As I have reported before on several occasions, a number of Sinclair branded ZX Spectrum educational titles seem to command unusually high prices when sold online. Their rarity lies with the fact that although we all promised our parents that we wanted a computer for educational purposes, the reality wasContinue Reading
Steve Dixon of Purple Unicorn Software talks exclusively to RGC about his latest work-in-progress – Lucy the Ladybird: I have played some interesting games made using Jonathan Cauldwell’s Arcade Game Designer (AGD) especially graphically but nothing much has really captured my imagination or done something I would say was newContinue Reading
Sinclair Software and Peripheral Catalogues described the whole range of Sinclair branded software (at that particular time). As time went on the catalogues grew and also later included Sinclair branded peripherals such as Microdrives, the ZX Printer, Interface 1 and Interface 2. Most early ZX Spectrums (rubber keyed 16K andContinue Reading
Since posting a few pics of one of my Spectrum Six Packs on Instagram and Twitter, I noticed that this flimsy box of bundled software seemed to stir up happy gaming memories for a lot of people. Since there is very little on the internet relating to this bundle, andContinue Reading
I’m feeling all Christmassy with a couple of days to go ’til the big day so why not dig out a Christmas themed game for my favourite computer and give it a whirl… What’s it all about then? So here is The Official Father Christmas by Alternative Software. Released inContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE – 23rd December, 2013 – Lichfield, England Kickstarter® Appeal for the Bluetooth® ZX Spectrum® – Hits 10% of Goal in 12 Hours Elite’s MD, Steve Wilcox exclaimed, “”Hitting 10% of our project goal in a little over 12 hours is fabulous start to the Kickstarter appeal for theContinue Reading
£119.57 to be precise. As I have previously highlighted on the site, Macmillan educational titles are going for some very high prices at auction and here is another example. Oil Strike has come up before and fetched a similar price last time round but it still amazes me how farContinue Reading
As I reported back in February 2011, UK based Elite Systems were planning on releasing a recreated ZX Spectrum for use with their mobile gaming apps. Well folks, the good news is that Elite are still planning on doing just that. Now, don’t get too excited Speccy fans; this isContinue Reading
What is the Rotronics Wafadrive? The Wafadrive was a two-drive system for small cartridges containing 1.8mm wide continuous spool tape. In direct competition with the Sinclair ZX Microdrive, this system had a number of unique selling points. The first of which was its price. Originally priced at £129.95 it wasContinue Reading
