With hindsight, the machine lacked the RAM ( a typical program would need to fit in only around 20 kB once display memory is subtracted ) and processing power to take on the prevailing Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

This gives the effect of a simple toggle speaker similar to that seen in the 48 kB Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

Although not as well supported by the biggest software publishers as rivals like the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a good range of games were available for the Electron.

One nibble of such a byte then controlled the foreground color, and the other nibble controlled the background color, a system very similar to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, in fact in the 256x192 mode the display mode was virtually identical to the video of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the German-speaking parts of Europe.

* ATM ( computer ), a ZX Spectrum clone, developed in Moscow in 1991

On the Sinclair ZX Spectrum it is accessed by and.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

Category: ZX Spectrum games

* GDOS and G + DOS, for the + D and DISCiPLE disk interfaces for the ZX Spectrum.

In the private home computer market, where games were a significant driver, the Dragon suffered due to its graphical capabilities, which were inferior to contemporary machines such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro.

Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal is a 1987 video game for the Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Amiga based on the comic strip.

Both had been on the design team for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

* Leningrad ( computer ), ZX Spectrum clone

* Lojix on the ZX Spectrum is clearly derived from pentomino, though it uses a non-standard set of 20 blocks and a 10 * 10 box.

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of R-Type was awarded 9 / 10 in the January 1989 issue of Your Sinclair

Category: ZX Spectrum games

The Sinclair QL ( for Quantum Leap ), was a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as the successor to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

Microdrives had been introduced for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in July 1983, although the QL used a different logical tape format.

Physically, the QL was the same black colour as the preceding ZX81 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum models, but introduced a new angular styling theme and keyboard design which would later be seen in the ZX Spectrum +.

František Fuka ( pronounced ) ( October 9, 1968 in Prague ) is a computer programmer and musician from the Czech Republic, well known in the ZX Spectrum and SAM Coupé communities for his work in the late 80s and early 90s as Fuxoft, especially for Tetris 2, an objective based unofficial sequel to Tetris.

The original ZX Spectrum is remembered for its rubber keyboard, diminutive size and distinctive rainbow motif.

The largest on-line archive of ZX Spectrum software is World of Spectrum, with more than 21, 000 titles.

Sinclair later moved into the production of home computers and produced the Sinclair ZX80, the UK's first mass-market home computer for less than, and later, with Sinclair Research, the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum ; the latter is widely recognised for its importance in the early days of the British home computer industry.

The Sprinter ( also called ZX-Sprinter ) is a microcomputer made by Russian Peters Plus, Ltd .; it is the last model of ZX Spectrum being produced in a factory.

( The Sinclair ZX family of machines also adopts the approach of checking each line as it was entered, although it differs by not even allowing the line to be entered until it is syntactically correct, which can be a hindrance to the programmer when writing a line of code but wanting to look up something elswehere in the program.

The Citroën ZX is a small family car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1991 and 1998.

The largest party today featuring ZX Spectrum regularly is Chaos Constructions in Saint Petersburg.

Miner Willy is the protagonist in a series of platform games for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC and the Commodore 64 home computers starring Miner Willy.

Although it is confirmed that the Legends series takes place sometime in the distant future after the ZX series, there is an uncertain amount of time as to when it actually takes place.

While the ZX and Star Force series were not yet conceived when the source book was published, Capcom is explicit within the games themselves regarding their placement in the timeline ( s ).

Rick Dangerous is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and DOS based PCs.

Rick Dangerous 2 is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and DOS-based PCs.

It is commonly considered a clone of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer, since it features a compatible screen mode and emulated compatibility, and it was marketed as a logical upgrade from the Spectrum.

is a skateboarding game released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Apple IIgs, Amstrad CPC, and IBM Compatibles running MS-DOS.

For example, in the ZX Spectrum, the picture is stored in a two-color format, but these two colors can be separately defined for each rectangular block of 8x8 pixels.

In fact, the game is a port of a five-year-old ZX Spectrum game, Roller Coaster, the result being a platform game where Dirk has to negotiate a series of thinly-disguised fairground rides.

Chip's Challenge is a top-down tile-based puzzle video game for several systems, including the hand-held Atari Lynx, Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, DOS, and Windows ( included in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack and Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack ).

Jet Set Willy is a computer game originally written for the ZX Spectrum home computer.

2000AD video games for 8-bit computers include games based on Strontium Dog by Quicksilva for the ZX Spectrum in 1984, Nemesis the Warlock and Sláine bu Martech in 1987, Rogue Trooper written by Design Design / published by Piranha in 1986 and Judge Dredd by Virgin Games in 1990, all released for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum platforms.

While many 8-bit home computers of the 1980s, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II series, the Atari 8-bit, the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum series and others could load a third-party disk-loading operating system, such as CP / M or GEOS, they were generally used without one.

Datasoft produced a Goonies video game for 8-bit computers including Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari and Apple II.

image: Bloodwych in-game screenshot ( ZX Spectrum ). png | Single player mode on the 8-bit ZX Spectrum version.

An early successful commercial application was the ULA circuitry found in the 8-bit ZX81 and ZX Spectrum low-end personal computers, introduced in 1981 and 1982.

In 1988, the budget software publisher Mastertronic released a commercial port of Rogue for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit and ZX Spectrum computers.

In the former Soviet Union and Eastern / Central Europe, the ZX Spectrum often has a cult status similar to the Commodore 64 in the Western Europe: it was the most popular 8-bit homecomputer and also the first computer for many computer and demoscene enthusiasts.

It was published for several 8-bit formats including Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The demoscene first appeared during the 8-bit era on computers such as the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800 and Amstrad CPC, and came to prominence during the rise of the 16 / 32-bit home computers ( Mainly the Amiga or Atari ST ).

Many of the 8-bit computer ports ( ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC 464, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, MSX, Atari 8-bit, Apple II ) were very popular in Europe in the 1980s.

It was originally developed for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983, but was later ported to several other systems of the day, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, IBM PC, Apple Macintosh, PC-88, and NES.

Multifaces were released for 8-bit and 16-bit microcomputers, such as the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC & Atari ST.

Games software publishers were concentrating their resources on the large, but shrinking market for software for 8-bit machines such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC, whilst sales of the 16 bit Atari ST and Commodore Amiga were beginning to boom.

Unsatisfied with their games for 8-bit personal home computers such as the ZX Spectrum, the Stampers became interested in the development of Nintendo Entertainment System games out of Japan.

* Golden Triangle, a 8-bit ZX Spectrum software company from Czech Republic active in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Krzysztof Dudek ported the original ZX Spectrum code to the 8-bit Atari in 2007, creating a much more authentic version of the game than the Tynesoft version, but kept the Rob Hubbard soundtrack.

After the original ZX Spectrum version, The Quill was ported to the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, and Apple II.

Boulder Dash, originally released in 1984 for Atari 8-bit computers, is a series of computer games released for the Apple II, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and ColecoVision home computers, and later ported to the NES, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, PC, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and many other platforms.

Currah was a British computer peripheral manufacturer, famous mainly for the speech synthesis cartridges it designed for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and other 8-bit home computers of the 1980s.

The song namechecks many well-known 1980s 8-bit computer systems including Binatone, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, ZX81 and BBC Micro.