#Sinclair zx spectrum vega indiegogo upgrade#
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The Spectrum Vega simply plugs into your TV, reads an SD card, and plays old вЂspeccy games.

#Sinclair zx spectrum vega indiegogo tv#

The crowdfunding campaign in question is the Retro ComputersвЂ™ Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus,В a small device not unlike the Commodore 64 direct to TV joysticks. For one person, at least, for one of their pledges, Indiegogo is a store. The Register reports a court in England has ruled against Retro Computers Ltd and said it had formed a contract of sale with crowdfunding backer Rob Morton. Now, finally, crowdfunding is being legally recognized as a store. These are the realities that have kept Indiegogo and Kickstarter in business, have caused much distress in people who think otherwise, and have been the source of so, so many crowdfunding follies. Caveat emptor doesnвЂ™t apply, because there is no buyer, and no one can figure out what the correct Latin translation for вЂbackerвЂ™ is. Crowdfunding is not buying something - youвЂ™re merely donating some money, and you might get a reward for your pledge. Posted in classic hacks, News Tagged sinclair, ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum Vega вЂњThe buttons are absolutely awful, You have to press so hard and they intermittently stop working unless you apply so much pressure.вЂќДЇrom where weвЂ™re sitting, remembering the dubious quality of some of the keyboards on original Spectrum products, we think that it might have more in common with the original than anyone is willing to admit. In an unexpected twist though they are reported to have shipped a few Vegas to backers in recent days, and weвЂ™ll leave the final word to the BBCвЂ™s quote from, one of those recipients. But itвЂ™s a fitting follow-up to our previous reporting, and unless something unexpected happens in the Retro Computers boardroom itвЂ™s probably the last weвЂ™ll hear of the product.

This is a general news story as much as a hardware story as there is little by way of a hack to be found beyond the realisation that you could almost certainly roll your own with a Raspberry Pi, a copy of FUSE, and a 3D-printed case. They famously passed to Amstrad in the 1980s, a move that gave us the Spectrum +2 and +3 with decent keyboards and built-in tape and disk drives, but long after the last Spectrum had rolled off the production line they passed with AmstradвЂ™s set-top-box business to the satellite broadcaster Sky, who are now responsible for pulling the plug. The sorry tale of its mishandling will probably in time provide enough information for a fascinating book or documentary in itself, but one thing that has come to light in the BBCвЂ™s reporting is the fate of those Sinclair brands. The Vega itself should have been a reasonable proposition, a slick handheld running the FUSE Spectrum emulator rather than Z80 hardware, and from Retro Computers Limited, a company that boasted a 25% ownership from Sinclair Research and thus Sir Clive himself.

#Sinclair zx spectrum vega indiegogo series#

After raising a record sum on Indiegogo, a long series of broken promises and missed dates, and a final loss of patience from the crowdfunding site, it has emerged that the owner of the Sinclair and ZX brands is to withdraw the right to use them from the console.

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It certainly looks the part, and Retro Computers says it has a 'fully working prototype waiting to go into production.' If you can't wait that long, there's always the Recreated Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a Bluetooth keyboard that syncs with iOS and Android devices.ItвЂ™s not a good time to be a backer of the crowdfunded Sinclair ZX Vega retro console. Retro Computers has shown off some renders - but no working product, notably - which reveal a basic D-pad, four circular face buttons and three 'secondary action buttons.' Along the top you'll find a microSD card slot for loading additional games, volume buttons and a headphone socket that doubles as the TV connection port. As for the console itself, well, the details are a little scarce at the moment.

#Sinclair zx spectrum vega indiegogo upgrade#

An extra ВЈ75 will upgrade your backer reward to the limited 'BLACK' version, which also includes a tour around the company's factory in Nottinghamshire. The portable's predecessor did make it to market, however, so the Luton startup at least has a track record this time around.ДЇor ВЈ100 you can back the project and reserve a Vega handheld in either blue, red or white. Like the original Vega, the handheld Vega+ has been unveiled as an Indiegogo project, which - as with all crowdfunding projects - means there's no guarantee it'll ever materialise. Retro Computers is backed by Sinclair Research, the company founded by ZX Spectrum inventor Sir Clive Sinclair.