The ZX Spectrum is coming back in a radically different form, according to a report from BBC News. The Sinclair Spectrum Vega version of the old-school console is set to arrive in April, with plans afoot to have 1,000 games from the Spectrum back catalog preloaded on the new hardware.
Highlight Reel: July 2, 2014
Today's gaming highlights: An 8-bit speedrun on a system from 1982, running under the world in Titanfall, and more!
What Happened to the Lost Thundercats Games
Thunder, thunder, Thundercats… no! Come with us, children of the 1980s and journey through a twisted tale about why there was only one terrible game based on the mega-popular fightin' cat-people cartoon.
From lowly sprite in 1985, to fearsome beast in 2014. Above is concept art from Chaos Reborn, the reboot of 1985's Chaos: The Battle of Wizards, a turn-based strategy game for the ZX Spectrum. Creator Julian Gollop, who also worked on the original X-Com, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for Chaos Reborn.
2012 Is a Time Machine: Original X-Com Developer Rebooting 1985 Classic Chaos
Julian Gollop co-created the original X-Com, many years ago, and was not optimistic about the chance of this year's XCOM turning out well. But XCOM turned out to be a smart game and was very well-received. Nearly everyone loves it.
You Won't Sleep After Seeing Soft & Cuddly
Soft & Cuddly was a 1987 game for the ZX Spectrum. It was neither soft, nor cuddly.
It's the end of the World as This Game Knew it (and Nobody Felt Fine)
Our younger readers won't have lived through it, but the 1980s were in in many ways a bleak time, the spectre of nuclear holocaust hanging over the world for much of the decade.
NSFW: Computer Tycoon Weds Former Lap Dancer
Sir Clive Sinclair, 69 years-old, has married a former lap dancer half his age. Congrats!
