Spectaculator, ZX Emulator

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3.9
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Everyone
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About this game

In April 1982, Sir Clive Sinclair launched what was to become one of the most popular home computers ever made - the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator that takes you back to the 1980s - to the golden era of 8-bit gaming!

Includes the officially licensed 'Stephen Crow Anthology':
©1983-2013 Stephen Crow. All rights reserved.
- Factory Breakout
- Firelord
- Laser Snaker
- Starquake
- Wizard's Lair
... all specially adapted for Android.

FEATURES:
• Desktop quality ZX Spectrum emulation - games and other programs run just like on a real ZX Spectrum
• Play in portrait or landscape orientations
• Save your game progress (four saved game slots + a single cloud save slot per game).
• Cloud saves (via Dropbox). Gives the possibility of saving on one device (e.g. phone) and continue playing on another device (e.g. tablet or PC)
• Enter pokes (cheats) for infinite lives, shields etc.
• Lookup game hints, tips and maps
• Play in black and white with TV screen simulation for the ultimate 1980s experience!
• Type on a virtual ZX Spectrum keyboard
• Use external Bluetooth or USB keyboards
• Choose authentic cassette loading or fast play
• Program in Sinclair BASIC
• Play using an external arcade controller (Bluetooth or USB gamepads such as an Xbox 360 controller, iControlPad, Moga Pocket, Moga Pro, Gametel and iCade)
• Use gestures (pans, taps and swipes) to control games
• Localised into Spanish
• In-app shop with licensed games from the original authors and publishers

ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN THE FULL VERSION:

Add your own games!
- Upload and play .TAP/.TZX cassette files, .DSK disk files and .SZX/.Z80/.SNA snapshots
- Add inlay artwork for your own games

Get an additional 19 officially licensed ZX Spectrum games to play (included in the upgrade):
- 3D Starstrike by Realtime Games Software
- Auf Wiedersehen Monty by Gremlin Graphics
- Avenger by Gremlin Graphics
- Bounder by Gremlin Graphics
- Cyclone by Vortex Software
- Dynamite Dan by Rod Bowkett/Mirrorsoft
- Highway Encounter by Vortex Software
- Jack The Nipper by Gremlin Graphics
- Krackout by Gremlin Graphics
- Jekyll & Hyde by Zenobi Software
- Metabolis by Gremlin Graphics
- Monty On The Run by Gremlin Graphics
- On The Run by Design Design
- Revolution by Vortex Software
- Tau Ceti by Pete Cooke/CRL
- The Way Of The Tiger by Gremlin Graphics
- Albatrossity by Jonathan Cauldwell
- Battery's Not Precluded by Jonathan Cauldwell
- The Fantastic Mister Fruity by Jonathan Cauldwell

... with more available from the in-app shop.

ADDITIONAL GAME PACKS:
The following officially licensed game packs are available from the in-app shop:

Design Design Games Pack
- 5 Games. Includes Halls of the Things, Dark Star
- All proceeds go to the Anthony Nolan Organisation

Gremlin Graphics Vol. 1
- 6 games. Includes Wanted! Monty Mole, Skate Crazy

Gremlin Graphics Vol. 2
- 6 games. Includes Jack The Nipper II: In Coconut Capers, North Star

Gremlin Graphics Vol. 3
- 6 games. Includes Switchblade, Super Scramble Simulator +3

Odin Computer Graphics Anthology
- 9 games. Includes Nodes Of Yesod, Robin Of The Wood, Heartland

Realtime Games Pack
- Starstrike II, 3D Tank Duel

Vortex Anthology
- 6 games. Includes Alien Highway, Deflektor, T.L.L. (Tornado Low Level)

Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 1
- 6 games. Includes Aura-Scope, The Gods of War, Leopold The Minstrel

Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 2
- 6 games. Includes The Khangrin Plans, The Krazy Kartoonist Kaper

Zenobi Adventures Vol. 3
- 5 games. Includes The Apprentice, The Bardic Rite, Jester Quest

The following single games are available from the in-app shop:
- Carrier Command
- Dynamite Dan II
- Frank N. Stein
- Laser Squad (Free!)
- Lords Of Chaos (Free!)
- The Lords Of Midnight
Updated on
Apr 25, 2015

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Ratings and reviews

4.1
723 reviews
Waldopepper
January 25, 2024
Great emulator, nice and easy to use and has 5 save slots available for each game so you can save progress. It's still installed on my phone but the Play Store does say it's not compatible with Android 14 so hopefully there will be an update for new users.
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jamin allen
September 25, 2020
Absolutely love this app. Great games available, many free. Others just 99p. And you can add your own. Really good emulator and I'd highly recommend it to everyone! 👌 Though, I am finding it impossible to restore my purchases on my OnePlus Nord - the support opens a browser. At one time it gave the option to restore purchases. So if you're gonna change phone ever - don't buy any games! There seems to be no restore purchases option!!
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Jameel Siddiq
February 12, 2023
Easily the best Spectrum Emulator I have used by far. The real forte is the reading and writing back to disc files (.dsk) and optionally being able to use the Android System keyboard. This has allowed me to source and use CP/M discs and with a Linux utility cpcfs add further cp/m programs. So I have Turbo Pascal, DBase II and Forth running under CP/M. Because of the original limited size of the original Spectrum+3 discs these are run on separate disc images but that is no problem.
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What's new

• 2.1.1: Doomdark's Revenge working again.
• Added 30 new licensed games including Back To Skool, Doomdark's Revenge, Everyone's a Wally, Flunky, Pheenix, Rex, Skool Daze, Wheelie, Magic Knight Anthology (4 games. Features Knight Tyme)
• Playback of replays (.RZX) files
• Change location of folder for user-added games
• Adjust on-screen joystick sensitivity
• Improved support for physical controls and gamepads
• Upgraded Dropbox client libraries
• Many stability improvements and bug fixes