It’s normal for a computer in 2022 to come with a fully-featured sound card containing a complete synthesizer as well as high-quality PCM sound recording and playback. It’s referred to as a sound card ...

Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...

It’s normal for a computer in 2022 to come with a fully-featured sound card containing a complete synthesizer as well as high-quality PCM sound recording and playback. It’s referred to as a sound card ...

The 8-bit era of home computing was a far simpler time than the digital age we live in today. It was a world without online multiplayer, 3D accelerator chips or stereo sound, yet many claim that this ...

The ZX Spectrum has turned 40. If you owned one at the time, that’ll make you feel old. But rather than mull over the nature of your own mortality, let’s celebrate a true UK classic – the finest ...

I remember it like it was yesterday. I'm sitting there, in my parent's lounge, as my dad comes down the stairs with what looks like a black box. He peels back the paper sleeve to reveal a polystyrene ...

So, why retro games for a column? Two reasons, really. Firstly, since Mass Effect 3 took over my life – at least that which I have outside of the important things (feed child, pay bills, sleep ...

The Spectrum, developed by Retro Games Ltd., is a contemporary tribute to the iconic Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a microcomputer that left an indelible mark on the early 1980s. By blending the charm of ...

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There have been many significant days in the history of the UK games industry, but the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was arguably the first of them. I went to meet two people that helped make it ...