard nor a decent joypad. What am I supposed to do with that?!? Also, seems a bit too dumbed-down for a proper tribute to the Speccy. Just give it a miniaturised (rubber!) keyboard (maybe partial), and ship it with an optional kempston joystick, then we're talking.

Other than that, all those classic games would make it a must-buy normally, if it isn't set at a daft price. I don't really like emulation on up-to-date devices, I prefer the device itself to be paying tribute in its look and overall attitude! Next best thing to firing up the actual computer/console.

always preferred a zipstick myself, well i lie, i really preferred butchering a competition pro, taking the microswitch buttons from the zipstick and putting them in the comp pro

love the comp pro but there's only so many times you can replace the metal in them with a slice from a heinz beans can

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2015, 07:31:39 pm »
Think I'll wait for the mini Commodore 64 to come out, was always far superior to the Spectrum anyhow......  ;)
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2015, 07:38:55 pm »
The C64 was a vastly superior machines, there's no doubt about that.

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« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2015, 07:55:35 pm »
The C64 was a vastly superior machines, there's no doubt about that.

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I don't recognize one of those games and I had a C64.

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2015, 08:17:52 pm »
you haven't lived ;D
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2015, 08:19:34 pm »
California Games. Frisbee, keepy-uppys, BMX, Surfing?

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« Reply #25 on: January 22, 2015, 08:21:57 pm »
California Games. Frisbee, keepy-uppys, BMX, Surfing?

The surfing was fantastic, you'd have to try do that flip curl thing and land on top of the wave.

Was there a game called Blue Max? Like a airplane flying thing.


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« Reply #26 on: January 22, 2015, 08:23:21 pm »
The surfing was fantastic, you'd have to try do that flip curl thing and land on top of the wave.

Was there a game called Blue Max? Like a airplane flying thing.


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« Reply #27 on: January 22, 2015, 08:24:10 pm »
^ That's it, loved that game.

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #28 on: January 22, 2015, 08:24:26 pm »
There was another flying game I played on the C64. You were flying into the screen, collecting fuel and weapons, shooting enemies, with the ultimate goal of reach a tower that you shot down. Sound familiar?

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« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2015, 08:27:29 pm »
There was another flying game I played on the C64. You were flying into the screen, collecting fuel and weapons, shooting enemies, with the ultimate goal of reach a tower that you shot down. Sound familiar?

Not sure about the flying into the screen bit, but sounds kinda like fort apocalypse, with the helicopter.


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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #30 on: January 22, 2015, 08:35:53 pm »
Fk U fan c Kommodor dicks, Spectrum 4 LYF!
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #31 on: January 22, 2015, 08:43:05 pm »
Not sure about the flying into the screen bit, but sounds kinda like fort apocalypse, with the helicopter.


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« Reply #32 on: January 22, 2015, 08:45:11 pm »
Fk U fan c Kommodor dicks, Spectrum 4 LYF!
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #33 on: January 22, 2015, 09:34:31 pm »
There was another flying game I played on the C64. You were flying into the screen, collecting fuel and weapons, shooting enemies, with the ultimate goal of reach a tower that you shot down. Sound familiar?

Stealth

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« Reply #34 on: January 22, 2015, 10:06:17 pm »
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #35 on: January 22, 2015, 10:08:18 pm »
one of my mates had a Colecovision. Worst controller in history

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« Reply #36 on: January 22, 2015, 10:09:09 pm »
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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #37 on: January 22, 2015, 10:32:27 pm »
Fk U fan c Kommodor dicks, Spectrum 4 LYF!
Given that I never owned a C64, I instead had a beautiful hand-me-down Spectrum, and they were the deadliest of rivals, I would normally concur with this noble sentiment.

However, Commodore went on to give birth to a thing of utter unadulterated amazingness in the Amiga, so I must give them my love as well. Love is the prerogative of the brave, after all.


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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #38 on: January 22, 2015, 10:37:31 pm »
Fortunately the model above is a (crude) 3D Printed prototype.

Given that none of the news reports could seemingly be arsed to do 5 minutes work to find a link to the crowdfunding website hosting the appeal, here it is:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega

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Re: The Mighty ZX Spectrum 48k
« Reply #39 on: January 22, 2015, 11:08:06 pm »
a hundred fucking quid, no chance

i'd have bought it for a laugh if it was 20 or 30 but no way i'm spending a 100 on it
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