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 […]
Ten great ZX81 games you really need to play!
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 […]
Interview – Rick Dickinson talks about designing iconic Sinclair machines
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 […]
Interview: Henrique Olifiers talks about the ZX Spectrum Next
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 […]
All change for the ZX Spectrum Vega+ management due to a surprise double resignation
Things are moving within the halls of Retro-Computers.co.uk, the people behind the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+. You may recall back in February the hugely successful campaign of the ZX Spectrum Vega+ on Indiegogo – designed by Rick Dickinson – which raised a staggering £383,125, breaking its £100K required after three days! Well with all this rosy […]
The ZX Spectrum Vega+ is announced on Indiegogo
Last year we witnessed the launch of the ZX Spectrum Vega from Retro Computers, with the backing from Sir Clive Sinclair. The machine that contained 1000 ZX Spectrum titles including such names as Skool Daze, Sabre Wolf, Atic Attack, Jack the Nipper, Auf Wiedersehen Monty and Horace Goes Skiing; at Flickering Myth we even had a hands on review which you can read here. Now […]