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WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE ZX SPECTRUM?

“When the very first units started to get delivered, we were hit with a stream of unboxing pictures and testimonials that surpassed our wildest hopes”
Henrique Olifiers

In fact, it’s proven to be such a hit that when Henrique Olifiers started a second Kickstarter to deliver an enhanced version of the Spectrum Next, it absolutely smashed its £250,000 target goal in under five minutes, and it went on to beat the original final Kickstarter amount of £723,390 in its first 24 hours. The second run has now finished and sits at a staggering £1,847,106, enough to ensure a new episode of with input from creator Jon Ritman will be made. Needless to say, Henrique couldn’t be happier.

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