It’s an auspicious moment for retrocomputing fans, as it’s now four decades since the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This budget British microcomputer was never the best of the bunch, but its ...

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is 40 and Eurogamer isn't the only one celebrating the occasion. Such is the popularity of the iconic micro – particularly in the UK where it achieved sales of five million ...

There have been many significant days in the history of the UK games industry, but the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was arguably the first of them. I went to meet two people that helped make it ...

The ZX81 is 45. And it was revolutionary. That is, if they could keep the 16KB RAM pack connected for long enough. Typing on the ZX81’s hideous keyboard could make the pack wobble, fall out and crash ...

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 ...

I remember when the ZX Spectrum was originally launched, 30 years ago today Sinclair launched the ZX Spectrum, which was the follow-up to the ZX81, and Sinclair sold a total of 5 million units of the ...

In April 1982 a small British company, led by Sir Clive Sinclair, launched the ZX Spectrum computer and sparked a revolution. The small, black computer with iconic rubber keys ignited the home ...

The Joy of Specs - in memory of our long lost rubber-keyed friend... This article was first published in January 2002 as part of our Technologies That Time Forgot series of articles. We are running ...

For many, the 1980s was the golden era in home computing. Low cost 8-bit systems brought arcade games to the masses, while offering the ability to handle basic office tasks at the same time. Companies ...