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08-21-2015, 03:10 AM
http://forum.digitpress.com//images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles/1/7/7/6/2/4/3/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega-review-1440139574443.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/format/jpg/1776243.jpgBack in 2012, when retro gamers were celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, if you'd told me that just three years later we'd be seeing not one but two new hardware launches claiming to carry on the Speccy name, I wouldn't have believed you.
Yet here we are. I'm holding a Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega, the crowdfunded plug-and-play gaming device produced with the involvement of Sir Clive Sinclair himself. Even the box, with its black cardboard sleeve and rainbow corner flash, has been designed to mimic that of the original 48k home computer. I can feel the nostalgia juices rising, but also a wave of scepticism. Is this a genuine new Sinclair product, or a cleverly packaged emulator, ruthlessly designed to tweak my middle-aged yearning?
Inside is the Vega itself. It's important to note that the Vega is a handheld device, and has nothing to do with the Recreated ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard from Elite Systems, which also launches in a few weeks. With two "new" Spectrum products competing for attention, it seems many are confused as to which is which - or even if they're the same thing.
Read more… (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-08-21-sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega-review)
Yet here we are. I'm holding a Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega, the crowdfunded plug-and-play gaming device produced with the involvement of Sir Clive Sinclair himself. Even the box, with its black cardboard sleeve and rainbow corner flash, has been designed to mimic that of the original 48k home computer. I can feel the nostalgia juices rising, but also a wave of scepticism. Is this a genuine new Sinclair product, or a cleverly packaged emulator, ruthlessly designed to tweak my middle-aged yearning?
Inside is the Vega itself. It's important to note that the Vega is a handheld device, and has nothing to do with the Recreated ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard from Elite Systems, which also launches in a few weeks. With two "new" Spectrum products competing for attention, it seems many are confused as to which is which - or even if they're the same thing.
Read more… (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-08-21-sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega-review)