Platform: ZX Spectrum
Strider
Xevious
Psycho Soldier
EastEnders
Soft & Cuddly
Zaxxon
SimCity
Street Fighter
Horace Goes Skiing
Final Fight
Jetpac
Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear
Gladiator
Popeye
The Planets
Commando
City Connection
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
Solomon's Key
Xenon
Reckless Rufus
Sanxion
Advanced Lawnmower Simulator
RoboCop
RoboCop 2
Turrican
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Sqij!
Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle
Don't Buy This
Bionic Commando
Chase H.Q.
Rygar
Death Stalker
Space Harrier
Ghostbusters
Golden Axe
Back to the Future
The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants
Herbert's Dummy Run
Dynamite Düx
Bubble Bobble
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back!
Klax
Defender of the Crown
Hungry Horace
Karateka
Beyond the Ice Palace
ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera
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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 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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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.