Spectaculator, ZX Emulator
- 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 gamesGet 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 OrganisationGremlin 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
Category : Arcade
Reviews (30)
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!!
I paid for the full version but it's now my 'go to' speccy emulation app. Easy to set up and use and mapping available for every game so no more struggling with games not being compatible due to different keyboard setups. 👍 Worth every penny. 😍😍
Very nice emulator, seems to work with everything I tried. Would be nice if it had the spectrum+ keyboard rather than the 48k keyboard. The lack of the extended keywords and graphical symbols makes coding tricky without a crib sheet. Otherwise seems o.k.
I purchased the full version but when i try to add files to mentioned Folder /storage/emulated/0/Spectaculator <<< in any format tzx,tap,sna they are not showing up yet when i goto the folder via My files i can see all the files are there... What am i doing wrong..
Beautiful! It took me many decades back... But I cannot save a program. I tried 10 PRINT "Hello world" And then SAVE "q1" The saving seemed to be OK but I could not LOAD it. And the 5 slots remained empty. The app does have permission to storage. Any help, anybody?
Probably the best ZX emulator what was ever made. At least on PC. The paywall lock on our own games library isn't the smoothest way to do, but apart from that it works quite well. And 3 quid is bearable eventually.
Great retro games had no issues and the extra games are cheap to buy especially the bundles which can have up to 9 game's in them.
Cannot type in games as keyboard seems out of alignment making the app useless to me and it used to be the best one out there.
Looks like updating to android 12 fixes the onscreen keyboard issue that was apparent in android 11, its now back to being the best Speccy emulator out there!
So this is actually a really a great Spectrum emulator. I was curious as to why it only has a 3.5 rating. I went through the reviews and the low ratings are from idiots that dont understand how to find and load their own game roms. The biggest criticism I saw was that there wasnt enough games and that you had to pay a mere .99 cents for additional games?? These are from people who dont understand that you can find and load your own ROMs for free. Do a Google search for free "Spectrum ROMS".
absolutely brilliant! had no issues at all with this so far, and being able to play all the games I used to love on the move without having to wait ages for them to load is brilliant. many thanks for this app!
Fantastic Spectrum emulator. The only problem I had with it was very low volume on my Samsung Galaxy S6 (Android version 7.0).
Paid for the full version but none of the games listed are the games I liked to play Also have the updated version on my laptop and that as all the games listed and they are free
The online shop is offline.... dont work no more... needs an update.... as if!
The onscreen keyboard is unusable and not synced to the bottom press I press button 1 and it hits a button in the bottom row
Fantastic emulator, however, it took me ages to work out that if you need to delete a character when writing code you need to hold down caps shift and 0.
How can I enter a multi face poke when there is no comma on the mini keypad that pops up.
Configurable joystick, great controls layout. The best Android Spectrum emulator!
Good emulator, but looks like even Pro version doesn't work with TRD...
10 LET a=0 20 LET a=a+0.1 30 PRINT AT 10,10;a 40 GOTO 20 After 10 seconds you will see the problem...
How to adjust the arrows instead of the joystick?
Very good professional looking emulation
Never worked. Spent 95% of time refreshing
This emulator has option for bluetooth keyboard?
Such a missed opportunity. The fact there is a charge for games that are freely, legally available is outrageous.
Like living my early teenage years without any trauma
Brilliant, a must for Speccy fans
this a lot of good
No Jet set willy or Manic Miner or Horace... No option to buy these. Bye.
Excellent ZX Spectrum emulator for your smartphone. Comes with a few games loaded on free, you can also buy classics for as little as 99p or use your own .z80 or .tzx files from your memory card and play those as well. Very easy to use and it will give you lots of nostalgia if like me you owned one of these machines back in the 80s.