The ZX Spectrum (UK: /zɛd ɛks/) is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. Considered one of the most influential computers...
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This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. There are currently 1978 games in this incomplete list. According to the 90th issue...
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The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research's ZX Spectrum home computer. This list includes both official clones (from Timex Corporation) and...
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The ZX Spectrum's software library was very diverse. While the majority of the software produced for the system was video games, others included programming...
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The ZX Spectrum Next is an 8-bit home computer, initially released in 2017, which is compatible with software and hardware for the 1982 ZX Spectrum. It...
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The original ZX Spectrum computer produces a one bit per pixel, bitmapped colour graphics video output. A composite video signal is generated through...
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The ZX Spectrum character set is the variant of ASCII used in the ZX Spectrum family computers. It is based on ASCII-1967 but the characters ^, ` and...
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The ZX Spectrum Vega is a modern redesign of the ZX Spectrum in the form of a miniaturised TV game, created with the involvement of Sir Clive Sinclair...
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computing to a generation, with more that 1.5 million sold. In 1982 the ZX Spectrum was released, becoming the UK's best selling computer, and competing...
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Sinclair BASIC (redirect from ZX BASIC)
concern. Performance became a more serious issue with the release of the ZX Spectrum in 1983, which ran too slowly to make full use of the machine's new features...
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Micromania, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC Raiders5, UPL, Arcade Wriggler, Devonshire, ZX Spectrum Zone X, Gremlin Graphics, Atari 8-bit 1986 A-Maze, K'Soft, ZX Spectrum...
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The ZX Interface 1, launched in 1983, was a peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer. Originally intended as a local area network...
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The ZX Spectrum Vega+ is a handheld game console based on the ZX Spectrum and designed by Rick Dickinson as a follow-up to the ZX Spectrum Vega handheld...
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Timex Sinclair 2068 (category ZX Spectrum clones)
Following Timex's ZX81-based T/S 1000 and T/S 1500, a new series of ZX Spectrum-based machines was created. Initially named T/S 2000 (as reflected on...
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home computer for less than £100) and in the early 1980s, the ZX81, ZX Spectrum and the Sinclair QL. Sinclair Research is widely recognised for its importance...
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its home computers beginning with the Amstrad CPC and later also the ZX Spectrum range after the Sinclair deal, which led it to have a substantial share...
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The ZX Microdrive is a magnetic-tape data storage system launched in July 1983 by Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer. It was proposed...
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SAM Coupé (category ZX Spectrum clones)
compatibility mode with the ZX Spectrum 48K with influences from the Loki project and marketed as a logical upgrade from the Spectrum with increased memory...
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Ocean Software (redirect from Spectrum Games (publishing company))
developed dozens of games for a variety of home computer systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Oric 1, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16,...
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as the Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, MSX and the ZX Spectrum. Reception Tetris was a commercial success in Europe and the United States:...
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система) For 8-bit microcomputers MicroDOS (МикроДОС) — CP/M 2.2 clone For ZX Spectrum clones iS-DOS, TASiS DNA-OS For different platforms MISS (Multipurpose...
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new Dizzy game, their first for over 20 years. In a fun video for the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter campaign they revealed the game would be inspired by...
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ZX81 (redirect from Sinclair ZX-81)
similar to that of the ZX Spectrum, incorporating 16 KB of on-board memory. It was effectively a stopgap between the ZX81 and Spectrum. However, it was unsuccessful...
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TRS-80, ZX Spectrum) 1983: H.U.R.G: High-Level User-Friendly Real-Time Games Designer (ZX Spectrum) 1984: Castle of Terror (Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum), Hampstead...
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Sinclair QL (redirect from ZX-83)
launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as an upper-end counterpart to the ZX Spectrum. The QL was aimed at the serious home user and professional and executive...
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Music tracker (redirect from Soundtracker (ZX Spectrum))
Diskmag Module file Tracker Alternative demo platforms Amiga Commodore 64 ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC Current parties Alternative Party Assembly Chaos Constructions...
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Horace (video game series) (category ZX Spectrum games)
Spiders. Hungry Horace and Horace and the Spiders were two of the few ZX Spectrum games also available in ROM format for use with the Interface 2. The...
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Jetpac (category ZX Spectrum games)
developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game and released for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 in 1983 and the BBC Micro in 1984. It is the first game to...
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Jet Set Willy (category ZX Spectrum games)
Set Willy is a platform video game written by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported...
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The ZX Interface 2 is a peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer released in September 1983. It has two joystick ports and...
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