Backers start to receive their ZX Spectrum Vega Plus consoles

[HEXUS]

An initial batch of 400 units, without any pre-installed games, was posted out on 26th July.

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[Zak33]

imagine... Ant Attack followed by Attic Attack, then a session on Penetrator, followed by a few hours on Elite... back out to play Horris Goes SKiing, and finish with Jet Pac

Glorious.....

[Stu C]

Attic Attack was my favourite! Don't forget Jet Set Willy!

Unfortunate that the actual product doesn't look at all as nice as the advertised picture.

[Troopa]

Only game i ever played on ZX was Double Dragon. C64 all day every day !!!!

[3dcandy]

I agree C-64 was miles better

[LeetyMcLeet]

Only game i ever played on ZX was Double Dragon. C64 all day every day !!!!

I had Double Dragon for my Atari ST. Awesome game

[blokeinkent]

I had Double Dragon for my Atari ST. Awesome game

I remember a couple of times a week getting a later bus home from school so I could stay in town and play it in the amusement arcade using my dinner money. Well worth going hungry for

[dannyboy75]

Meh, the C64 was for rich kids. Speccy FTW.

[Smudger]

Am I right in thinking these are shipping without any games installed?

Doesn't that make them a bit useless?

[dannyboy75]

Buyers have the option to receive them sooner, if they're happy to install games themselves. I believe instructions on how to do this are included in the packaging.

[scaryjim]

... a few hours on Elite...

If you're going to play Elite with a console controller, you might as well hit up an Android NES emulator and play the version that Braben and Bell considered the best: http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/nes/index.htm

[dannyboy75]

You can also download a BBC Micro emulated version for free, from the Frontier store:

https://www.frontierstore.net/games/...elite1984.html

[scaryjim]

You can also download a BBC Micro emulated version for free, from the Frontier store:

https://www.frontierstore.net/games/...elite1984.html

Nice And the actual original of course, but no real controller support. The NES version manages to adapt the entire control system to work with a D-pad and three buttons (A, B, Select), via a funky menu/icon system. I've got an android gaming thing that has a controller built in, and having been a long time Elite fanatic (having played the BBC B, Archi and PC versions of the original in my youth) I definitely rate the NES version

[dannyboy75]

Hmm, I might have to give that a try. The only Android device I have is my work mobile though - do you reckon that NES emulator will run on a Galaxy A3?

[kalniel]

Except this is now just the Vega Plus.. can't call it Zx spectrum any more

[acekorneya]

This thing is trash whoever back this i feel sorry for what you're getting.. btw did anyone who commented here saw the video i couldn't stop laughing how bad this is the log is color paper LMFAO