ZX Spectrum Gamer

  • ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research in 1980s. You will find information about Sinclair ZX Spectrum games and play them at this app.
  • Search the games by keywords or list them alphabetically.
  • Find your favorite games and add them to your favorite list by pressing star button at top of the game detail page.
  • You can view loading screens, running screens, inlay pictures, advertisements. You can read text and PDF instruction documents, POK files. You can visit related sites and links.
  • You can view youtube videos and listen MP3 sound samples of the games. These features are available on some games.
  • You can play tape files as sound to load games to real ZX Spectrum hardware. This feature is not available for the games that distribution has been denied by their publisher.
  • Don’t forget to send us your feedback about this app. This will let us to improve the app.

Current features

  • Play ZX Spectrum 48K games with SNA snapshot format without sound. This app does not download game files from internet. User needs to provide the game file to play.
  • Play games with on screen gamepad or one or two bluetooth gamepads. 2 player games like Spy vs Spy, Match Day can be played by 2 person using 2 bluetooth gamepads.
  • Programmable bluetooth gamepad buttons: 23
  • Programmable on screen gamepad buttons: 11
  • Gamepad presets on some games
  • Swap gamepad buttons to fit your gamepad setup (swap A / B and X / Y buttons for Nintendo switch gamepad setup etc)
  • Bluetooth keyboard (not tested with Recreated Spectrum keyboard)
  • Take one snapshot for each game, and restore any time to resume the game
  • Take up to 6 snapshots for each game with premium membership
  • Several skins for emulator
  • Works on Android phone, tablet, Android TV, iPhone, iPad and mirror to Apple TV or any other compatible TV
  • Z80 CPU overclock up to 112 MHz
  • Press the right trigger button on gamepad to temporary overclock. If you release the trigger button, overclock will be cancelled. If you press the trigger more, you’ll get more (28, 56 or 112 MHz) overclock. If you press the trigger less, you’ll get less (7 or 14 MHz) overclock. This feature will be disabled, if right trigger button is programmed to another key

Upcoming features:

  • Kempston joystick
  • 48K beeper sound
  • 128K emulation
  • 128K AY sound
  • Z80 snapshot format
  • TAP tape format
  • TZX tape format

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