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Also known as Speccy
Sinclair's rubber-keyed home computer, which brought computing to millions of UK and European homes and launched a huge bedroom-coder games industry.
9 emulators
A multi-system emulator focused on accuracy and preservation, continuing the work of higan. It covers Nintendo, Sega, NEC, SNK and other consoles with a simpler interface.
A multi-system emulator built for tool-assisted speedruns, with frame-perfect input recording, memory tools and Lua scripting across dozens of cores.
A multi-machine emulator that aims to be invisible: open a disk or tape image and it picks the machine. The CPC, Spectrum and Atari ST are mature; Amiga and early PC support is less complete.
An arcade emulator continuing FinalBurn and FinalBurn Alpha, covering boards such as Capcom CPS-1/2/3, Neo Geo and many Sega, Konami and Toaplan systems, plus a set of consoles and home computers. It is the main emulator behind Fightcade's online play.
The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator: an accurate emulator of the 16K to +3 and many clones and peripherals, packaged by most Linux and BSD distributions.
A ZX Spectrum emulator for the browser whose core runs as WebAssembly compiled from AssemblyScript, designed to be embedded in web pages, with 48K, 128K and Pentagon models.
The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, a long-running project to document and preserve arcade hardware that covers thousands of boards and, since absorbing MESS, many computers and consoles as well.
A polished emulator for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC (including the Plus range and GX4000), MSX-1, ColecoVision, SG-1000 and Master System, with a modern interface and display effects. Version 2.0, still offered for developers, has an integrated debugger.
A ZX machines emulator covering the ZX80/81, every Spectrum model, the QL, Z88, Spectrum Next and many clones, plus the Amstrad CPC, MSX and Sega Master System, with a very extensive debugger.
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Mini consoles and FPGA hardware that play Spectrum software. About hardware
An FPGA board designed by Till Harbaum to re-create the Amiga and Atari ST, later joined by many 8-bit computer, console and arcade cores. It loads software from an SD card and has analog video output.
Photo: MarcoTangerino · Public domain · source
A ZX Spectrum-shaped TV game with 1000 built-in games. It replaces the keyboard with a d-pad and buttons and connects to a TV by composite video.
Photo: sorgelig, MiSTer project (DE10-Nano with the MiSTer SDRAM and I/O boards) · GPL-3.0 (project repository) · source
The Intel Cyclone V SoC development board that the MiSTer project is built on. Most MiSTer cores also need an add-on SDRAM board, and analog video needs an I/O board.
A low-cost MiST-compatible FPGA board designed by Manuel Fernández Higueras, with a Cyclone IV FPGA, USB ports for controllers and VGA output. MiST cores are resynthesised for it.
Photo: Gareth Halfacree (uncased Issue 2A board) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
An FPGA-based ZX Spectrum in a keyboard case designed by Rick Dickinson, with faster CPU modes, more memory and new graphics modes. Sold through Kickstarter campaigns.
A low-cost FPGA board from Retro Remake that is compatible with the DE10-Nano used by the MiSTer project. It is sold in production batches, bundled with SDRAM and, in larger packs, an analog I/O board and USB hub.
The successor to the SiDi, a MiST-family FPGA board with a larger Cyclone 10 LP FPGA and two SDRAM chips, adding HDMI, optical audio and joystick ports.
A full-size ZX Spectrum replica with a working rubber-key keyboard, compatible with software for the 48K to 128K models.
A ready-built console from Heber that runs the open-source MiSTer FPGA project, with 128 MB SDRAM on board so it plays all standard MiSTer cores. The Analogue model adds RGB and VGA outputs and a cartridge expansion slot.
A MiSTer-compatible FPGA console from Retro Remake styled after the PSone, with ports for original PlayStation controllers and memory cards. It runs the MiSTer cores for other consoles and computers too.
Hardware re-creations for FPGA boards such as MiSTer. What's an FPGA core?
| Format | What it is |
|---|---|
.tap | Tape image |
.tzx | Tape image, keeps turbo loaders |
.z80 | Snapshot |
.sna | Snapshot |
.szx | Snapshot |
.dsk | +3 disk image |
.rzx | Input recording |
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