Editing ZX Spectrum (section)

=== Recreations ===
In 2013, an [[FPGA]]-based [[List_of_ZX_Spectrum_clones#PLD-based_clones|clone]] known as the [[ZX-Uno|ZX Uno]], was formally announced. All of its hardware, firmware and software are [[open source]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=By|date=13 January 2017|title=Retro ZX Spectrum Lives A Spartan Existence|url=https://hackaday.com/2017/01/12/retro-zx-spectrum-lives-a-spartan-existence/|access-date=30 July 2020|website=Hackaday|language=en-US|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725020214/https://hackaday.com/2017/01/12/retro-zx-spectrum-lives-a-spartan-existence/|url-status=live}}</ref> released as [[Creative Commons licence]] Share-alike. The use of a [[Spartan (FPGA)|Spartan]] FPGA allows the system to not only re-implement the ZX Spectrum, but many other 8-bit computers and games consoles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Back this Crowdfunding "ZX-UNO" in Verkami|url=https://www.verkami.com/projects/14074-zx-uno|access-date=30 July 2020|website=www.verkami.com|language=en|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905095017/https://www.verkami.com/projects/14074-zx-uno|url-status=live}}</ref> The Uno was successfully [[crowdfunding|crowdfunded]] in 2016 and the first boards went on sale the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zxuno.speccy.org/index_e.shtml|title=ZX-Uno|access-date=20 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105191835/http://zxuno.speccy.org/index_e.shtml|archive-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>

In January 2014, [[Elite Systems]], who produced a successful range of software for the original ZX Spectrum in the 1980s, announced plans for a Spectrum-themed [[bluetooth]] keyboard that would attach to mobile devices.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/29/sinclairs_zx_spectrum_to_live_again/|title=Sinclair's ZX Spectrum to LIVE AGAIN!|first=Simon|last=Sharwood|work=The Register|date=29 January 2014|access-date=31 January 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131073309/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/29/sinclairs_zx_spectrum_to_live_again/|archive-date=31 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/zx-spectrum-is-coming-back-as-a-bluetooth-keyboard-1211655|title=ZX Spectrum is coming back as a Bluetooth keyboard|first=Alex|last=Hamilton|work=TechRadar|date=2 January 2014|access-date=31 January 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204231450/http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/zx-spectrum-is-coming-back-as-a-bluetooth-keyboard-1211655|archive-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> The company used a crowdfunding campaign to fund the ''Recreated ZX Spectrum'', which would be compatible with games the company had already released on [[iTunes]] and [[Google Play]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10546696/ZX-Spectrum-to-be-resurrected-as-Bluetooth-keyboard.html|title=ZX Spectrum to be resurrected as Bluetooth keyboard|first=Sophie|last=Curtis|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=2 January 2014|access-date=31 January 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031043/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10546696/ZX-Spectrum-to-be-resurrected-as-Bluetooth-keyboard.html|archive-date=6 January 2014}}</ref> Elite Systems took down its Spectrum Collection application the following month, due to complaints from authors of the original software that they had not been paid for the content.<ref>{{cite news |author=Alex Hern |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2014/feb/13/zx-spectrum-kickstarter-over-unpaid-developer-bills |title=ZX Spectrum Kickstarter project stalls over unpaid developer bills |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=26 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627035003/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2014/feb/13/zx-spectrum-kickstarter-over-unpaid-developer-bills |archive-date=27 June 2015 }}</ref> ''[[Wired UK]]'' described the finished device, which was styled as an original Spectrum 48k keyboard, as "absolutely gorgeous" but said it was ultimately more of an expensive novelty than an actual Spectrum.<ref name="Rundle">{{Cite magazine|last=Rundle|first=Michael|date=1 October 2015|title=Which of the 'retro' Spectrum remakes is worth your £100?|language=en-GB|magazine=[[Wired UK]]|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|location=New York City|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/recreated-spectrum-zx-vega-review|access-date=30 July 2020|issn=1357-0978|archive-date=4 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904141917/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/recreated-spectrum-zx-vega-review|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2019, ''[[Eurogamer]]'' reported that many of the orders had yet to be delivered due to a dispute between Elite Systems and their manufacturer, Eurotech.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yin-Poole|first=Wesley|date=8 July 2016|title=When Kickstarters go bad: chasing down the Recreated ZX Spectrum|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-08-when-kickstarters-go-bad-chasing-down-the-recreated-zx-spectrum|access-date=30 July 2020|website=[[Eurogamer]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|location=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]|language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011181505/https://www.eurogamer.net/when-kickstarters-go-bad-chasing-down-the-recreated-zx-spectrum|archivedate=11 October 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega.png|thumb|The ZX Spectrum Vega TV Game Console, made by Retro Computers]]

Later in 2014, the [[ZX Spectrum Vega]] retro video game console was announced by Retro Computers and crowdfunded on [[Indiegogo]] with the backing of Clive Sinclair.<ref name=guardian20121202>{{cite news |author=Samuel Gibbs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/zx-spectrum-vega-games-console |title=ZX Spectrum gets new lease of life as Vega games console |date=2 December 2014|newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=26 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625225821/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/zx-spectrum-vega-games-console |archive-date=25 June 2015 }}</ref> The Vega, released in 2015, took the form of a [[handheld TV game]]<ref name=guardian20121202/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10547681/8-reasons-you-should-be-excited-about-the-return-of-the-ZX-Spectrum.html|title=8 reasons you should be excited about the return of the ZX Spectrum|author=Theo Merz|date=3 January 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323011350/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10547681/8-reasons-you-should-be-excited-about-the-return-of-the-ZX-Spectrum.html|archive-date=23 March 2016|url-status=live|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> but the lack of a full keyboard<ref name=syntax>{{cite news|last=Kelion|first=Leo|date=2 December 2014|title=Syntax era: Sir Clive Sinclair's ZX Spectrum revolution|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30333671|url-status=live|access-date=8 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207122843/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30333671|archive-date=7 December 2014}}</ref> led to criticism from reviewers due to the large number of text adventures supplied with the device.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McFerran|first=Damien|title=ZX Spectrum Vega Review|url=https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/zx-spectrum-vega|access-date=30 July 2020|website=Trusted Reviews|date=16 September 2015|language=en|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905014409/https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/zx-spectrum-vega|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sinclair Vega|url=http://www.thespectrumshow.co.uk/Feature12.aspx|access-date=30 July 2020|website=www.thespectrumshow.co.uk|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812162113/http://www.thespectrumshow.co.uk/Feature12.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Most reviewers branded the device cheap and uncomfortable to use.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ZX Spectrum Vega vs Recreated ZX Spectrum|url=https://www.stuff.tv/features/zx-spectrum-vega-vs-recreated-zx-spectrum/zx-spectrum-vega-ps100-pp|access-date=30 July 2020|website=Stuff|language=en|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803180757/https://www.stuff.tv/features/zx-spectrum-vega-vs-recreated-zx-spectrum/zx-spectrum-vega-ps100-pp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Rundle"/> The follow-up, the [[ZX Spectrum Vega+]] was designed as a [[handheld game console]]. Despite reaching its crowdfunding target in March 2016,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Merriman|first1=Chris|title=ZX Spectrum Vega+ raises three times its Indiegogo target in three weeks|url=http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2450038/zx-spectrum-vega-raises-three-times-its-indigogo-target-in-three-weeks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309104916/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2450038/zx-spectrum-vega-raises-three-times-its-indigogo-target-in-three-weeks|url-status=unfit|archive-date=9 March 2016|access-date=25 August 2016|website=The Inquirer|publisher=Incisive Business Media Limited}}</ref> the company failed to fulfil the majority of orders. Reviewing the Vega+, ''[[The Register]]'' criticised numerous aspects and features of the machine, including its design and build quality and summed up by saying that the "entire feel is plasticky and inconsequential".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.com/2018/08/09/zx_spectrum_vega_plus_hands_on_review/|title=ZX Spectrum Vega+ blows a FUSE: It runs open-source emulator|last1=Corfield|first1=Gareth|website=The Register|date=9 August 2018|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=22 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622013509/https://www.theregister.com/2018/08/09/zx_spectrum_vega_plus_hands_on_review/|url-status=live}}</ref> Retro Computers Ltd was placed into liquidation in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Corfield|first1=Gareth|title=Is this a wind-up?|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/05/retro_computers_ltd_wound_up_private_planet/|access-date=5 February 2019|website=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|date=5 February 2019|archive-date=5 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205212610/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/05/retro_computers_ltd_wound_up_private_planet/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[ZX Spectrum Next]] is an expanded and updated version of the ZX Spectrum computer implemented with FPGA technology<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.specnext.com/about/ |website=Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next |date=29 April 2017 |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105135454/https://www.specnext.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> funded by a [[Kickstarter]] campaign in April 2017,<ref>{{cite news|date=24 April 2017|title=Celebrate the Sinclair ZX Spectrum's 35th anniversary with… yet another retro console|newspaper=Metro (UK)|url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/04/24/celebrate-the-sinclair-zx-spectrums-35th-anniversary-with-yet-another-retro-console-6594446/|access-date=30 July 2020|archive-date=6 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006190020/https://metro.co.uk/2017/04/24/celebrate-the-sinclair-zx-spectrums-35th-anniversary-with-yet-another-retro-console-6594446/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref> with the board-only computer delivered to backers later that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.specnext.com/instructions-for-the-2a-next-board/|title=Quick Start Guide / Instructions for the 2A/B Next boards|website=ZX Spectrum Next|date=3 December 2017 |access-date=15 May 2024|archive-date=29 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329112652/https://www.specnext.com/instructions-for-the-2a-next-board/|url-status=live}}</ref> The finished machine, including a case designed by [[Rick Dickinson]] who died during the development of the project,<ref>{{Citation|last=Rick Dickinson|title=specnext1.1157|date=28 September 2017|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/9574086@N02/37361836341/|access-date=30 July 2020|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124074656/https://www.flickr.com/photos/9574086@N02/37361836341/|url-status=live}}</ref> was released to backers in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=First ZX Spectrum Next delivered |url=https://www.specnext.com/first-zx-spectrum-next-delivered/ |website=Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next |date=6 February 2020 |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-date=30 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530115336/https://www.specnext.com/first-zx-spectrum-next-delivered/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''MagPi'' called it "a lovely piece of kit", noting that it is "well-designed and well-built: authentic to the original, and with technology that nods to the past while remaining functional and relevant in the modern age".<ref>{{cite news|last=Hattersley|first=Lucy|date=April 2020|title=ZX Spectrum Next Accelerated review|newspaper=MagPi Magazine|url=https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/zx-spectrum-next-accelerated-review|access-date=30 July 2020|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725062422/https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/zx-spectrum-next-accelerated-review|url-status=live}}</ref> PC Pro magazine called the Next "undeniably impressive" while noting that some features are "not quite ready".<ref>{{cite news|last=Halfacree|first=Gareth|date=June 2020|title=ZX Spectrum Next|newspaper=PC Pro Magazine (UK)}}</ref> A further Kickstarter for an improved revision of the hardware was funded in August 2020.<ref name="bbc-news-2020-08-13">{{cite news |title=ZX Spectrum Next Issue 2 blasts through Kickstarter goal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53765852 |access-date=23 July 2021 |work=BBC News |date=13 August 2020 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723092838/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53765852 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[ZX Touch]] is a handheld gaming console, released by Elmar Electronic in November 2023, that uses [[Bare machine|bare-metal]] emulation to play ZX Spectrum games. It features a 7-inch touchscreen, built-in games, and microSD support for loading additional games.<ref>{{cite web |title=ZX Touch – ZX Spectrum handheld console |url=https://zx-touch.com/ |website=ZX Touch |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

In August 2024, Retro Games announced that they would be releasing a recreation of the ZX Spectrum titled "The Spectrum" which would include 48 built-in games, a save game option, rewind mode and pre-owned titles load up. It was released on 22 November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Games |first=Chris Smith, Retro |date=2024-01-11 |title=The Spectrum |url=https://retrogames.biz/products/thespectrum/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=retrogames.biz |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Matt Wales News |date=2024-08-27 |title=ZX Spectrum recreation coming this November from team behind Atari 400 Mini, rubber keys and all |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/zx-spectrum-recreation-coming-from-team-behind-atari-400-mini-rubber-keys-and-all |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}</ref>