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 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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sinclair QL (redirect from ZX-83)
launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as an upper-end counterpart to the ZX Spectrum. The QL was the last desktop microcomputer aimed at the serious home...
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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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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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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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Rabbit Software (section ZX Spectrum)
software company which produced video games for home computers such as the ZX Spectrum, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 in the early to mid-1980s. Rabbit's later software...
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came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers. Odin consisted of Managing...
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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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