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Please enjoy this mammoth 45-minute tour and review of the more advanced ZX Spectrum Next "Plus" model, with the usual Π―R fun sprinkled in of course!

Spoiler alert: User guide cover is shown if you're trying not to see it until you get your Next.

Video: https://youtu.be/o8_kh73-MPk

As always please feel free to let me know any corrections or suggestions. Thank you for your ongoing support!

Your friend in retro, Perifractic

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The ZX Spectrum Next "Plus", & the tape that doesn't exist?!

On today's menu a special review & tour of the more advanced ZX Spectrum Next "Plus" version inc. setting time through Wi-Fi, CP/M software import & creating a tape from nothing, made possible by the patrons & our friendly sponsor http://PCBWay.com - easy PCBs from $5! β”„β”„ SAUSAGE LINKS β”„β”„ πŸ™ Become a patron: http://patreon.com/perifractic πŸ‘ Support in other ways: http://perifractic.com/support 🎧 Stream the music: http://perifractic.com/music πŸ›  Get my tools & tees*: http://perifractic.com/shop βœ… Subscribe now: http://youtube.com/perifractic?sub_confirmation=1 πŸ—¨οΈ Contact/follow/comment: http://perifractic.com/comment β”„β”„ MENU β”„β”„ 0:06 - Intro & Backstory 3:55 - Unboxing & Specs 8:25 - Zero Day Update 11:04 - Demos & Music 14:52 - The PCB, RTC, Wi-Fi 17:09 - Games! 18:49 - User Guide 19:44 - Turbo Modes 23:15 - Old 3D Games in Turbo 25:35 - CP/M & Sargon Chess 28:57 - Personalities (ZX80, ZX81, Timex, etc.) 29:21 - Wi-Fi 32:27 - RTC Real-Time Clock 33:57 - Tape Creation & Loading 39:38 - Atic Atac! 42:44 - Review Score 43:20 - Cassette Inlay & Label Creation β”„β”„ RECIPE INGREDIENTS β”„β”„ β€’ ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 coming soon: https://www.specnext.com/shop/ β€’ Melkhior's Mansion: https://retroeric.itch.io/melkhiors-mansion β”„β”„ SAUCES USED WITH THANKS β”„β”„ β€’ Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons β€’ The Internet Archive β€’ RZX Archive β€’ Andrew Rossiter β€’ MetInSeven β€’ Last Movie Outpost β€’ John T Morton β€’ Richard Jordan β€’ Kev Brady β€’ Damir Slogar β€’ http://retroarchive.org β”„β”„ CHEERS TO β”„β”„ β€’ Jim Bagley β€’ Ladyfractic & Puppyfractic β€’ http://MattGrandis.net for building my website β€’ Pablo Roldan: http://youtube.com/elwoz β€’ Gardenside Productions, Clue Detectives, & Paradise Radio β€’ Every attempt was made to contact copyright owners before including content. All media featured is marked as public domain on Google Images, used with written permission, or shown under fair use law. β€’ Check out my friend's cool videos about the origins of certain words: https://youtu.be/U_RKZ90DcjM 🚘 With free Tesla supercharging you can afford more retro gear!: http://bit.ly/teslafractic ©️ All music & content Copyright Perifractic's Retro Recipes 1988-2020. All rights reserved. *Some affiliate links may help support this retrochannel but all opinions are 100% unbiased. #retrogaming #retrocomputing #chess #gamergirl

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Ewen McNeill

Good video, and definitely Perifractic flavoured :-) The one thing I noticed NostalgiaNerd do that may matter is to give a spoiler warning when showing the manual cover: apparently the cover is supposed to be a surprise and these Spectrum Nexts seem to be only just shipping so possibly not everyone has seen the cover yet. Probably it worth another upload on its own, but if you are uploading again for another reason, maybe throw in a β€œspoiler warning” subtitle? Ewen

David Cherriman

Yes at last a Speccy review.. and the video makes me want one.. I love the way they have used the design for using tapes and joystick as well. Thank you for putting this up.. much enjoyed!

Hedders

Great video. One of your best. The only problem is now I'm even more impatient for my Next to arrive!

Fredrik Wolf

This is good stuff, the nostalgia is strong with you!

Andrew J McCarty

I wasn't even aware of this thing at it looks AWESOME! Though, I think you spent more time with it, then you did with Ladyfractic this week. Shame on you!

Nigel Draycott

Currently watching Nostalgia Nerds hour long review of the Next and adding your review to my watch list. sigh....it’s so hard being a retro nerd πŸ‘

Retro Recipes πŸ‘Ύ PowerUp!

What a tough life! I'm sure his is more thorough but I intentionally haven't watched until mine is done. Don't want to get influenced with ideas or opinion. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ I probably have a slightly different angle/goal πŸ‘πŸ•ΉοΈ

Nigel Draycott

The new version of this video you have linked to is marked as private.

John McDermott

Great video Chris. The Next is a cracking machine. I had the Dev board for a fair while. I reviewed NextDAW in the last Crash! annual (as well as the Next versions of Guild of Thieves and the Pawn) and I'm very much looking forward to hearing what you create with it! Also - I have a few original Atic Atac's and even though your recreation looks fab, it's always nice to have an original so I'll pop one of my spare's in the post to you :)

kneehighspy

as you mentioned, the greatest graphics are in your mind, which is why i loved infocom games so much. isn’t the zx spectrum similar to the timex sinclair 1000 released here in the states? keep ip the great vids perifractic. πŸ™‚