If you were alive and old enough at the time to remember the early-to-mid 1980s, chances are you have a soft spot for the old ZX Spectrum home computer. It wasn’t as good as the Commodore 64, of course, but was quite an acceptable form of entertainment for children whose parents couldn’t afford the superior C64.
And yes, those schoolground arguments STILL HURT. Here’s a look at it:
And this thing is Xpectroid 1.0, a remake of iPhone Spectrum emulator iXpectrum for Android, that handles emulation of the regular 48K Speccy, as well as the 128K and Plus 2 versions. Here’s the spec sheet from the just-published Android Market listing:
- Accurate audio, Stereo beeper ABC. AY support.
- Image smoothing. Original or full screen with aspect ratio options. Border cropping option.
- Multitouch control. DPAD.
- Touchable,physical & virtual Keyboard.
- Tape support, TZX turbo. Tape browser.
And here’s a look at it in action, on a man’s lovely HTC Desire:
Lovely – if you can be bothered playing games that probably haven’t aged very well at all, that is. When it comes to video games, you should never go back. Like fireworks.
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