Speccy emulator AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like Speccy emulator

Speccy emulator is described as 'Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are six alternatives to Speccy emulator for Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted. The best Speccy emulator alternative is Spectral, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Speccy emulator are Fuse, Retro Virtual Machine, Spectaculator and JSSpeccy.

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  1. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Spectral is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Speccy emulator.

    • Spectral is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Speccy emulator.

    • Spectral is Free and Open SourceSpeccy emulator is Free and Proprietary
    • Spectral is Privacy focused and LightweightSpeccy emulator is not according to our users
  2. Fuse icon
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    Fuse (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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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

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    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

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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • JSSpeccy is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Speccy emulator.

    • JSSpeccy is Free and Open SourceSpeccy emulator is Free and Proprietary
  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.

    6 Qaop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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