Meeting ‘my people’ – video gamers with very long memories – took me back to an era of machine play that lacked megabytes but had far more tangible presence ...

Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...

Christmas 2026 could be the most expensive ever for retro gaming fans.

The parents of the home computer gamers of the 1980s presumably hoped we’d become programmers or accountants, but instead their kids ended up like me I had one of those ads pop up on Twitter recently.

Retro revival awakens the '80s child in everyone.

While you can pick up the standard black version for £90 or less in the UK, the newly released white edition has a recommended retail price of £129.99. This may seem like an excessive price increase, ...

A former Sinclair employee explains why the company behind the iconic ZX Spectrum refused to understand its importance to a generation of gamers. Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ ...

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Sinclair Research was best known in the United States for the tiny ZX80, and the ZX81, under its Timex branding. However, they also made the ZX Spectrum which had many features that were — at the time ...

Retro home computing from the 1980s is coming to handheld gaming, and the target audience may be niche, but the devices look ...