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#SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM VEGA HANDHELD PORTABLE#

#SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM VEGA HANDHELD PORTABLE#

Many of the sections contain obsolete information or are completely out of date.While last year's officially licensed ZX Spectrum Vega-a plug-and-play games-only version of the UK's finest 1980s home computer-didn't quite live up to expectations, creator Retro Computers is hoping that a that new portable version will be more successful. Now that Retro Computers Ltd are no more, we are in the process of reorganising the website. This website aims to preserve the history of the Vega+ scandal so that this history will never be forgotten. In spite of these efforts, Retro Computers Ltd was put into liquidation in early 2019 by ex-director Janko Mrsic-Flogel, and to add insult to injury, Janko's own choice of liquidator was chosen. It appears that everyone that signed up has been ignored. Almost 1,000 people signed up, requesting more than £100,000.

The ZX Vega+ Refund Request Petition was setup to collect signatures for those wishing to register as a creditor.

After more than a year of delays, the SRA decided to do absolutely nothing.

The Solicitor's Regulation Authority investigated RCL lawfirms Michelmores and Teacher Stern in regards to their dealings with Retro Computers Ltd.

Several backers took the company to small claims court (and won).

An online petition on was setup asking for an investigation into the theft of more than £500,000.

Action Fraud in turn have ignored an investigation, with replies stating that backers should talk to the MET police instead.

The police appear to have ignored all requests for an investigation, instead redirecting requests to Action Fraud.

RCL have been reported to the MET police multiple times.

Somehow, the three directors of Retro Computers Ltd (David Levy, Suzanne Martin and Janko Mrsic-Flogel) appear to have gotten away with squandering the £500,000 of backers funds whilst ignoring refund requests and repeatedly lying to the retrogaming community and the media with false release dates: The media have regularly reported on the Vega+ scandal, with many newspaper articles and even a mention on Ripoff Britain in a Crowdfunding Scams report. With the demise of Retro Computers Ltd in 2019, the Vega+ console is officially dead.

Almost 400,000 people have now viewed the video! Please watch and spread this video! Approximately 5,000 backers ordered a first production run console from crowdfunding site Indiegogo, raising more than £500,000.Īfter 2 of the original directors were forced out of the company by David Levy, Suzanne Martin and Janko Mrsic-Flogel were installed as directors. This new team emptied the bank account of the "ring-fenced" banker funds that was supposed to be for manufacturing the console in the UK.Ī movie-length KickScammers video has been created by Daniel Ibbertson (aka DJ Slopes) containing a run-down of the majority of the Vega+ scam. The Vega+ was meant to be a high quality ZX Spectrum handheld games console that was going to be shipped with 1000 games and released by Retro Computers Ltd at the end of 2016.