Platform: ZX Spectrum
Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle
Monty on the Run
Bomb Jack II
Klax
Chase H.Q.
Hungry Horace
Turrican
Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale
Forgotten Worlds
Don't Buy This
RoboCop
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Zombi
Ghostbusters
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Sanxion
Final Fight
Soft & Cuddly
Dynamite Düx
Golden Axe
Psycho Soldier
SimCity
Beyond the Ice Palace
Gladiator
Hareraiser: Finale
Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back!
Solomon's Key
Death Stalker
ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera
Back to the Future Part III
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants
Battlezone
Days of Thunder
Hareraiser: Prelude
Commando
Reckless Rufus
EastEnders
Jetpac
Popeye
Bionic Commando
Brian Bloodaxe
Altered Beast
Sqij!
Yes Prime Minister: The Computer Game
Tempest
Back to the Future
James Bond 007: Licence to Kill
Xenon
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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.