Exhausted and Old but always better than ever the Commodore 64 looks down the newcomer with immense scorn; the Sinclair ZX Spectrum NEXT (Accelerated Version).

Three years have passed since the campaign on Kickstarter was opened and although i’m a Commodore man i have decided to take this bad misstep.

Many things have changed in three years and in that period i did not have money problems to spend for these fucking lame things, now and probably in the future is no longer possible.

I don’t just like collecting but also owning, whether it is a beautiful or ugly, new or old, if attracts me for some obscure reason, it must be mine.

Tests and updates that have been made:

• RAM upgrade from 1Mb to 2Mb
• Added a Piezo Buzzer.
• RGB/VGA Port Lock posts fitted.
• Update to the latest firmware version from GITHUB (downloadable here).
• VGA Video Output Test.
• RGB Video Output (SCART) Test.
• Loading Games/Demos from SD-CARD.
• Loading Games from Cassette Recorder.
• Testing new CORE.
• CP/M OS.
• 8BitDo Wireless Gamepad (Black Edition) Test.

I leave you with some photos of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum NEXT.

If you are interested in more information and photos go to the official support page.

Last minute:

After upgrading the Firmware and OS of the Spectrum Next from GIT (NextZXOS v2.06I / Firmware 1.29C / System/Next 1.3.2) the things are much better now.
Also an update of the piSend, the SID/XM/MOD… Audio Format Player has been released.
Player absolutely necessary and that could not miss going to make up for the bad audio of the AY/YM.

Gallery:

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source: specnext.com