The logo is 256 pixels tall and 192 pixels wide with a palette of 15 shades: seven colors at two levels of brightness each, plus black. The ZX Spectrum was created on April 23, 1982 in the United ...

For gamers of a certain age the ZX Spectrum was the ultimate games machine, and now it’s making a return – with a £100 price tag and 1,000 Spectrum games pre-loaded.

Everything old can be made new again. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Despite its reign ending decades past, the ZX ...

The tiny DIY ZX80 was first out of the blocks, soon succeeded by the ZX81, and then the ZX Spectrum. Sinclair’s devices were all physically dwarfed by US rivals, but the ZX Spectrum in particular had ...

The ZX Spectrum was wrapped in a plastic case and weighed just 550 grams (1.2lbs), compared to the metal, clunky 1.8kg (4lb) Commodore 64, and back-breaking 3.7kg (8.1lb) BBC Micro.

The pioneering ZX Spectrum celebrates its 30th birthday today. Its designers attribute its success, in part, to the growth of video games.

The ZX Spectrum Next Issue 2 has raised nearly £900,000, external - far beyond its £250,000 goal - with 28 days of fundraising left to go. More than 2,500 backers have chipped in to the project ...

The ZX Spectrum is one of the best-selling computers of all time: a British-made, 8-bit machine that shifted around 5 million units across Europe after its launch in 1982.