Spectral

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. Hardcore ZX users will find little value in this emulator right now, but I hope newbies may find its ease of use somehow appealing to try. That being said, Spectral has a very compatible TAP/TZX loader and some other interesting features that provide me some fun in these days. Code is highly experimental and prone to change in the future. I will keep altering/breaking things randomly for good sake.

Features and wishlist

??Single executable. ??Z80. Z80 Disassembler. ??16, 48, 128, +2, +2A, +3, Pentagon 128 models. ??Issue 2/3 keyboards. ??ULA/ULA+ graphics. ??Beeper/AY chips. Turbosound (Turbo-AY). ??Kempston mouse. ??Kempston/Fuller/Cursor/Sinclair joysticks. Gamepad support (Windows, Linux). ??RF/CRT experience (not physically accurate though). ??TAP/TZX/PZX/CSW tapes. Z80/SNA/SZX snaps. ROM/IF2 roms. ??DSK/EDSK/TRD/SCL/FDI/MGT/IMG/HOBETA disks. ??SCR/PNG screenshots. ??ZIP/RAR/GZ archives. ??AY tunes player. ??Nec µ765/Betadisk interfaces. ??Auto load games. Auto play/stop tape. TurboROM. ??Graphical tape browser. ??25/30/50/60Hz fps lock. ??Run-a-head. ??POK support. ??Gunstick, Lightgun. ??External shaders support. ??Internal savestates. ??Graphical User Interface. ??Portable: Windows, Linux, MacOS. ??Embedded ZXDB. ??ZXDB Browser. ZXDB Gallery. ??Can translate game menus from some languages into English. ??Games can be appended to executable and get a standalone game viewer. ??Unlicensed. ??Extra accurate Z80 backend. ??Cycle accurate (border, multicolor, etc). ??RZX support. ??MP3s. ??Netplay. ??Optimized.