Platform: ZX Spectrum
Ms. Pac-Man
Rygar
Monty on the Run
Golden Axe
Zombi
Bubble Bobble
Ghostbusters
Zaxxon
Bionic Commando
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jet Set Willy
The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants
Altered Beast
Dalek Attack
Space Harrier
Back to the Future
Street Fighter
Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle
Eric and the Floaters
Final Fight
James Bond 007: Licence to Kill
Hungry Horace
The Planets
Advanced Lawnmower Simulator
Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear
Back to the Future Part III
International Karate +
Popeye
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
RoboCop
Solomon's Key
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
Don't Buy This
Wanted!: Monty Mole
SimCity
Forgotten Worlds
Lode Runner
Turrican
1942
EastEnders
Beyond the Ice Palace
RoboCop 2
Xevious
Super Monaco GP
Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back!
Sanxion
Klax
Sqij!
Karateka
Gladiator
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Warajevo was a ZX Spectrum emulator made in 1993 during the Bosnian War by Samir Ribic and Zeljko Juric. It was created in an attempt to provide nostalgia and escapism from the horrific circumstances they were surrounded by after the duo were disappointed by the Roman ZX emulator. The developers only had 2 to 3 hours a night to work on their emulator due to a low energy supply. Zeljko worked on the emulator at home, while Ribic worked on it at an army camp using a computer connected to a car battery - the latter computer would turn off whenever someone used the coffee machine, which eventually lead to its hard disc being destroyed. At one point Ribic risked his life walking through a river bed while dodging bullets to find the last Spectrum pirate in his town, who lived in one of the most dangerous areas. The first version of the emulator would be released in 1994, one year before the war ended. Juric and Ribic would survive the war, and continue working on Warajevo after peace.
Story of Warajevo:
https://worldofspectrum.net/warajevo/Story.html
Roman ZX:
http://spectrum-zx.chat.ru/faq/emu_pc.html#ROMANZX
https://worldofspectrum.net/warajevo/Story.html
Roman ZX:
http://spectrum-zx.chat.ru/faq/emu_pc.html#ROMANZX
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Clive Sinclair was knighted in 1983 for the creation of the ZX Spectrum and how its significance greatly contributed to the British industry.
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The ZX Spectrum is more widely remembered today as a video game console rather than its originally intended purpose as an affordable computer for word processing and real-world problem-solving. Hardware creator Sir Clive Sinclair reportedly considered games to be "fundamentally unserious" and was horrified that the computer he invented was becoming primarily seen as a gaming platform.