Tristan Donovan, a U.K. writer who has contributed to Edge and The Guardian*, has just released a new book called* Replay: The History of Video Games. Wired.com is pleased to share several excerpts ...

At the end of the 1970s, the 8-bit home computer market had been under way for several years. Companies like Apple and Commodore had produced machines that retain a cult following to this day, and ...

Industrial designer who gave the ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum their distinctive look has died of cancer in the US The designer of the Sinclair Spectrum home computer, Rick Dickinson, has died of cancer ...

There have been many significant days in the history of the UK games industry, but the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was arguably the first of them. I went to meet two people that helped make it ...

In April 1982 a small British company, led by Sir Clive Sinclair, launched the ZX Spectrum computer and sparked a revolution. The small, black computer with iconic rubber keys ignited the home ...