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Steve Wilcox is a bad man he didn't pay people for their software sales either and this kickstarter went really bad

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-08-when-kickstarters-go-bad-chasing-down-the-recreated-zx-spectrum

Not interested unless all games have 5 minute load times and the associated oscillating whine.

And then fail to run.

Heat added, £3.90 in reward points and 2% TCB (existing customers) 5% (new customers)

£40.57 from a seller (JYW Global Ltd.) on Amazon.

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It's just a bluetooth keyboard that looks like a Spectrum. The games run on your mobile device.

hhmmm.. still think it's overpriced. half the price again and it would fly off the shelves.

heated because it's a speccy though

http://www.specnext.com/
About 2-3 times the price but still a good buy if you like the Spectrum computer range.

Steve Wilcox is a bad man he didn't pay people for their software sales either and this kickstarter went really bad

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-08-when-kickstarters-go-bad-chasing-down-the-recreated-zx-spectrum

The world needs a ZX Spectrum mobile phone!

Got one of these from amazon but the games download link said the site had been taken down. Ended up sending it back.

Interesting link, thanks.

Nice. Can't really quibble when Rick Dickinson is on board, the industrial designer responsible for the look of the original rubber-keyed Speccy and its follow-ups.

Most of you posting in here obviously *are* on the spectrum... :wink:

Not interested unless all games have 5 minute load times and the associated oscillating whine.

And then fail to run.

I recently purchased one from http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Recreated-SINCLAIR-ZX-Spectrum-Brand-new-unlocked-/302064658911?hash=item465474e9df:g:ZeUAAOSwxg5X0Bm~
Seller has more than 10 left and I made an offer for £39.99 which was accepted, you may be able to get it cheaper.

It is true that the makers have pulled support for this device, however the ones from this ebay seller are unlocked and this device can be used as a bluetooth keyboard in conjunction with any spectrum emulator.

Tested with Manic Miner and yes it feels and smells the same, i.e. as frustrating as hell when compared to the responsiveness of a modern day keyboard, but very nostalgic and worth every penny.

They were pants then and pants now. Why the hell not just buy an original at a car boot or somewhere or use an emulator.

How times have changed. Not very authentic

This is all very well but it really needs to come with a Quickshot 1 joystick for an authentic Daley Thompson's Decathlon wagglefest :sunglasses:

The smell though, does it have the smell?

Must be over 25 years since I got rid of mine, and I can still remember the delicious smell and feel of those rubber keys.

i remember having copied tape cassettes with the counter numbers scrawled on the insert as to where each game loaded from.
Beautiful.

i still have the original with a load of cassettes in the loft lol

Actually you can get snapshot files of the web and speed up the loading so it only takes seconds.

Ah, but not as realistically pants as an original!

Voted cold as this is just a themed bluetooth keyboard and (apparently buggy) companion app for your phone. So Buyer Beware I guess.

Still have my Speccy and all the games, along with every other computer and console, though with PC emulations I can't be bothered hooking it up these days.

I'd be tempted by this but I'm holding out for the handheld Spectrum Vega+ that was supposed to be released later this year. Something like a 1000 games built in plus the ability to download others freely.

Overpriced and no longer supported.

Save your money and run an emulator on your tablet!

Yes, just like that mini NES released earlier this year, this is purely for the nostalgic aesthetics. Much better off using the emulator via a PC.

Why is this kid's toy priced over £10? cheap keyboard costs £2-3 the "electronics another £1, so £46 is for being fooled.

The days you could copy (back up I mean) games on a double deck ghetto blaster

Used a golf ball to rollbetween the 2 keys. It was much easier

Just imagining the reaction of a 12 year old who wants a PS4 for christmas but gets a Speccy instead :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Am I the only one here that still has his original Spectrum? :stuck_out_tongue:

Hmm quidco shows just over £1 of cashback being tracked for this after I bought it instead of the £10 the site advertised. Never mind, I was buying it at £50 anyway, I've had one before but it was hampered by the rubbish software and dodgy manufacturer's restrictions, however the hardware and packaging was really very nice indeed so I've bought another one to split it open and put a Raspberry Pi in there.

Yay! Now we can all remind ourselves just how terrible all those Spectrum games actually were. Sounds great through the rose-tinted glasses of yesteryear wishing, but I bet they look dreadful in practice now.

Mind you, I was never a Spectrum guy back in the day. I was one of the CPC464 oddballs .... :laughing:

Quite tempted - I never had one first time round as I got an Oric-1 instead!

Thanks mate, on the back of your email I made an offer to the seller that was accepted.

Not authentic unless the power turns off everytime you move it.

Very misleading. Its basically a bluetooth keyboard, it has no emulator or chips built in and requires you to download an an app to use to play the games.

i upgraded to the spectrum+3 with a built in diskdrive. I remember the neighbour asking how you rewind it... i felt like a god amongst men.

So if this is just a Bluetooth keyboard with an app, Couldn't you just download the app and use any keyboard with it?

Optional numeric keyboard available too....

R Tape loading error :smile: I'm tempted but I know I'll use it once then bung it under the bed.

That always used to happen right at the end of a 10 minute wait, but what was worse were those damn hyperloading games that would just reset during loading....... :confused:

A little fiddle with the tone and volume controls and try again, lol

Nope still,got a rubber key 48k and also a plus2 128k. Have to confess I rigged it up to play beach head about a year ago. 10 year old wasn't impressed. You appreciate the speed of consoles now. Doubt I'll plug them in again - happy with memories of good times

A proper gaming machine spectrum 48k wish I still had mine . Bought mine 1983 think it was from wh smiths wow £129

Cheers just put an offer of £30 and it was accepted instantly:D

It's unavailable it's crowd funded and the buy in price is set to a staggering £175 so far it could drop with customers buying into it but how many will they need to get down to the £100 they want to sell it for or so is stated,bet it's 10's of 1000's more custom to get the price to drop.

I never had one my self,I do remember having the Amiga 500 and blowing the board putting ram in,it was most likely a wrong chip at a guess higher volted who knows,it was hilarious to see the power supply smoking thick blueish smoke out and my dad going crazy about it was even funnier.

I think it will sell well so I guess around the £120 - £150 price tag which isn't bad for a brand new spectrum as the original 48k sold for £175 and the ZX Spectrum+ £179.95

You do not know yet as it's a crowd funded product and the final value is not set,your sort of sky hooking the figure out of the air and making an assumption it will hit £120 -£150 but how does anyone really know if they will drop it at all,it's a pretty system none the less,and would be a nice machine for a collection provided your buying authentic system hardware chips for that cost I'd expect the real remake of the authentic hardware or current remake with a new chip set portraying it like for like,or like they did with the Amiga i7 PC build they enhanced it's power with a new pc to run off and emulated the os via an os build they patent and modeled current rich in current Day features.Although it's not the same, the added abilities and aesthetics of the os and case made it eye candy and it looked great but thousands of £ I didn't have to buy one.I'm sure it used commodore os vision v2.0 but they never made it public,it is for that system only and no longer updated so I heard do not know really if it was dumped as a iso online now,but you can get commodore is vision get the one with the extras if you ever want to try it,they are just modelled versions of Linux can't remember what Linux flavor they are,would be cool for a laptop or PC I suggest go dual core or higher CPU sort of Ubuntu recommendedsystem requirements would be better,OK for those unable to buy anything if they know fuse emulator and it's good eye candy it feels reminiscent of Amiga era.

Not quite sure what you're getting at but the manufacturers of this have quoted the sub £150 price range so I'm sure it will be close. The computer emulates hardware as opposed to software emulation.

From the FAQ..
Q. Is the Spectrum Next an emulator?
No, the Spectrum Next is implemented with FPGA technology, no emulation was involved in this beautiful machine.
i.e. it's not like the hobo overpriced i7s PC running winuae etc :wink:

It's also an advancement on the design of the spectrum range so it employs the new ULAplus.
Q. Will there be new video modes? Can we get rid of the colour clash?
The implementation of the ULAplus brings a new colour palette that’s compatible with existing games, and it makes it possible to enhance their visuals (Dan Dare, Cybernoid, Terra Cresta are a few examples already supporting the extra colours). The ULAplus also can display more colours on the screen at the same time. But the ULAplus doesn’t change colour clash: this is a job for some neat code tricks found on graphical engines such as Nirvana. Beyond these tricks, we don’t think about adding new video modes as this will make the Spectrum Next lose its ‘Spectrum’ feel about it. If you feel strongly about this topic, drop us a line -- the discussion is always open and it’s never too late to enhance the firmware.

As for the Amiga the only good amiga emulation besides software Winuae is Hardware Mist range http://harbaum.org/till/mist/index.shtml

I run a low end FX8350 so any amiga emulation I do is through Cloanto Amiga Forever/Winuae emulation now as I prefer the integration with windows. I might stretch to AmigaOS 4.1 at some point at around 30 euros. I prefer a real amiga OS as opposed to a linux hack/skin running on mint which was Commodore Vision OS :smiley:

If you like amigas I would opt for Amiga forever 2016 and Amiga OS 4.1 and that should be enough.