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Spectator, ZX Emulator

Spectaculator takes you back to the 1980s - to the golden age of 8-bit gaming!

In April 1982, Sir Clive Sinclair released what would become one of the most popular home computers of all time - the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator that takes you back to the 1980s - to the golden age of 8-bit gaming!

Includes the officially licensed 'Stephen Crow Anthology':

©1983-2013 Stephen Crow. All rights reserved.

- Escape from the Factory

- Lord of Fire

- Laser Snaker

- Starquake

- Wizard's Lair

... all specially adapted for Android.

RESOURCES:

• Desktop-quality ZX Spectrum emulation - games and other programs run like 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 save (via Dropbox). Gives the possibility to save 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.

• Browse game tips, hints and maps

• Play in black and white with TV screen simulation for the ultimate 1980s experience!

• Type on a ZX Spectrum virtual keyboard

• Use external Bluetooth or USB keyboards

• Choose authentic tape loading or fast playback

• 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

• Translated into Spanish

• In-app store with licensed games from original authors and publishers

ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN FULL VERSION:

Add your own games!

- Load and play .TAP/.TZX cassette files, .DSK disk files, and .SZX/.Z80/.SNA snapshots

- Add inline art for your own games

Get 19 more officially licensed ZX Spectrum games to play (included in the update):

- 3D Starstrike da Realtime Games Software

- Goodbye Monty por Gremlin Graphics

- Avenger by Gremlin Graphics

- Bounder da Gremlin Graphics

- Cyclone da Vortex Software

- Dynamite Dan por Rod Bowkett/Mirrorsoft

- Highway Encounter da Vortex Software

- Jack The Nipper por Gremlin Graphics

- Krackout por Gremlin Graphics

- Jekyll & Hyde da Zenobi Software

- Metabolis da Gremlin Graphics

- Monty On The Run por Gremlin Graphics

- On The Run by Design Design

- Revolution by Vortex Software

- Price Ceti por Pete Cooke/CRL

- The Way Of The Tiger por Gremlin Graphics

- Albatrossity por Jonathan Cauldwell

- Drums were not deleted by Jonathan Cauldwell

- The Fantastic Mister Fruity, by Jonathan Cauldwell

... with more available in the app store.

ADDITIONAL GAME PACKS:

The following officially licensed game packs are available in the in-app store:

Design Games Pack

- 5 games. Includes Halls of Things, Black Star

- All proceeds go to the Anthony Nolan Organization

Gremlin Graphics Vol. 1

- 6 games. Includes Wanted! Monty Mole, crazy about skateboarding

Gremlin Graphics Vol. 2

- 6 jogos. Inclui 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 Woods, Heartland

Real-time gaming package

- Starstrike II, 3D Tank Duel

Vortex Anthology

- 6 games. Includes Alien Highway, Deflektor, T.L.L. (Nívrummy bestel Baixo do Tornado)

Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 1

- 6 jogos. Inclui Aura-Scope, The Gods of War, Leopold The Minstrel

Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 2

- 6 games. Inclui The Khangrin Plans, The Krazy Cartoonist Kaper

Zenobi Adventures Vol. 3

- 5 games. Includes The Apprentice, The Bard's Rite, Jester Quest

The following individual games are available in the in-app store:

- Conveyor control

- Dynamite Dan II

- Frank N. Stein

- Laser Squad (Free!)

- Lords Of Chaos (Free!)

- The Midnight Lords