It’s everything you loved, and better than ever!

Relive The Magic

A beautifully designed masterpiece that belongs in an art gallery.

Adorned with its signature rainbow colours, this fun, quirky and extroverted machine brings back the joy of accessible pick-up-and-play games, offering an experience that modern gaming has lost.

With its timeless aesthetic and vibrant personality, The Spectrum isn’t just an updated replica of the iconic Eighties home computer, it’s a work of art that delivers a nostalgic yet ever-relevant gaming adventure for everyone.

Available 22 November 2024

Packed with features

48 built-in games

Contains the best genre defining ZX Spectrum games, such as Manic Miner, Head Over Heels, Saboteur! Remastered, The Hobbit, Army Moves and The Great Escape.

Classic Mode

Switch to Classic Mode and dive into the full ZX Spectrum experience, complete with BASIC programming and virtual cassettes.

48K and 128K compatibility

Compatible with games for 48K to 128K ZX Spectrum models.

Save your progress

Save your progress in one of four save-game slots per game, and return at any time.

Rewind mode

Rewind your gameplay at any time by up to 40 seconds to help you get through those difficult levels!

Load your own

Load and play the programs you already own, optionally with the cassette loading effects you remember.

Extended colours

Supports the ULAplus™ colour mode for richer colour palettes that can be applied to any game.

Display frames

Surround your gameplay with one of 12 attractive frames.

HDMI

High Definition output at 720p 50 or 60Hz.

Four USB ports

Four USB ports support the connection of joysticks, gamepads and USB sticks.

Compatible with game controllers

Compatible with many USB game controllers.

48 Essential Games Included:

Alien Girl: Skirmish Edition • Ant Attack • Army Moves • Auf Wiedersehen Monty • Avalon • Bobby Bearing • Cosmic Payback • Devwill Too • 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 • TCQ • Target: Renegade • Technician Ted - The Megamix • Tenebra • Trashman • The Way of the Exploding Fist • Wheelie • Where Time Stood Still

What’s in the box

  • The Spectrum personal computer
  • HDMI cable
  • USB power lead (power adapter not included)
  • Introduction manual
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The perfect companion

THEGAMEPAD

THEGAMEPAD

Enjoy retro gaming among friends with THEGAMEPAD. Now updated in black with an improved DPpad and featuring the iconic colours of The Spectrum, THEGAMEPAD makes a perfect companion for The Spectrum and for gamers new and old.

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