{"id":9572,"date":"2025-07-20T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/9572\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:18:10","slug":"heres-your-third-and-probably-final-chance-to-own-a-zx-spectrum-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/9572\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s Your Third (And Probably Final) Chance To Own A ZX Spectrum Next"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Here's<\/a> Image: @ZXSpectrumNext<\/a><\/p>\n

Update [Sat 19th Jul 2025, 9:10am]:<\/p>\n

The crowdfunding campaign is now live:<\/p>\n

The NEW ZX Spectrum Next issue 3, just launched LIVE on Kickstarter!
Get your hands on it now! > https:\/\/t.co\/WmoKaIR3ve<\/a> <\/p>\n

– plays ZX Spectrum and now C64 games + more!
– more capacity than ever – bigger\/better capability
– lots of reward options inc a translucent purple version pic.twitter.com\/iP6WEP5nTJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GamesYouLoved \ud83d\udd79\ufe0f\ud83d\udc7e\u2764\ufe0f (@gamesyouloved) July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Original Story: Based on FPGA technology and designed to run both past and next-generation Spectrum<\/a> software, the ZX Spectrum Next may be a niche proposition, but it has found plenty of fans in Sinclair fandom\u2014the only problem is that it’s incredibly hard to get hold of one as they’re not mass-produced.<\/p>\n

Instead, the team behind the system have held crowdfunding campaigns to raise the cash required to make more units, and we’re approaching the third and perhaps final of those campaigns.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve set July 19th 2025 as the go-live date for the third Kickstarter Campaign for the ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3,” says Henrique Olifiers<\/a>, a key figure behind the project. “With this third (and likely final) campaign, we hope to expand the community even more in order to make it better for game and app devs to be rewarded for their work: the more people with Nexts in their hands, the more stuff gets made for us all.”<\/p>\n

Kickstarter Issue 3!
LAST CHANCE to get your hands on the ZX Spectrum Next –\u00a0don’t miss out!<\/p>\n

Set your clocks 8am – Sat\u00a0July 19th 2025\u00a0as go-live for the 3rd & final Kickstarter<\/p>\n

Links:
Facebook: https:\/\/t.co\/TZf3YfftAh<\/a>
X:\u00a0@ZXSpectrumNext<\/a>
and website\u00a0https:\/\/t.co\/fFwhDbQJk7<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fwJHj4OZ00<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GamesYouLoved \ud83d\udd79\ufe0f\ud83d\udc7e\u2764\ufe0f (@gamesyouloved) June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Olifiers adds that, while there are alternatives available such as the “N-Go and X-Berry Pi boards,” there’s still a clear demand for “a cased, \u2018manualled\u2019 and boxed Next, and if this is what it takes to grow our community (currently clocking at around 16,000 units including clones), so be it: we\u2019ll do it again.”<\/p>\n

It is also revealed that a bunch of new FPGA cores are going to be compatible with the Next (including a C64<\/a> one), which should expand its appeal even more.<\/p>\n

Featuring a case design by the late Rick Dickinson\u2014the designer of the ZX81 and a key figure in the creation of the ZX Spectrum’s iconic rubber keyboard\u2014the Next’s first Kickstarter took place back in 2016 and raised \u00a3723,390. A second campaign in 2020 raised \u00a31,847,106.<\/p>\n

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Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media’s sites from an editorial perspective. He’s also the editor of Time Extension<\/a>, the network’s newest site, which \u2013 paradoxically \u2013 is all about gaming’s past glories.<\/p>\n