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'''[[Spud]]''' by Richard Chandler. Freeware | '''[[Spud]]''' by Richard Chandler. Freeware | ||
* [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/pc/windows/Spud0.204.zip Spud for Windows] | * [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/pc/windows/Spud0.204.zip Spud for Windows] | ||
'''[[RealSpectrum]]''' by Ramsoft. | '''[[RealSpectrum]]''' by [[Ramsoft]]. | ||
* Originally DOS-based, runs on XP and older. | * Originally DOS-based, runs on XP and older. | ||
* No longer officially available. | * No longer officially available. |
Revision as of 11:19, 3 June 2011
An emulator is a program which reproduces the behaviour of one computing platform while running on another.
There are a wide variety of emulators for Sinclair machines.
List of emulators
A more complete list can be found at WoS; many of the links here point to the WoS FTP archive.
Multiplatform
Fuse (Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) by Philip Kendall.
- fuse homepage.
- Despite the name, has been ported to non-Unix systems including Windows and OS X.
- Fuse for Unix, libspectrum, fuse-utils; all three are required. Your vendor/distribution may have a packaged version; the Fuse home page has links to some unofficial packages.
- Fuse for Windows
- Fuse for Mac OS X
JSpeccy by José Luis Sánchez. Written in Java.
Windows
SpecEmu by Mark Woodmass. Freeware.
- Runs on anything from 95 onwards.
- No longer under active development.
- [1]
Zero by Arjun Nair. Freeware.
- Requires Windows XP and above.
- Homepage
ZX Spin by Paul Dunn. Freeware.
- Runs on anything from 95 onwards.
- No longer under active development.
- Last stable version
- Experimental version with ULAplus support
BASin by Paul Dunn. Not strictly an emulator, but a Spectrum BASIC Development environment.
- No longer under active development.
- Last stable version
- Experimental version with ULAplus support
Spectaculator by Jonathan Needle. Shareware.
- Runs on XP and above (older versions for 9x onwards exist).
- Spectaculator home page
Spud by Richard Chandler. Freeware
RealSpectrum by Ramsoft.
- Originally DOS-based, runs on XP and older.
- No longer officially available.