In the U.K., the iconic 8-bit home computer of the 1980s was the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Few keyboards have surely been pounded as hard as the Spectrum’s rubberised complement of grey rectangles.

Plaion, a leading video game publisher, and Retro Games Ltd., a specialist in reimagined classic computers, have joined forces to launch The Spectrum. This innovative device faithfully recreates the ...

The Joy of Specs - in memory of our long lost rubber-keyed friend... This article was first published in January 2002 as part of our 'Technologies That Time Forgot' series of articles. We are running ...

Retrocomputer enthusiasts will quite often be found pondering the great what ifs of their hobby. What if Commodore had had a half-way decent marketing division is a popular one, but the notoriously ...

If you weren’t a kid in the 1980s, retro TV shows might have you believe we spent all our time slaying demogorgons or waxing the classic cars of old Okinawan men. But we also played computer games, ...