Spectaculator
Arcade
100K+ installs
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- CategoryArcade
- PlatformAndroid
- DeveloperSpectaculator.com
- In-app PurchasesYes
- Installs100K+
- Updated2026-05-22
- Size24 M
- Version2.6.0+70f5e44
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Editor's Review
Spectaculator comes from Spectaculator.com and is listed under the Arcade category on Google Play. In the developer's own words: "A ZX Spectrum emulator that takes you back to the golden era of 8-bit gaming!" With 100K+ installs on Google Play, it holds an average rating of 3.5 from 1K user ratings. The latest version (2.6.0+70f5e44) was released on 2026-05-22, so the game is still being actively updated. Good to know: it offers optional in-app purchases and needs about 24 MB of storage.
How To Play?
1983-2013 Stephen Crow. All rights reserved
all specially adapted for Android
Desktop quality ZX Spectrum emulation - games and other programs run just like on a real ZX Spectrum
Play in portrait or landscape orientations
Save your game progress (four saved game slots + a single cloud save slot per game)
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Description
In April 1982, Sir Clive Sinclair launched what was to become one of the most popular home computers ever made - the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator that takes you back to the 1980s - to the golden era of 8-bit gaming!
Includes the officially licensed 'Stephen Crow Anthology':
©1983-2013 Stephen Crow. All rights reserved.
- Factory Breakout
- Firelord
- Laser Snaker
- Starquake
- Wizard's Lair
... all specially adapted for Android.
FEATURES:
• Desktop quality ZX Spectrum emulation - games and other programs run just like on a real ZX Spectrum
• Play in portrait or landscape orientations
• Save your game progress (four saved game slots + a single cloud save slot per game).
• Cloud saves (via Dropbox). Gives the possibility of saving on one device (e.g. phone) and continue playing on another device (e.g. tablet or PC)
• Enter pokes (cheats) for infinite lives, shields etc.
• Lookup game hints, tips and maps
• Play in black and white with TV screen simulation for the ultimate 1980s experience!
• Type on a virtual ZX Spectrum keyboard
• Use external Bluetooth or USB keyboards
• Choose authentic cassette loading or fast play
• Program in Sinclair BASIC
• Play using an external arcade controller (Bluetooth or USB gamepads such as an Xbox 360 controller, iControlPad, Moga Pocket, Moga Pro, Gametel and iCade)
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• Use gestures (pans, taps and swipes) to control games • Localised into Spanish • In-app shop with licensed games from the original authors and publishers ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN THE FULL VERSION: Add your own games! - Upload and play .TAP/.TZX cassette files, .DSK disk files and .SZX/.Z80/.SNA snapshots - Add inlay artwork for your own games Get an additional 19 officially licensed ZX Spectrum games to play (included in the upgrade): - 3D Starstrike by Realtime Games Software - Auf Wiedersehen Monty by Gremlin Graphics - Avenger by Gremlin Graphics - Bounder by Gremlin Graphics - Cyclone by Vortex Software - Dynamite Dan by Rod Bowkett/Mirrorsoft - Highway Encounter by Vortex Software - Jack The Nipper by Gremlin Graphics - Krackout by Gremlin Graphics - Jekyll & Hyde by Zenobi Software - Metabolis by Gremlin Graphics - Monty On The Run by Gremlin Graphics - On The Run by Design Design - Revolution by Vortex Software - Tau Ceti by Pete Cooke/CRL - The Way Of The Tiger by Gremlin Graphics - Albatrossity by Jonathan Cauldwell - Battery's Not Precluded by Jonathan Cauldwell - The Fantastic Mister Fruity by Jonathan Cauldwell ... with more available from the in-app shop. ADDITIONAL GAME PACKS: The following officially licensed game packs are available from the in-app shop: Design Design Games Pack - 5 Games. Includes Halls of the Things, Dark Star - All proceeds go to the Anthony Nolan Organisation Gremlin Graphics Vol. 1 - 6 games. Includes Wanted! Monty Mole, Skate Crazy Gremlin Graphics Vol. 2 - 6 games. Includes Jack The Nipper II: In Coconut Capers, North Star Gremlin Graphics Vol. 3 - 6 games. Includes Switchblade, Super Scramble Simulator +3 Odin Computer Graphics Anthology - 9 games. Includes Nodes Of Yesod, Robin Of The Wood, Heartland Realtime Games Pack - Starstrike II, 3D Tank Duel Vortex Anthology - 6 games. Includes Alien Highway, Deflektor, T.L.L. (Tornado Low Level) Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 1 - 6 games. Includes Aura-Scope, The Gods of War, Leopold The Minstrel Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 2 - 6 games. Includes The Khangrin Plans, The Krazy Kartoonist Kaper Zenobi Adventures Vol. 3 - 5 games. Includes The Apprentice, The Bardic Rite, Jester Quest The following single games are available from the in-app shop: - Carrier Command - Dynamite Dan II - Frank N. Stein - Laser Squad (Free!) - Lords Of Chaos (Free!) - The Lords Of MidnightScreenshots
3.5
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