ZX Spectrum, Arcade, Hardware

C64 mini joystick’s in The Spectrum

Let’s try the C64 mini joystick’s with The Spectrum! C64 mini‘s joystick is Retro Games‘s The Joystick. I’ve never had a Commodore 64 or a Commodore Amiga, I’ve jumped from my ZX Spectrum 48K Plus to the IBM compatible Personal Computer (aka PC), first with MSDOS, then MS Windows. On the way some Macs and […]

ZX Spectrum, Hardware

The Spectrum Firmware upgrade (v1.0.2)

Here is the walkthrough for The Spectrum Firmware upgrade (v1.0.2). Firmware  v1.0.1 was buggy, so I waited until a new version was available… Navigate to https://retrogames.biz/support/thespectrum/upgrade/ for the latest version! ** UPDATE ** ATENTION ** This update solves some bugs introduced in 1.0.1, but doesn’t solve them all! Version 1.0.3 is under development, and will

ZX Spectrum, Arcade, Hardware

The Spectrum

Late November 2024, The Spectrum is being launched worldwide! Another ZX Spectrum 48K replica with a few visual changes, looks amazing, and should revive all those good memories, another blast from the past! It’s emulator based, not a clone nor a Next fork, I’ve pre-order it, I’ll make a review after having the machine. Until

Arcade, Hardware, Microsoft Windows

Perdigao’s Arcade 1st Version (2009)

Hi Guys! While managing my backups, I found a document that I wrote 10 or 11 years ago. At the time, with the main goal of building this site. Well, the site is online, but my Arcade System is slightly different from the first version. The Arcade Cabinet is now running Windows 10 Pro 64

Hardware, Linux

WD My Cloud Gen 1 – Install new Disk

Hi Guys! There is a great repository with a bunch of information in https://fox-exe.ru/WDMyCloud/. There you can find details, how-to’s, firmwares, photos of the internal boards, all you need to recover your WD My Cloud, or hack it! The detailed instructions in English for replacing the disk on Gen 1 can be found here. First,

Hardware, Linux

WD My Cloud (home) new life

Hello Guys! So I’ve an old WD My Cloud (home version), with only one disk (2TB capacity), that was completely forgotten due to my two Synology NAS. It wasn’t booting anymore, so I quickly found away of removing the disk googling for it, I found a good video here. I could recover the disk data

ZX Spectrum, Hardware, Raspberry Pi, ZXBaremulator

ZX Spectrum 48K Extreme Emulation

Hello 70’s and 80’s Generations! As promised, I’m posting an experience of my successful setup – Raspberry PI 2 Model B with ZXBaremulator and the Recreated ZX Spectrum – plugged in to an old school Grundig CRT TV, through SCART interface. I bought these adapters at a local retail store, to connect the analog video

Hardware, Raspberry Pi, ZX Spectrum, ZXBaremulator

ZXBaremulator Easy Install

Hello World! Since I didn’t find an image for the Raspberry PI containing ZXBaremulator, I decided to create one, with already a few games stored, and share it with you. The file is available for download at the Downloads section. The image is for creating a 1 GB partition on a micro SD, with the

Hardware, Raspberry Pi, ZX Spectrum, ZXBaremulator

ZXBaremulator – Running on Raspberry PI Zero W with Recreated ZX Spectrum

Hello Guys! This post shows some ZXBaremulator‘s screenshots, and gives some guidelines for starters. I also review the ZXBaremulator with the Recreated ZX Spectrum and Raspberry PI Zero W. Also show some keyboard shortcuts to access special functions, both with the Recreated ZX Spectrum and a normal Keyboard. Setup So, let’s start with our testing.

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