Fuse AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like Fuse

Fuse is described as '(the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) was originally, and somewhat unsurprisingly, a ZX Spectrum emulator for Unix. However, it has now also been ported to Mac OS X, which may or may not count as a Unix variant depending on your advocacy position' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are seven alternatives to Fuse for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Fuse alternative is CLK, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fuse are Speccy emulator, Spectral, Retro Virtual Machine and Spectaculator.

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  1. CLK icon
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    A latency-hating emulator of: the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro and Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1/2, Oric 1/Atmos, early PC compatibles, Sinclair ZX80/81 and ZX Spectrum.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  2. Spectral icon
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    Spectral is an experimental Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator from the 80s, which has been randomly assembled since the pandemic days. Accuracy and performance are long-term goals, but the primary focus is just having fun with this thing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Retro Virtual Machine (or RVM for short) works natively in MacOs (from version Mavericks 10.9), Linux (any modern distribution) and in Microsoft Windows (from Windows Vista). RVM emulates the full spectrum of the official models of ZX Spectrum, as well as some clones like Inves...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Spectaculator icon
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    Spectaculator is the world's premier Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Microsoft® Windows® 7, XP & Vista.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. JSSpeccy icon
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    JSSpeccy is an open-source ZX Spectrum emulator written in JavaScript for the browser. Games can be played online for free at the demo site or by embedding the scripts in a web page.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Qaop icon
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    QAOP lets you play ZX Spectrum games right through your browser. Choose from a large selection of classic games or select 'Open' from the emulator's menu system to load a game from your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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