ZX Touch
Martyn Carroll talks to the chaps behind the new Spectrum handheld
The ZX Touch designer Goran Radan, who previously developed the popular ZX-VGA-JOY interface.
The ZX Touch features a 7-inch touchscreen, eight tactile buttons and an analog thumbstick.
Banishing memories of the Vega+ debacle, the ZX Touch is a brandnew handheld for playing Spectrum games on the go, that’s available to buy right now. To find out more about it, we caught up with the device’s developer Goran Radan and its distributor Thomas Eberle.
Can you briefly describe the history of the ZX Touch and how it came to be?
Goran: For the past decade my professional focus has been developing embedded devices with graphical interfaces. Personally, I’m passionate about vintage computers, particularly the ZX Spectrum, so creating a Spectrum handheld seemed like a perfect fit. The first prototype was completed two years ago and I did it entirely for fun. Then I shared it with Thomas, who’s a huge Spectrum enthusiast and knows the community much better than I do. Without his energy and enthusiasm, the ZX Touch would have never become a product for market.