But why ‘The Spectrum’? Presumably because creators Retro Games Ltd couldn’t get rights to ‘The ... So what else is going on inside this little black box? Well, it’s emulation, and so crack it open ...

It was possible to program in Basic and play some games. The ZX Spectrum’s competitor was the Commodore 64, a popular machine that Retro Games had already recreated. Nowadays we’ve got The ...