ZX Spectrum Emulators

Below are the recommended emulators for each platform.

for PC (Windows)

Name: Spectaculator
Version: 8.0
Release Date: 22 December 2012
Author: Jonathan Needle
Runs on: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
Price: £9.99 / 11.99€ / $15.99 USD
Website: http://www.spectaculator.com

Local Downloads (trial version):

Spectacular v8.0 Self-extracting installer

 

Name: ZXSpectrum4
Version: 1.0.5172 Build 18546
Release Date: 2012
Author: ZXSpectrum4.net Team
Runs on: Windows XP, Vista, 7
Price: Freeware
Website: http://www.zxspectrum4.net

Local Downloads:

ZXSpectrum4

Just unzip the contents to a folder of your choice and run ZXSpectrum4.exe!

Name: RealSpectrum
Version: R14b
Release Date: July 2004
Author: RAMsoft
Price: Freeware
Website: http://www.ramsoft.bbk.org

Local Downloads:

RealSpectrum R14b ZIP (for Intel chips)

RealSpectrum R14b ZIP (for AMD chips)

 

for PC (DOS)

Name: RealSpectrum
Version: R14b
Release Date: July 2004
Author: RAMsoft
Price: Freeware
Website: http://www.ramsoft.bbk.org

Local Downloads:

RealSpectrum R14b ZIP (for Intel chips)

RealSpectrum R14b ZIP (for AMD chips)

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