{"id":4831,"date":"2017-04-23T19:08:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T23:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=4831"},"modified":"2017-04-23T19:08:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T23:08:34","slug":"zx-spectrum-next-updated-zx-spectrum-done-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2017\/04\/23\/zx-spectrum-next-updated-zx-spectrum-done-right\/","title":{"rendered":"ZX Spectrum Next: An Updated ZX Spectrum Done Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although little known outside the UK, where it was a blockbuster success, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ZX_Spectrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ZX Spectrum<\/a><\/strong> is nevertheless a fascinating computer. Although audio-visually modest, the <strong>ZX Spectrum<\/strong> series was home to a quite a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldofspectrum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legendary games<\/a>, and it helped kickstart the British game development industry. Appropriately enough, I suppose, now there&#8217;s a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1835143999\/zx-spectrum-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstarter<\/a> <\/strong>to bring a heavily updated, yet fully backwards compatible <strong>ZX Spectrum<\/strong> computer, to market, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1835143999\/zx-spectrum-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ZX Spectrum Next<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JxVINXpn6xU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"  frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Although I already have an excellent selection of <strong>ZX Spectrum<\/strong> computers in my collection, I&#8217;m definitely onboard with this update. While not only maintaining full backwards compatibility, right down to being able to utilize original expansions, there are also plenty of modern conveniences like HDMI and an SD card slot. This is definitely the kind of recreation we need for our other beloved vintage computers. The only catch? It looks like it won&#8217;t start full delivery until January 2018, which is rather a long way off. Still, it seems like it will be well worth the wait to take this 1980s computer platform into the late 2010s and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although little known outside the UK, where it was a blockbuster success, the ZX Spectrum is nevertheless a fascinating computer. Although audio-visually modest, the ZX Spectrum series was home to a quite a few legendary games, and it helped kickstart the British game development industry. 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