The Spectrum

Thanks to its pioneering design, the original machine has become an icon of home computing and video games. It is a widely recognized symbol of the technological revolution of the 1980s, and it is this historic status that helped inspire Retro Games Ltd to make a faithful replica that incorporates modern quality-of-life features. In addition to 48 pre-installed games, the Spectrum comes with 720p HD output via HDMI, which allows it to be displayed on modern TVs, four USB ports that can be used for gamepads and joysticks, and an exact replica of the famous 'rubber' keyboard with fully functional keys, just as they were in 1982. The 48 pre-installed games include some of the most fun, quirky and highly-rated titles in the machine's history, including: Alien Girl (Skirmish Edition), Ant Attack, Army Moves, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Avalon, Bobby Bearing, Cosmic Payback, Devwill Too ZX, Exolon, Fairlight, Firelord, Football Manager 2, Freddy Hardest, The Great Escape, Head Over Heels, Highway Encounter, The Hobbit, Horace Goes Skiing, Jack the Nipper, Knot in 3D, The Lords of Midnight, Manic Miner, Match Day II, Movie, Nodes of Yesod, Penetrator, Phantis (Game Over II), Pheenix, Pyracurse, Quazatron, Robin of the Wood, Saboteur! Remastered, Shovel Adventure, Skool Daze, Snake Escape, Spellbound, Starquake, Starstrike II, El Stompo, Stonkers, Target: Renegade, TCQ, Technician Ted - The Megamix, Tenebra, Trashman, The Way of the Exploding Fist, Wheelie, Where Time Stood Still Other features of The Spectrum include the ability to rewind the game up to 40 seconds to help players get through difficult levels, the inclusion of four 'save game' slots per title, an old-school CRT filter option to replicate old TVs, and functionality that allows players to add their own games via a USB stick. With authenticity in mind, Retro Games has even taken the time to incorporate BASIC programming, which will allow budding programmers to be creative in the same way as the original pioneers, responsible for the multi-billion dollar video game industry we know today.