Platform: ZX Spectrum
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Hungry Horace
How to Be a Complete Bastard
Sanxion
Super Monaco GP
Herbert's Dummy Run
Rygar
Beyond the Ice Palace
Bomb Jack II
Jet Set Willy
Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back!
Gladiator
Advanced Lawnmower Simulator
Zombi
Popeye
Don't Buy This
The Addams Family
Psycho Soldier
Ms. Pac-Man
Forgotten Worlds
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
Strider
Commando
Horace Goes Skiing
Turrican
Ghostbusters
ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear
Sqij!
Solomon's Key
Eric and the Floaters
Yes Prime Minister: The Computer Game
Soft & Cuddly
Death Stalker
City Connection
SimCity
Wanted!: Monty Mole
Lode Runner
Monty on the Run
Dalek Attack
Reckless Rufus
Bubble Bobble
1942
Back to the Future
Karateka
International Karate +
Xevious
Klax
Golden Axe
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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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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 led 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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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.