Retro Spectrum - my thoughts

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Sujet : Retro Spectrum - my thoughts
De : noway (at) *nospam* nochance.com (JAB)
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Date : 14. Apr 2025, 11:08:43
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So the obvious question, what is it. It’s a Raspberry Pi based Spectrum 48k/128k emulator in a case pretty much identical to the original rubber keyed wonder. They added some weights to get the right feel and also modern features such as HDMI, USB, save/rewind games, controller support and, shock horror, a power switch. What it’s not is say a Spectrum Next which is an ‘emulator’ using FPGA’s to provide soft hardware and they’ve also supercharged it. It’s also significantly more expensive, x3, and even more so on the second hand market.
I missed the first production run last year but for this year’s one I just thought why not as I’m a sucker for nostalgia and the Spectrum was a big part of my life and the U.K. in general so at £89.99 why not.
I’ve played a few of the games that are included (I need to get a USB loaded with some more of my favourite games) and my initial reaction is it’s fun although the games are even harder than I remember. I’ve failed to even get past the second level on the classic that is Manic Miner. The other one, there’s something about having a physical device that elevates it to another level. Oh and who thought QAOP was a good key combination.
My overall conclusion is that it it’s never going to become, as I very much expected, my main gaming platform but instead it will be something I fire up now and again for a change of pace. There’s also a nice community of old farts online (sound familiar?).
Could it end up gathering dust before the end of the year, possibly but heh I can always sell it for more than I bought it for.

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