HyperMegaTech, maker of the $69 Super Pocket handhelds that play Evercade cartridges, has delayed its planned Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum editions. The devices are now not expected to ship until well into 2027. via retrododo.com
Dougan.io has ported SDL Sopwith, also known as Sopwith 2 or The Red Baron, to the ZX Spectrum Next as a free action game. The project, still in development, converts the original MS-DOS biplane combat game using AI-assisted code. via itch.io
A modified version of NextPlayer called deNextPlayer brings improvements to the ZX Spectrum AY and TurboSound music player, including TR-DOS support, better navigation, error handling and stereo switching. The changes aim to make playback cleaner and more reliable. via console-classics.com
Developer marinovic has put out an updated release of Solseed: Journey to Spring, a platformer for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K. The game features classic screen-by-screen challenges across themed areas including winter woodlands, snowy forest and thawing landscapes. via indieretronews.com
Development trio RedBug, Pulsophonic and TITAN have released Frogger Junior, a homebrew reimagining of Konami's 1981 arcade classic Frogger, built for the Amstrad GX4000 and ZX Spectrum Next. The game casts players as a young frog navigating a hazardous crossing. via indieretronews.com
The Matthew Smith Collection boxset brings together ZX Spectrum classics Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and Styx. It includes cassette editions of the games alongside artwork, a hardcover book and bonus content. via console-classics.com
Developer shrek128 has released a ZX Spectrum Next port of Locomalito's platformer L'Abbaye des Morts, debuting it as a surprise launch at ByteFest 2026 in Prague, a four-day vintage computing festival held at the Toulcův dvůr venue. via indieretronews.com
A Kickstarter campaign is underway for a physical boxset called The Matthew Smith Collection, bringing together the ZX Spectrum classics Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and Styx. via kickstarter.com
7TowersoftGames has released Orbs of the Overlord - The ZX Demake, a turn-based dungeon crawler roguelike for the ZX Spectrum. The game spans ninety-nine floors and fifteen bosses and is available for $2.99, with English and Greek manuals included. via itch.io
A new emulator called Kozynax supports classic ZX Spectrum models and their various clones, running on Windows, Linux and macOS. It uses SDL for its interface, includes debugging tools, and adds support for the Karabas Pro FPGA hardware. via console-classics.com
A Kickstarter campaign has launched for Kwyll, a visual game development environment aimed at the ZX Spectrum and Spectrum Next. A beta version currently supports 48K Spectrum development, with a Next version and potential support for other 1980s home computers planned. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
A project called ZX Windows adds a desktop-style graphical user interface to the ZX Spectrum, showing how far the 1980s 8-bit computer's modest hardware can be pushed. It follows in the spirit of Sinclair's original design philosophy of getting more out of less powerful hardware. via hackaday.com
