The new Spectrum will launch against a background of clear enthusiasm for both new, high tech games and consoles, but also for very simple, older games. BlackBerry’s Brick Breaker game is as crucial to millions of users’ attachment to their devices as being able to get email on the go. That sort of enthusiasm means that Elite, the video games developer who was behind a range of the Spectrum’s original hits, has found a new lease of life with “emulators” that allow its games to be played on new devices. Although the company has so far only developed versions for Apple devices, such as the iPod and iPhone, it is also, like many others, planning to put the software on Google Android devices. It is also seeing success with its own modern games such as Paperboy, which was top 20 UK hit on Apple’s App Store.