Emulating the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
YOU’LL NEED THIS
A COPY OF RETRO VIRTUAL MACHINE.
32 and 64-bit versions are available for Windows and Linux, plus a 64-bit package for macOS.
AT LAST, WE’RE FEATURING the machine we’ve been teasing for months: the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. To anyone outside the UK, this name may be meaningless, but in Britain the machine was a cultural icon. Far cheaper than anything Americans were exporting, the homegrown Spectrum was a working-class hero that spawned a generation of influential British coders.
Although the machine had cheap graphics and primitive sound, its rock-bottom price spawned a phenomenal budget gaming scene.
For anyone willing to look past its shoddy presentation, an anarchic game culture awaits, with classic titles unlike any other system.
–JOHN KNIGHT
1 DEVELOPMENT
The ZX Spectrum was
