CREATING THE SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM VEGA UPDATE
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I guess my mind was saying this is light and therefore made cheaply but nothing could be further from the truth. This was slightly worrying to me, perhaps for the wrong reasons. YouвЂ™ll also notice how light the console feels when picked up. When you look inside the box you will first notice how the Vega is designed to look a little like the iconic 48k Spectrum. This really is certainly a nice touch from the creators.

The design of the box, with its black cardboard sleeve and iconic rainbow stripe in the corner, has been made to look just like the original 48k home computer box. Sky has allowed the Spectrum name to be used for this product under licence. As some of you may know, the intellectual property rights to the Sinclair computers was first sold to Amstrad and is now under the ownership of Sky In-Home Service Ltd. The Vega is being marketed by Retro Computers Ltd, which Sir CliveвЂ™s company, Sinclair Research Ltd, is a shareholder of.

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One thing to bear in mind is that the Vega has been developed with the full blessing of Sir Clive Sinclair and that, in itself, gives the console a huge вЂњmust-haveвЂќ appeal вЂ“ to me at least. Soon after the Indiegogo campaign, SMS Electronics was chosen as the company to build and bring the console to market. The creators initially said they would deliver the gaming console in late summer 2016.Д¬orrection: This article was updated to clarify that Indiegogo gave one extension to Retro Computers Ltd.The Sinclair Vega was developed after a successful Indiegogo campaign which raised a staggering ВЈ150K. Since launching, RCL obtained $688,230 (ВЈ512,790) from a total of 4,772 financial Indiegogo donors. In its latest statement, June 1, RCL claimed it was 'still determined to deliver the Vega' this month. We hope that the Vega+ team follows through on their promise, and that any remedial efforts on our part will be rendered obsolete.'

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Indiegogo's spokesperson continued: 'The campaign is still open to the Vega+ team, and they continue to have the ability to update you all via our platform. Responding, the Sinclair ZX Vega team tweeted: 'To be clear, we offered to demo the unit to Indiegogo's London based representative and this is how they have reacted.'Д¬ommenters quickly noted that was not the same as providing a review unit for independent checks.

'Please note that, while we are pursuing collections, this process can take considerable time and the Vega+ team still has the opportunity to fulfill on their obligation of shipping the consoles to backers.' This week, we will be working with a collections agency to attempt to recoup funds disbursed, in an effort to be able to refund backers. The crowdfunding website said RCL failed to provide it with a working review console.ДЄ statement read: 'This has been a challenging situation for all involved, and one we thought would be resolved with the backers receiving their game consoles. IndiegogoД«ut while Indiegogo said it was working with authorities, it admitted the process would take time. The Sinclair Spectrum Vega has faced a troubled development, and Indiegogo is calling in the debt collectors.

I sincerely hope that Indiegogo follow through with this. One former supporter wrote: 'I just want my money back now, I don't want to receive a bit of hastily constructed plastic that will probably fall apart after 2 hours. In the wake of today's news, angered backers of the campaign are using the Indiegogo website to demand refunds.

CREATING THE SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM VEGA PLUS

RCL pledged to ship a batch of Spectrum Vega Plus consoles to customers by June 15 but this week released a statement on Facebook detailing more potential delays due to ongoing internal disputes. It played on nostalgia by taking inspiration from the 1980s Spectrum products.ДЄs reported by The Register, Indiegogo recently gave the campaign a short extension on a May deadline on conditions including that it provide a finished device by May 5, a request that was not met. Asking for up to $100 from supporters, the concepts showed a handheld device that would come packaged with 1,000 licensed games. The project was launched in March 2016 by U.K.-based Retro Computers Ltd (RCL) but since then has faced multiple production delays and, most recently, legal disputes.

Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo said it on Wednesday it is bringing in a team of debt collectors to reimburse the 4,000-plus backers of a fundraising campaign that promised to create and release a retro gaming console called the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus.

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