The ZX Spectrum Next is an 8-bit home computer, initially released in 2017, which is compatible with software and hardware for the 1982 ZX Spectrum. It...
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The ZX Spectrum (UK: /zɛd ɛks/) is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. One of the most influential personal computers...
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The ZX Spectrum's software library was very diverse. While the majority of the software produced for the system was video games, others included programming...
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The original ZX Spectrum computer produces a one bit per pixel, bitmapped colour graphics video output. A composite video signal is generated through...
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The ZX Spectrum Vega is a modern redesign of the ZX Spectrum in the form of a miniaturised TV game, created with the involvement of Sir Clive Sinclair...
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The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research's ZX Spectrum home computer. This list includes both official clones (from Timex Corporation) and...
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This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. There are currently 1995 games in this incomplete list. According to the 90th issue...
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The ZX Spectrum character set is the variant of ASCII used in the ZX Spectrum family computers. It is based on ASCII-1967 but the characters ^, ` and...
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PCW models, Amstrad NC series of computers, Enterprise 64/128, the ZX Spectrum Next, all MSX models starting from the MSX2 standard, MSX with V9990 graphics...
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Dizzy game, their first for over 20 years. In a fun video for the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter campaign they revealed the game would be inspired by the...
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Sinclair BASIC (redirect from ZX BASIC)
and eventually 48 BASIC with the introduction of the ZX Spectrum 128 at which time the 16 KB Spectrum was no longer sold and most existing ones in use had...
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The ZX Microdrive is a magnetic-tape data storage system launched in July 1983 by Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer. It was proposed...
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design work include the ZX81 case and touch-sensitive keyboard and the ZX Spectrum's rubber keyboard. Dickinson graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic in 1979...
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The Lords of Midnight (category ZX Spectrum games)
adventures, written by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum. Well received from the beginning, it was soon converted for the Amstrad...
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Semiconductor 2000, 2000A, 3000, 3000A, 4000, 6000; Toshiba TLCS-90; Z80N (ZX Spectrum Next processor), R800. MOS Technology 6502, WDC 65C02. Work in progress:...
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Hungry Horace (category ZX Spectrum games)
Research in 1982 for Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Timex Sinclair 2068, ZX Spectrum, and later for Microsoft Windows and Android. It is the first game in...
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Zeus Assembler (category ZX Spectrum)
written by Neil Mottershead for the Nascom 2 and then ported to the ZX Spectrum by Neil Mottershead and Simon Brattel in 1983. It was published by Crystal...
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console, (64 colors at once) Sega Nomad TurboGrafx-16 (NEC PC-Engine) ZX Spectrum Next The NEC PC-8801 Mk II SR and later models (8 colors at once) The Mindset...
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as the Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, MSX and the ZX Spectrum. Reception Tetris was a commercial success in Europe and the United States:...
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Jetpac (category ZX Spectrum games)
developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game and released for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 in 1983 and the BBC Micro in 1984. It is the first game to...
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Horace (video game series) (category ZX Spectrum games)
Spiders. Hungry Horace and Horace and the Spiders were two of the few ZX Spectrum games also available in ROM format for use with the Interface 2. The...
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spent much of his childhood engaging with such British micros as the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and models from further afield, including the Commodore 64...
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Underwurlde (category ZX Spectrum games)
the ZX Spectrum in late 1984. Another developer, Firebird, ported the game to the Commodore 64 the next year. Reviewers recommended the original ZX Spectrum...
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Cauldron (video game) (category ZX Spectrum games)
developed and published by British developer Palace Software in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC home computers. It contains both platform...
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the development team of the 1986 release. Warhawk was remade for the ZX Spectrum Next with a version coded by Michael Ware and Jim Bagley. It received a...
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Lenslok (category ZX Spectrum)
games and other software on the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Sinclair QL, MSX and Amstrad CPC. It was created by John Frost, an inventor...
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The Way of the Exploding Fist (category ZX Spectrum games)
published in June 1985 by Melbourne House, ports were made for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Commodore 16. The game has various backgrounds...
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Deathchase (category ZX Spectrum games)
Deathchase is a 1983 vehicular combat game written for the ZX Spectrum by Mervyn Estcourt and published by Micromega in the UK. In Spain it was published...
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TRS-80, ZX Spectrum) 1983: H.U.R.G: High-Level User-Friendly Real-Time Games Designer (ZX Spectrum) 1984: Castle of Terror (Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum), Hampstead...
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Ocean Software (redirect from Spectrum Games (publishing company))
developed dozens of games for a variety of home computer systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Oric 1, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16,...
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