Spectaculator Alternatives
Spectaculator is described as 'is 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 five alternatives to Spectaculator for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Online / Web-based, Mac and Android. The best alternative is Fuse, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Spectaculator are Retro Virtual Machine (Free), Speccy emulator (Free), JSSpeccy (Free, Open Source) and Qaop (Free).
- 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.
- 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).
- Speccy is a cross-platform emulator for Sinclair ZX Spectrum. FEATURES - Emulates 16kB, 48kB, and 128kB versions of Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Spectrum +2, +2A, and +3, and Timex Sinclair models. - Supports all types of ZX Spectrum joysticks and the Kempston mouse.
- 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.
- 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.