As befits a true British icon, there was something gloriously wonky about the ZX Spectrum. Its lurid colour palette turned any game into a mishmash of horrible, clashing shades that would make any ...

A classic 1980s video game console is making a comeback after a crowdfunding site raised £150,000 in just 48 hours. With it's cassette deck, simple controls and basic graphics, the Spectrum ZX cannot ...

Retro video game fans can rejoice - the humble Spectrum computer is returning next year. The Sinclair Spectrum Vega is a new lost-cost games computer based on the hugely successful Spectrum products ...

If you were around in the 1980s, you will know how truly immense this news is. Sir Clive Sinclair is crowdfunding to create a new ZX Spectrum. For those who don't, Sinclair was behind the Spectrum ...

Sir Clive Sinclair shows off the latest Spectrum computer, resplendently sporting a built-in tape loader and an obscene amount (128k!) of memory. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 13 February 1986.

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and retro gamers looking for a project to keep themselves busy this weekend may like to take inspiration from this awesome ZX Spectrum computer built inside an audiocassette.

It was the computer that introduced a generation to video gaming, helped to earn Sir Clive Sinclair a knighthood and even made programming cool: the ZX Spectrum has a lot to answer for. But when, 30 ...

Retro gamers rejoice! A remodelled Sinclair ZX Spectrum is going to be manufactured in the UK. The recently announced Sinclair Spectrum Vega games computer is to be manufactured at a factory in ...

The computer that revolutionised the way people thought about computers at home turned 30 on Monday. Video games drove its success and more than five million units of the micro-computer were sold in ...

Technology pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81, his family have confirmed. The entrepreneur was most widely known for popularising the use of a home computer and was also the inventor ...

UPDATE 03/12/2014: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign is a success. After just two days its £100,000 goal was met. The first 1000 limited edition Vega computers are sold out ...