Spectaculator AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like Spectaculator

Spectaculator is described as 'The world's premier Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Microsoft® Windows® 7, XP & Vista' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are six alternatives to Spectaculator for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Spectaculator alternative is Speccy emulator, which is free. Other great apps like Spectaculator are Spectral, Fuse, Retro Virtual Machine and JSSpeccy.

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  1. Speccy emulator icon

    Speccy emulator

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    Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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    • Speccy emulator is the most popular Windows, Android & Linux alternative to Spectaculator.

    • Speccy emulator is the most popular free alternative to Spectaculator.

    • Speccy emulator is Free and ProprietarySpectaculator is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Spectral

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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
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    • Spectral is the most popular Mac alternative to Spectaculator.

    • Spectral is the most popular Open Source alternative to Spectaculator.

    • Spectral is Free and Open SourceSpectaculator is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Spectral is Privacy focused and LightweightSpectaculator is not according to our users
  4. Fuse icon

    Fuse

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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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  5. Retro Virtual Machine icon

    Retro Virtual Machine

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. JSSpeccy icon

    JSSpeccy

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • JSSpeccy is Free and Open SourceSpectaculator is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Qaop icon

    Qaop

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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