Spectaculator, ZX Emulator

In April 1982, Sir Clive Sinclair launched what was to become one of the most popular home computers ever made - 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 games

Get 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 Organisation

Gremlin 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