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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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 also...
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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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This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. There are currently 1977 games in this incomplete list. According to the 90th issue...
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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 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'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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ocean Software (redirect from Spectrum Games (publishing company))
Ocean developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Oric 1, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16,...
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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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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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Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-28. "Alien (ZX Spectrum)". IGN. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2008-10-20...
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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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Composite artifact colors (section ZX Spectrum)
colors on machines with a sufficiently high resolution display, like the ZX Spectrum, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES/Famicom or Amiga. In the NTSC color system as...
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Music tracker (redirect from Soundtracker (ZX Spectrum))
Tracker Alternative demo platforms Amiga Atari ST Commodore 64 MS-DOS ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC Current parties Alternative Party Assembly Chaos Constructions...
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Micro, the ZX Spectrum, and later the Amstrad CPC 464. but the C64 was still the second-most-popular computer in the UK after the ZX Spectrum. The Commodore...
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Road, 1943: The Battle of Midway and Black Tiger for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Amiga platforms. Their first five Capcom releases...
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List of light-gun games (section ZX Spectrum)
This is a list of light-gun games, video games that use a non-fixed gun controller, organized by the arcade, video game console or home computer system...
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the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum, which had boosted interest in hobbyist programming in the area. Timex employees could buy subsidised ZX Spectrum units, and the...
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