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Sinclair designer Rick Dickinson sadly passes away

April 26, 2018 by Villordsutch

Rick Dickinson the award-winning British designer has sadly passed away.  Rick was the genius that, amongst other things, brought to our homes – in the 1980’s – the iconic ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.  Gathering numerous awards, he continued his passion and only recently was working on the upcoming machine the ZX Spectrum Next. Rick […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games, Villordsutch Tagged With: Rick Dickinson, zx spectrum, ZX80, ZX81

Ten great ZX81 games you really need to play!

September 5, 2016 by Villordsutch

Villordsutch with ten great ZX81 games you really need to play… Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX81 celebrated its 35th Anniversary in March 2016.  This small unassuming machine to most people today, with a mere 1K of RAM, is quite possibly laughable 0 but this sleek flat-keyboarded machine began a revolution that is still rolling today. When […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Video Games, Villordsutch Tagged With: Andrew Hewson, Bob’s Stuff, Cronosoft, Don Priestley, Dr.Beep, EightyOne, Jeff Minter, Jim Bagley, Julian Chappell, Paul Farrow, Revival Studios, Rick Dickinson, Sinclair, Sir Clive Sinclair, ZX81

Interview – Rick Dickinson talks about designing iconic Sinclair machines

August 19, 2016 by Villordsutch

Villordsutch interviews Rick Dickinson about his the moment he started working with Sinclair Research Ltd, how he got there and how do you design a new “retro” machine… Rick Dickinson is one the most recognisable British designers to anyone involved in 1980’s home computing boom or the rather huge current retrogaming circuit.  It was his talents that […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Interviews, Video Games, Villordsutch Tagged With: Rick Dickinson, Sinclair Research Ltd, The Product Designers, ZX Spectrum Next, ZX Spectrum Vega, ZX81

Interview: Henrique Olifiers talks about the ZX Spectrum Next

May 25, 2016 by Villordsutch

At the beginning of May we brought you the news about the ZX Spectrum Next, the latest machine to appear on the market that is catering for the highly popular “Retro” scene.  With a thirst for knowledge we managed to speak with Henrique Olifiers, who is part of the team bringing the ZX Spectrum Next […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Interviews, Video Games, Villordsutch Tagged With: Fabio Belavenuto, gamesyouloved, Henrique Olifiers, Rick Dickinson, Victor Trucco, zx spectrum, ZX Spectrum Next

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