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|type = [[:Category:Computers|Computers]]
|generation =
|release = 19801982|discontinued = 19841992
|predecessor = [[Sinclair ZX81 emulators|Sinclair ZX81]]
|successor =
}}
The '''[[wikipedia:ZX Spectrum|ZX Spectrum]]''' (Pronounced ZED-ex) is an 8-bit home computing platform developed by Sinclair in 1982. It was one of the three major 8-bit home computer platforms that dominated the market in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, alongside the '''[[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]]''' and the '''[[Amstrad CPC emulators|Amstrad Colour Personal Computer]]'''. The "Spectrum" is in reference to its color display, an innovation from the previous model, the '''[[Sinclair ZX81 emulators|ZX81]]'''. The Spectrum was released as eight different models, ranging from the entry-level model with 16 KiB RAM released in 1982 to the ZX Spectrum +3 with 128 KiB RAM and built-in floppy disk drive in 1987; together they sold in excess of 5 million units worldwide, not accounting for the numerous clones. The device was highly significant in British culture, so much so that its creator, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair Clive Sinclair], was knighted for services to the British industry, in 1983. Spectrum game development continues to this day, with over 100 new releases since 2012.
==Emulators==
An old list of emulators can be found [httphttps://www.worldofspectrum.org/tools/emulators.html here].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"|Name!scope="col"|Platform(s)!scope="col"|Latest Version!scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]!scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>!scope="col"|Active!scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="7"|PC / x86
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|[[EightyOne]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files {{EightyOneVer}}]|{{~}} <small>(WIP)</small>|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
|-
|[[FUSE]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator 1.5.7]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
|-
|[[Speccy]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/#Downloads {{SpeccyVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
|-
|[[ZEsarUX]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
|-
|[[BizHawk]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ZXSpectrum.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{~}}
|-
|Retro Virtual Machine|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.retrovirtualmachine.org 2.0.beta-1.r6]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{~}}
|-
|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{~}}
|-
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{TBD}}
|-
|ZX-Poly|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/raydac/zxpoly {{ZXPolyVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{TBD}}
|-
|Xpeccy|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases {{XpeccyVer}}]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
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|[[DSP]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator git]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
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|[https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/fbzx fbzx]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/fbzx git]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
|-
|JSpeccy
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/jsanchezv/JSpeccy/releases git]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/spectaculator-review.htm Spectaculator]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.spectaculator.com/downloads 8.0]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}|[https://github.com/djdron/UnrealSpeccyP/release git]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html ZX4ALL]|align=left|{{Icon|Win|Linux|Mac}}|[http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html#Downloads Beta 2]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[httphttps://www.worldofspectrum.orgnet/features/x128/ index.html X128]|align=left|{{Icon|DOS}}|[ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/pc/dos/x128v94s.zip 0.94]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/mme-review.htm MTMW] <br/><small>(aka 'MulTiMachine')</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://www.zophar.net/sinclair/multi-machine.html 1.30b]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|#CSpect|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://dailly.blogspot.com 2.12.5]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
|-
!colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM
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|[https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fms.speccy Speccy]|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy 5.0.4]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
|-
|Spectacol|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.licentia.games.spectacol 3.0.7]|{{✗}}|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/spectaculator-review.htm Spectaculator]|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}|[http://www.spectaculator.com/downloads/ 7.0] <small>([[IOS emulators|iOS]])</small><br/>2.1.1 <small>([[Android emulators|Android]])</small>|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Dingoo}}|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads 0.0.86.9]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
|-
!colspan="7"|Consoles
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|PSPectrum|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://worldofspectrum.net/pub/sinclair/emulators/psp/PSPectrum_1.0.4_for_1.5.zip 1.0.4]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✓}}
|-
|DreamSpec<br/><small>Very old, Broken and Unused Emulator</small>|align=left|{{Icon|DC|PS2|Xbox}}|[https://classicgaming.dcemulation.org/ Various]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{TBD}}
|-
|[http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html ZX4ALL]|align=left|{{Icon|DC}}|[http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html#Downloads Beta 2]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{TBD}}
|-
|[[Emulators_in_Games#Goldeneye 007 (ZX Spectrum Emulator)|GoldenEye 007]]|align=left|{{Icon|N64}}|[http://www.mediafire.com/download/6bnashajw41n5p5/Spectrum.zip 007]|{{✗}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ 0.0.62]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|Fuse PSP|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[http://psp.akop.org/fuse.htm 0.10.0.21]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|}
The ZX Spectrum+3B fixed some audio clipping issues and it cannot have an tape drive.
==NotesExternal links==
* [https://www.zophar.net/sinclair.html Zophar's Domain] (Huge, heady chart showing download links and info of many old ZX / Spectrum / QL Series emulators)
* [http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/emulators.htm ZXPlanet] (Emulators page with links to detailed reviews of many old ZX Spectrum emulators)
* [http://www.retroisle.com/sinclair/zxspectrum/emulators.php www.retroisle.comRetro Isle] (Page showing three old emulators for ZX Spectrum)* [https://www.consoleroms.com/emulators/zx-spectrum Full list of ZX Spectrum EmulatorsConsoleRoms](Page showing a couple other emulators)
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