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|developer = [[Sinclair Research]]

|release = 19801982|discontinued = 19841992|predecessor = [[Sinclair ZX81 emulators|Sinclair ZX81]]|successor = QL

 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].

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!colspan="67"|PC / x86

|[[EightyOne]](81)|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files/ {{EightyOneVer}}]|{{~}} <small>(WIP)</small>| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|[[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]| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|[[Speccy]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/#Downloads 5.1{{SpeccyVer}}]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|[[ZEsarUX]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|UNIX}}|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|[[BizHawkSpecEmu]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://tasvideosspecemu.orgzxe.io/Bizhawk/ZXSpectrum.html {{BizHawkVerSpecEmuVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~✓}}| {{?}}

|Retro Virtual MachineSwan|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[httphttps://wwwgithub.retrovirtualmachine.orgcom/ 2.0.betazoran-1.r6vucenovic/swan/releases {{SwanVer}}]|{{✗?}}| {{?}}|{{✓}}|{{~?}}

|[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}}]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

|XpeccyRetro Virtual Machine|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httpshttp://githubwww.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases 0retrovirtualmachine.org 2.61.202004179]|{{✗}}|{{✓✗}}|{{✗}}| {{~}}

|DSP[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniadTomHarte/dsp-emulator 0.18CLK/releases {{clkVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗✓}}| {{TBD}}

|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]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}

|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://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ git]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|-| [http://chui.dcemu.co.93uk/zx4all.1html ZX4ALL]| align=left|{{Icon|Win|Linux|Mac}}| [http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html#Downloads Beta 2]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}

|[[MAME]https://worldofspectrum.net/features/x128/index.html X128]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSDDOS}}|[http://www0.mamedev.org/release.html 94| {{MAMEVer✗}}]|{{✓}}|{{✓✗}}|{{✗}}

|[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/spectaculatormme-review.htm SpectaculatorMTMW]<br/><small>(aka 'MulTiMachine')</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://www.spectaculatorzophar.comnet/downloadssinclair/ 8multi-machine.html 1.030b]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✗}}|{{✗}}

|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]#CSpect|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}|[https://githubmdf200.itch.comio/djdron/UnrealSpeccyP/releases 0.0.83cspect {{CSpectVer}}]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

|[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/x128/ X128]LnxSpectrum|align=left|{{Icon|DOSWindows}}|[ftphttps://ftpwww.worldofspectrumilnx.orgcz/publnxsp/sinclair/emulators/pc/dos/x128v94s.zip 0.94{{LnxSpectrumVer}}]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✗✓}}|{{✗}}

|[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/mme-review.htm MTMW] <br/><small>(aka 'MulTiMachine')</small>ZXSEC|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httpshttp://wwwcngsoft.zopharno-ip.netorg/sinclair/multi-machinecpcec.html 1.30bhtm 20240422]|{{✗}}| ?|{{✗✓}}|{{✗TBD}}

|#CSpect|align!colspan=left"7"|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https:Mobile //dailly.blogspot.com/ 2.12.5]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}ARM

!colspan| [https://market.android.com/details?id="6"com.fms.speccy Speccy]|Mobile align=left|{{Icon|Android}}| [https:/ ARM/play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy 5.9.4]| {{✗}}| {{✗}} | {{✓}}| {{✓}}

|[https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fms.speccy Speccy]Spectacol|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=comeu.licentia.games.fmsspectacol 1.speccy 56.0.45]| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓✗}}

|Spectacol[http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/spectaculator-review.htm Spectaculator]|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}|[httpshttp://playwww.googlespectaculator.com/storedownloads/ 7.0] <small>([[IOS emulators|iOS]])</appssmall><br/details?id=eu>2.licentia1.games.spectacol 3.0.71 <small>([[Android emulators|Android]])</small>| {{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓✗}}|{{✗}}

|[httphttps://zxplanetbitbucket.emuunlim.comorg/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/spectaculator-review.htm SpectaculatorHome UnrealSpeccyP]|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Dingoo}}|[httphttps://wwwbitbucket.spectaculator.comorg/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ 70.0] <small>([[IOS emulators|iOS]])</small><br/>2.186.1 <small>([[Android emulators|Android9]])</small>|{{✗}}|{{✗✓}}| {{✓}}|{{✗}}

|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]|align!colspan=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Dingoo}}|[https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ 0.0.83]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}"7"|{{✗}}Consoles

!colspan| FUSE| align="6"left|{{Icon|PS3|PSP|Vita|NGC|Wii|WiiU}}{{Icon|NX|3DS}}| [https://psp.scenebeta.com/noticia/fuse-psp v0.10.02] [https://www.brewology.com/downloads/download.php?id=13360&mcid=4 1.0.0.1 Alpha 1]| {{✓}}| ?| {{✗}}|Consoles{{✓}}

|[http://psptwist.com/download/pspectrum-533.html PSPectrum]|align=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 Emulator)|GoldenEye 007]http://zxds.raxoft.cz/ ZXDS]|align=left|{{Icon|N64NDS}}|[http://www1.mediafire4.com/download/6bnashajw41n5p5/Spectrum.zip 007]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]| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}|{{✗}}

The ZX Spectrum+3B fixed some audio clipping issues and it cannot have an a tape drive. ==Notes==

* [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:ZX Spectrum emulators|*]][[Category:Z80-based]]