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|title = Sinclair ZX Spectrum
|logo = Sinclair_spectrum.jpg
|developer = [[Sinclair Research]]
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Computers]]
|generation =
|release = 19801982|discontinued = 19841992|predecessor = [[Sinclair ZX81 emulators|Sinclair ZX81]]|successor = QL
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
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].
<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%">{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"!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 Emulatorsemulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="67"|PC / x86
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|[[EightyOne]](81)|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files/ {{EightyOneVer}}]|{{~}} <small>(WIP)</small>| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
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|[[FUSE]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|AmigaOS|MorphOS}}<br/>{{Icon|575}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator{{FuseVer}}]<br/ 1>[http://fuse-emulator.5sourceforge.7net/#Download Ports]| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
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|[[Speccy]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/#Downloads {{SpeccyVer}}]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
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|[[ZEsarUX]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|UNIX}}|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
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|[[BizHawkSpecEmu]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://tasvideosspecemu.orgzxe.io/Bizhawk/ZXSpectrum.html {{BizHawkVerSpecEmuVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~✓}}| {{?}}
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|Retro Virtual MachineSwan|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httphttps://wwwgithub.retrovirtualmachine.orgcom/ 2.0.betazoran-1.r6vucenovic/swan/releases {{SwanVer}}]|{{✗?}}| {{?}}|{{✓}}|{{~?}}
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|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU[BizHawk]] <small>(Russian)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bashkiria-2mtasvideos.narod.ruorg/indexBizhawk/files/0-11 1ZXSpectrum.01html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}
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|XpeccyRetro Virtual Machine|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httpshttp://githubwww.retrovirtualmachine.org 2.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases 1.9]| {{XpeccyVer✗}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓✗}}|{{✗~}}
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|DSP[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniadTomHarte/dsp-emulator 0.18CLK/releases {{clkVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗✓}}| {{TBD}}
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|fbzx[[ares]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}| [https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{TBD}}|-| ZX-Poly| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}| [https://github.com/raydac/zxpoly 2.3.3]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{TBD}}|-| [http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|-| Xpeccy| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases {{XpeccyVer}}]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-| [[DSP]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator git]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-|[https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/fbzxfbzx]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [https:/tags/4gitlab.0.0 4.0.0com/rastersoft/fbzx git]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}
|-
|JSpeccy
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/jsanchezv/JSpeccy/releases 0git]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-| [[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.93com/downloads 8.10]|{{✗}}|{{✓✗}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}
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|[[MAME]https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}|[httphttps://www.mamedevbitbucket.org/release.html djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ git]| {{MAMEVer✗}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
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|[http://zxplanetchui.emuunlimdcemu.comco.uk/spectaculator-reviewzx4all.htm Spectaculatorhtml ZX4ALL]|align=left|{{Icon|WindowsWin|Linux|macOS|FreeBSDMac}}|[http://wwwchui.spectaculatordcemu.comco.uk/downloads/ 8zx4all.0html#Downloads Beta 2]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
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|[https://bitbucketworldofspectrum.orgnet/djdronfeatures/unrealspeccypx128/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyPindex.html X128]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|WebDOS}}|[https://github.com/djdron/UnrealSpeccyP/releases 0.0.87]94|{{✗}}|{{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}
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|[http://wwwzxplanet.emuunlim.worldofspectrumcom/mme-review.orghtm MTMW] <br/x128><small>(aka 'MulTiMachine')</ X128]small>|align=left|{{Icon|DOSWindows}}|[ftphttps://ftpwww.worldofspectrumzophar.org/pubnet/sinclair/emulators/pc/dos/x128v94smulti-machine.zip 0html 1.9430b]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
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|[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/mme-review.htm MTMW] <br/><small>(aka 'MulTiMachine')</small>#CSpect|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://wwwmdf200.zopharitch.netio/sinclair/multi-machine.html 1.30bcspect {{CSpectVer}}]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✗✓}}|{{✗}}
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|#CSpectLnxSpectrum|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://daillywww.blogspotilnx.comcz/ 2.12.5lnxsp/ {{LnxSpectrumVer}}]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
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|ZX-PolyZXSEC|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httpshttp://githubcngsoft.comno-ip.org/raydac/zxpoly {{ZXPolyVer}}cpcec.htm 20240328]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✓}}|{{TBD}}
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!colspan="67"|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 5.09.4]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
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|Spectacol|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.licentia.games.spectacol 31.6.0.75]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
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|[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>| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
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|[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]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
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!colspan="67"|Consoles
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|[http://psptwist.com/download/pspectrum-533.html PSPectrum]FUSE|align=left|{{Icon|PS3|PSP|Vita|NGC|Wii|WiiU}}{{Icon|NX|3DS}}|[ftphttps://ftppsp.worldofspectrumscenebeta.orgcom/pubnoticia/sinclairfuse-psp v0.10.02] [https:/emulators/psp/PSPectrum_1www.0brewology.4_for_1com/downloads/download.5php?id=13360&mcid=4 1.zip 10.0.41 Alpha 1]|{{✗✓}}| ?|{{✗}}|{{✓}}
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|[[Emulators_in_Games#Goldeneye 007 (ZX Spectrum Emulator)|GoldenEye 007]]PSPectrum|align=left|{{Icon|N64PSP}}|[httphttps://wwwworldofspectrum.mediafire.comnet/pub/sinclair/downloademulators/6bnashajw41n5p5psp/SpectrumPSPectrum_1.0.4_for_1.5.zip 0071.0.4]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}| {{✓}}
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| [http://zxds.raxoft.cz/ ZXDS]| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}| 1.4.0| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| [[Emulators_in_Games#Goldeneye 007 (ZX Spectrum Emulator)|GoldenEye 007]]| align=left|{{Icon|N64}}| [https://tcrf.net/images/1/1c/Goldeneye-ZXSpectrumPatch.7z Patch]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}|-| FBZX Wii| align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}| [http://fbzx-wii.googlecode.com/files/fbzx-wii-v10-bin.tar.gz v10]| {{✗}}| ?| {{✗}}| {{✓}}|-| Foon| align=left|{{Icon|GBA}}| [http://www.codepuppies.com/ben/sens/gba/mirror/about.html 0.22]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}|-| 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}}|-|[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]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}
|}
</div>
==Models==
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_+2B_and_+3B|ZX Spectrum+3B]]====
The ZX Spectrum+3B fixed some audio clipping issues and it cannot have an a tape drive. ==Notes==
==External 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)
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum emulators|*]][[Category:Z80-based]]
