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 […]
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
It arrived two hours ago! It’s The Spectrum unboxing time! Another product from Retro Games! Here are a few photos from unboxing to playing for the first time. I ordered the Spanish / Portuguese version, from Amazon Spain here. Unboxing A box inside the box, with the keyboard layout. The machine itself! Inside the inner
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
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
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
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.
At this point, you’ll have a micro SD Card, with a Raspberry PI OS boot partition. If you executed the previous step, you have the boot partition extended to it’s maximum size. Otherwise, you have a boot partition with 256MB, hopefully with enough space to upload all your favorite games. Now, please go the ZXBaremulator
So now that you have a bootable micro SD, you’ll may want more space to store the games! Please note that the boot partition will be enough for playing your favorites. I’ve selected around 80 games, and in total they only occupy no more than 7.5 MBytes – remember that the ZX Spectrum was an
Greetings! Let’s install the ZXBaremulator on the micro SD card! On it’s site you don’t have much instructions… it’s not rocket science but you need to figure it on your own how to put everything working. Basically, you need to have a micro SD card with Raspbian / Raspberry PI OS pre-installed (the easiest way
