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 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.

An old list of emulators can be found [httphttps://www.worldofspectrum.org/tools/emulators.html here].

!scope="col"|Name!scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(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]]|-!colspan="7"|PC / x86|-| [[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 {{FuseVer}}]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| [[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}}]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}

!colspan| [[BizHawk]]| align="6"left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ZXSpectrum.html {{BizHawkVer}}]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|PC{{~}}

|[[EightyOne]]Retro Virtual Machine| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httpshttp://sourceforgewww.retrovirtualmachine.org 2.0.net/projects/eightyonebeta-sinclair-emulator/files/ 1.r6]| {{EightyOneVer✗}}]|{{~✗}} <small>(WIP)</small>|{{✓✗}}|{{✓~}}

|[[FUSE]http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU]<small>(Russian)</small>|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httpshttp://sourceforgebashkiria-2m.netnarod.ru/projectsindex/fusefiles/0-emulator/ 11 1.5.601]|{{✓✗}}| {{✗}}|{{✓✗}}|{{✓~}}

|Speccy[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://fmsgithub.komkon.orgcom/TomHarte/SpeccyCLK/#Downloads 5.0releases {{clkVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}| {{TBD}}

|[[ZEsarUX]]ZX-Poly|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/chernandezbaraydac/zesarux/releases zxpoly {{ZEsarUXVerZXPolyVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}| {{TBD}}

|[[BizHawk]]Xpeccy| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://tasvideosgithub.orgcom/Bizhawksamstyle/ZXSpectrum.html Xpeccy/releases {{BizHawkVerXpeccyVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~✓}}| {{✗}}

|[[DSP]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator 0.18git]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

|[https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/fbzxfbzx]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/fbzx/tags/4.0.0 4.0.0git]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}

|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/jsanchezv/JSpeccy/releases 0.93.1git]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

|[[MAME]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

|Retro Virtual Machine[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/spectaculator-review.htm Spectaculator]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.retrovirtualmachinespectaculator.orgcom/ 2downloads 8.0.beta-1.r5]|{{✗}}|{{✓✗}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}

|[httphttps://zxplanetbitbucket.emuunlim.comorg/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/spectaculator-review.htm SpectaculatorHome UnrealSpeccyP]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}|[httphttps://wwwbitbucket.spectaculator.comorg/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ 8.0git]|{{✗}}|{{✗✓}}| {{✓}}|{{✗}}

|[httpshttp://bitbucketchui.orgdcemu.co.uk/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyPzx4all.html ZX4ALL]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Win|Linux|Mac}}|[httpshttp://githubchui.dcemu.co.comuk/djdron/UnrealSpeccyP/releases 0zx4all.0.83html#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]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}

|Xpeccy#CSpect|Unixalign=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://githubdailly.blogspot.com/samstyle/Xpeccy 02.616.201902090]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

!colspan="67"|Mobile/ ARM

|[https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fms.speccy Speccy]|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Android]]}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy 5.0.4]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|Spectacol|[[Android emulatorsalign=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]|[[IOS emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|iOS]], [[Android emulators|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] <br/>("USP")|Multi-platform <br/><small>(Mobile)</small>align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Dingoo}}|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ 0.0.8386.9]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

!colspan="67"|Consoles

|[http://psptwist.com/download/pspectrum-533.html PSPectrum]|[[PlayStation Portable emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|PSP]]}}|[ftphttps://ftp.worldofspectrum.orgnet/pub/sinclair/emulators/psp/PSPectrum_1.0.4_for_1.5.zip 1.0.4]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}

|[[Emulators_in_Games#Goldeneye 007 (ZX Spectrum DreamSpec<br/><small>Very old, Broken and Unused Emulator)</small>| align=left|{{Icon|GoldenEye 007]]DC|[[Nintendo 64 emulatorsPS2|Nintendo 64]]Xbox}}|[httphttps://wwwclassicgaming.mediafiredcemulation.com/downloadorg/6bnashajw41n5p5/Spectrum.zip 007Various]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✗}}|{{✗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}}| [https://tcrf.net/images/1/1c/Goldeneye-ZXSpectrumPatch.7z 007]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP] <br/>("USP")|[[PlayStation Portable emulatorsalign=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]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}

==NotesExternal links== 

* [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 ConsoleRoms] (Page showing a couple other emulators)

[[Category:ZX Spectrum emulators|*]]