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The ZX Spectrum (UK: / z ɛ d ɛ k s /) is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research.One of the most influential computers ever made and one of the all-time bestselling British computers, with over five million units sold.
This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. There are currently 1978 games in this incomplete list.. According to the 90th issue of GamesMaster, the ten best games released were (in descending order) Head Over Heels, Jet Set Willy, Skool Daze, Renegade, R-Type, Knight Lore, Dizzy, The Hobbit, The Way of the Exploding Fist, and Match Day II.
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 also has enhanced capabilities. [1] [2] It is intended to appeal to retrocomputing enthusiasts and to "encourage a new generation of bedroom coders", according to project member Jim Bagley. [3]
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 language implementations, Sinclair BASIC extensions, databases, word processors, spread sheets, drawing and painting tools, and 3D modelling tools.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:ZX Spectrum games. It includes titles that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Video games released on the ZX Spectrum without being ported to or from other video game platforms.
Jetpac is a shooter video game 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 be released by Ultimate Play the Game, the company which later became Rare.
Ultimate released a series of successful games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, MSX and Commodore 64 computers from 1983 until 1987. Ultimate are perhaps best remembered for the big-selling titles Jetpac and Sabre Wulf , each of which sold over 300,000 copies in 1983 and 1984 respectively, and their groundbreaking series of ...
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 DEL are replaced with ↑, £ and ©. It also differs in its use of the C0 control codes other than the common BS and CR , and it makes use of the 128 high-bit characters beyond the ASCII range. [ 1 ]