Turn your PC into a ZX Spectrum and play every game ever written for free

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The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is one of the best and most popular home micros from the 1980's. With over 5 million sold a whole games industry built up around the system launching thousands of fantastic and unique titles over the years.
Thanks to hundreds of dedicated fans we can now turn almost any computer , phone or tablet into a Speccy and play any of these games for free!
In this video I'll show you how to install a Spectrum emulator, software that turns your device into a ZX Spectrum in just a couple of minutes. I'll then show you where you can download almost every game ever written for the ZX Spectrum for free.
All of these games are ideal for your own programming projects so make sure you check out my games coding courses to learn how to write your own versions.
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@sergeidubarev5079 Год назад

I would recommend to select one of the newer 128K machines in Fuse menu (Machine -> Select... -> Spectrum 128K, +2, ...) This way you may get nicer sound effects and music in many post-1985 games (e.g., RoboCop or Chase H.Q. which also feature bits of digitized speech).

@BytesNBits Год назад

I guess you're right. I never really looked at the post 48K machines. I'll have to give them a go. Thanks.

@Just_lift_anyone 3 года назад

There was a fantastic game shop way back years ago in Liverpool called Bits n Bytes :) Bought many a good speccy game there!

@joerhorton 3 года назад

I used to get my games there too, also got my Amiga from there. I got my C64 from City Computers on Lime Street too and frequented Las Vegas on Skelhorne Street. Great times!

@leetaylor2923 2 года назад

Yes, was a brilliant shop in the corner of Central Station. I used to work there in the late eighties. Thought I was cool walking through town in my red jumper with the Bits n Bytes logo on. Happy times🙂

@SA77888 4 года назад

Thank you - Brings back memories........Bruce Lee and Dizzy lol.

@tonno_insuperabile 2 года назад

Thank you! This guide has been very useful!

@BytesNBits 2 года назад

You're very welcome!

@SMJaycob Год назад

@montygill2835 3 года назад

Downloaded fuse emulator,works brilliant 👍

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

Great. have fun with the games!

@montygill2835 3 года назад

@@BytesNBits Currently playing Target Renegade, was one on my favourites when playing on my original spectrum +2 in the late 80's

@jla1875 Год назад

That is great! I will let my kidds discover the games that we used to play😊

@BytesNBits Год назад

That's great. I hope they enjoy them.

@MrFrikadelik 4 года назад

awesome thank you!! I spent hours on this!!!! :))

@BytesNBits 4 года назад

You're welcome!

@TRONMAGNUM2099 4 года назад

TY so much. I have been looking for instructions on how to do this. Being an American I didn't even know what a spectrum was during the 80's. I have long been wanting to try the games to see how they were compared to the beloved commodore 64 of my youth.

@BytesNBits 4 года назад

Great! Have fun playing the games.

@indiosse 4 года назад

you're gonna be disappointed

@BytesNBits 4 года назад

@@indiosse Yes, compared to other computers of the time the Spectrum had some, let's say, ' limitations' in graphics and especially sound. But it still had/has one of the best games libraries out there. And who wouldn't have a fun time playing the great games, and marvelling at how the truly terrible ones ever made it to production!

@jezz2k 3 года назад

It was marketed in the USA but was redesigned and renamed as the Timex Sinclair 2068. Most games for the Spectrum didn't work on it though and had to be modified.

@PuttyCAD Год назад

Love fuse, I use it to test all of our homebrew games! :)

@BytesNBits Год назад

Cool. What games have you been developing?

@PuttyCAD Год назад

@@BytesNBits Gherbert Groundhog in Save the Date, Babyman Vs Manbaby, Lockdown Town ZX ;)

@philtoa334 4 года назад

Nice.thx

@billb6283 5 месяцев назад

I don't know if it's because I'm on Linux, but my game didn't start running automatically. I emailed for help. I had to enter LOAD "" (2 double quotes) for it to start.

@BytesNBits 5 месяцев назад

Some versions of Fuse simulate putting the tape in the tape drive so you need to give the load command to play the tape. Have a look in the menus to see if there is a run tape option which might do it automatically.

@superviewer 4 года назад

Thank you for a great video. I can't find any instructions on how to make your controller a Kempston joystick. I've been in the settings for the joystick but no luck yet. I'm on Windows 10.

@BytesNBits 4 года назад

Hi, Sorry for the delay getting back to you. That was such a good question I thought it deserved a new video. Please have a look at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kkGa2NPLf8s.html to find out how to set up the joystick. Have fun!

@whatsnext128 2 года назад

Nice channel! Great vid.

@BytesNBits 2 года назад

Thank you very much!

@spartan.falbion2761 11 месяцев назад

Fuse has a problem: no full screen option. You can make it closer to full screen if you change your PC's resolution. I just prefer the Speccy emulator.

@BytesNBits 11 месяцев назад

That is an issue. I'll have to give the Speccy version a go. Thanks.

@Blazko612 2 года назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO ! I DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM AND I ALREADY USE THE LEGENDARY ZX SPECTRUM WITH SOME GAMES LIKE: DYNAMITE DAN, RENEGADE 1,2 AND I STILL SEARCH GAMES ON WORLDOFSPECTRUM ! OF COURSE THUMB UP ! BOTH OF THEM ! WITH ALL GOOD WISHES, GREETINGS FROM S-LOVE-NIA-EUROPE !

@BytesNBits 2 года назад

Great to hear you've got it all working and are enjoying some 80's gaming.

@andyhumphrey8735 2 года назад

Hi Bob, Great video. I am playing a game called "Mountains of Ket" This is not something which can be completed in an afternoon! I remember playing it back in the 1980s, back then your progress was saved onto a cassette. Is there a way of saving it when using Fuse Emulator?

@BytesNBits 2 года назад

Hi. Thanks for the comment. Yes, you can save to tape - I think. In the Fuse menu look under Media. You can open a tape for writing which will create a tape file on your PC. I think it's something like... - Select Media > Tape > Clear to clear any existing tape - Start to save the game - Select Media > Tape > Write - Save the virtual tape to a TAP/TZX file I hope this helps.

@NesNyt Год назад

Do i need to know the dewey decimal system

@BytesNBits Год назад

There are a lot of games in the collection.

@NesNyt Год назад

@@BytesNBits alphabetical order

@Bijuklich 7 месяцев назад

is there a way to keep your highscores? i'm using spectaculator

@BytesNBits 7 месяцев назад

In general Spectrum games didn't let you save a high score table. The only way around it is to use a snapshot in the emulator (if it has that feature). This saves the complete state of the computer so you can reload it later. It then as if you never turned the computer off so it will still have your high score.

@ΗλιαςΣαχινίδης 4 года назад

Very nice thanks but can I play the games with modern keyboard arrows ??

@BytesNBits 4 года назад

Hi, in FUSE have a look in the options menu under joysticks. You can set the keyboard up to mimic one of the standard joysticks. You also need to enable it in the options -> peripherals -> general menu. This should let you set up the arrow keys for a lot of games. If you've got some sort of game controller you can map this to mimic a standard joystick as well. Have fun!

@ΗλιαςΣαχινίδης 4 года назад

@@BytesNBits can I also ask you how to save games

@BytesNBits 4 года назад

@@ΗλιαςΣαχινίδης In Fuse you can press F2 (look in the file menu) to take a snapshot of the emulator. This saves the entire state of the system so you can get back to exactly the same spot using the file->load command. Very useful if you're coming up to a boss level or just made it through so you don't have to play the whole game to get back to the same part of the game!

@ΗλιαςΣαχινίδης 4 года назад

@@BytesNBits thanks a lot

@anurasenarathna1703 2 года назад

Very interesting.

@BytesNBits 2 года назад

Glad you think so!

@stanisawzokiewski250 Год назад

How to load zx specrum game via emulator while the game is situated on second, third (and so on) track?

@BytesNBits Год назад

Have a play with the Media -> Tape controls.

@Rheinmetall1 2 года назад

Thanks! Unfortunately World of Spectrum doesn't let me download anything. Probably things have changed over the past three years. Or I'm doing soething wrong. Anyway there are probably tons of other free rom sites. It's just sad, because WoS was a very famous site and a reference point for all of us Spectrum fans.

@BytesNBits 2 года назад

Hi. WoS seems OK from my PC. It's changed a bit since the video but the downloads are in the files section at the bottom of the game page. You might need to right click the links and save file as - some browsers can block downloads if they go across servers.

@80sretrogamer Год назад

How can I make this full screen I can't find it

@BytesNBits Год назад

The stand alone version doesn't have a full screen option. Under settings - filter you can do a x3 zoom, or just drag out the window size.

@80sretrogamer Год назад

@@BytesNBits ok thanks for that I'll give it a go

@Seventeen_Seconds 4 года назад

Is there an option to map the keys

@BytesNBits 4 года назад

Hi Rich, You can map your joystick to press specific keys on the keyboard - Options->joysticks->keyboard. This should make it easier to play games with difficult keyboard layouts. I'm not sure if you can remap the actual keyboard e.g. make the A key appear as a B in Fuse. You'd need to look into that. The full Spectrum keyboard is already mapped so you can use the basic editor. On the PC keyboard the left shift key is mapped to Caps Shift,the right shift key is mapped to Symbol Shift. Have a look here for the Speccy keyboard layout. slady.net/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-keyboard/layout/ I hope this helps.

@Seventeen_Seconds 4 года назад

Bytes N Bits thanks for the reply I’ll certainly check it out looks fantastic! I set up an Amiga emulator last week and was amazed how good it was so hoping this will be the same. Thanks again great video! 🙌🏼

@georgedavidson9223 3 года назад

Hi , can anyone advise me on a spectrum download I just cant get to work ? thanks in advance

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

Hi. Which game are you trying to get working?

@random_precision_software 3 года назад

Any way to create spectrum games in c# and Microsoft visual studio?

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

Hi. Yes. Basically any development platform that gives you access to graphics capabilities will work. It's not a platform I've used for gaming but I suspect there will be tutorials online. Search for C# games libraries as well as these will give you a running start. Let me know how you get on!

@billybollockhead5628 3 года назад

@@BytesNBits : eh? How would C# and visual studio compile down to z80? The header alone would be bigger than 48k!

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

@@billybollockhead5628 Sorry. Got my wires crossed here. I'm talking about writing Spectrum games for the PC using Visual Studio rather than creating code to actually run on a Spectrum. Have a look at ru-vid.com/group/PLp_QNRIYljFpUXFznr12zUhRHVOsLsotX for a more modern development environment for the Spectrum.

@Nenea2a 2 года назад

working with win10?

@BytesNBits 2 года назад

Great! Have fun!

@Andre-rs1gp 3 года назад

Hi, is Fuse and the files on ZX Spectrum virusfree? Thanks a lot

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

Hi. I've never had a problem. But as with all downloads I'd make sure your protection is all up to date and that you scan everything.

@stevenmccorkindale4684 3 года назад

Is their any way to save your progress on Fuse?

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

Hi. You can use snapshots. Have a look at this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XIXoBznZ4VA.html. Have Fun!

@stevenmccorkindale4684 3 года назад

@@BytesNBits Got it. I'm now on level 14 of Manic Miner. I couldn't get past 6 before so I stopped playing it at the time. It's been a while.

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

Great! This really helps to get past levels without having to devote your life to the game :)

@dilljuan9235 3 года назад

how do i make the game full screen

@BytesNBits 3 года назад

Hi. Using the standalone Fuse emulator only gives you a few set screen sizes. The 3x screen as as big as it goes. You can get full screen using the fuse core in RetroArch but I find that more limiting when you want to use the emulator for anything other than gaming.

@aldob5681 3 года назад

not on windows

@stevenmccorkindale4684 3 года назад

No, I zoom my screen in to solve that problem.

@ALEakaKorwin 7 дней назад

Very often, when I listen to retro game lovers, I suspect that they have never used a modern gaming console, or at least Steam. Almost always, these are people for whom the path (to the game) is more important than the goal (the gameplay, that is, the game itself). They are not so interested in playing as in making something work in an unusual way. Just compare how much time you spend on setting up, and how much on the game itself? The game should run out of the box. Because the game is made to be played, and not to build a tower of crutches. You should only go into the settings if you want to improve something that already works. And not start each game by searching the Internet for a game manual, matching the numbers of the controller buttons to the game buttons that you still have to find ... This is not the path of a player, but of a retro technology fanatic, a demo scene activist, a programmer. Otherwise, very different concepts. But the latter very often identify themselves with the former. Maybe they were gamers, but that was a long time ago. But they don't admit it to themselves.

@BytesNBits 6 дней назад

Each to their own!