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Sir Clive Sinclair, the revered inventor and entrepreneur who launched a range of seminal home computers in the 1980s, has backed a new project to revive the ZX Spectrum brand.

His team's new invention is the Sinclair Spectrum Vega; a microconsole that comes with more than 1,000 ZX Spectrum games pre-installed. Resplendent with a familiar aesthetic, the Vega is a miniaturised version of the ZX Spectrum that is both a games controller and console in one.

Once hooked to television sets, the device is capable of running more than the 14,000 games developed during the Spectrum era.

Its creators, a UK firm called Retro Computers, seek £100,000 from the crowdfunding site Indiegogo to help commercialise the project and build the first 1,000 units.

Sinclair Research, the company responsible for the 1982 original, is a shareholder in Retro Computers.

Some 21 hours since the project launched, Retro Computers has raised about £6,800 of total funding. It will need to raise the remaining £93,000 within the next sixty days.

A ten percent royalty of Vega sales will go to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

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Added: 01.12.2014 6:11 | 3 views | 0 comments


USGamer: "Aqua Kitty DX presents a classic reviewer's dilemma. On the one hand, its retro, 16-bit micro looks, SID-chip music, bonkers storyline, and basic Defender-inspired gameplay are so simple, how could they possibly stand up to scrutiny against modern shooters like Resogun? But then again, why the hell do I keep playing it?"

Added: 30.11.2014 21:11 | 3 views | 0 comments


Carl Williams writes, "Hard as nails, turn based, dungeon crawling epics are just not being made like they used to. Throw in a first person view, multiple party members and even more challenge and you have just narrowed down the few releases we do see to hardly nothing. That is where the homebrew community comes in, these guys are not tied by corporate red tape, not held back by huge budgets and diminishing returns. Indie developers can take risks that you wont see the big companies taking. Dungeon Heroes is one such risk being taken by Spiky, who apparently is a HUGE fan of Dungeon Master and Wizardry."

Added: 30.11.2014 7:11 | 2 views | 0 comments


Back in February 1981, a trio of UCLA graduates in California set up a development studio called Silicon Synapse. One of their first games was The Lost Vikings, published by Interplay and released on a number of platforms (SNES, Mega Drive, Amiga, PC and then later GBA and PlayStation). Players controlled three Vikings, each with their own special abilities: Erik could run fast, jump and bash through walls; Baleog could kill enemies with a sword and bow, and Olaf could use his shield for protection and as a stepping stone for his friends.

Added: 29.11.2014 22:12 | 2 views | 0 comments


Mariah Beckman, GIZORAMA - "Are you into arcade games? Do you like vibrant colors? Groovy music? Fast-paced, no-holds-barred in-your-face action, trying-to-stay-alive on-the-edge-of-your-seat annihilate-your-friends-score-to-be-number-one-with-MAD-bragging-rights? Then look no further. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is here. I have an admission: my beau loves Geometry Wars. He played the ever-loving crap out of Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved and GW2: RE 2. He was so familiar with the game that he was much better equipped than I, it turns out, to judge this upon its predecessors. That edge-of-your-seat I mentioned? That is real. This review was penned before online multi-player was available to judge fairly, the game only just having been released. However, through the old-school wiles of pass-and-play, I too rekindled a love for an arcade style shooter that I might have otherwise forgotten. My little sister and I idled away an hour or two with Geometry Wars back in the day, althoug...

Added: 29.11.2014 8:00 | 4 views | 0 comments


Plus: Midway's boat-based racer Hydro Thunder.
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