The ZX Spectrum was an 8-bit computer released in the UK in 1982. Throughout the following decade, the Spectrum amassed a game library that reaches into the thousands. Now, creator Sir Clive Sinclair has announced a Spectrum renaissance in the form of the Sinclair Spectrum Vega, a new computer that can run all games in the Spectrum's monstrous library.
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The Sinclair Spectrum Vega reinvents the original Spectrum by replacing the system's original innards with less expensive modern components. The Vega will be able to plug directly into a TV and comes packed with around 1,000 games pre-installed. If you end up getting tired of those original 1,000 games – or if there's a particular Spectrum game you love that wasn't included – you'll be able to download more games free of charge and load them onto your Vega with a simple SD card.
All in all, the only costs associated with getting a Vega will be the cost of the machine itself, which the company promises will be under £100 (around $156). If you feel like it, you can also give money to the ongoing Indiegogo campaign, though it doesn't seem like the campaign is exactly struggling to find backers. In just over a day of fundraising, the campaign is already a third of the way toward its £100,000 goal, and it still has two more months to go.
Whether you're interested in playing the game that kicked off the football manager genre of games or are curious to see what Ubisoft's very first published game was like, the Sinclair Spectrum Vega looks to be an effective tool for bringing a portion of early video game history back into the public eye.
