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Spectaculator

LiveSpectaculator.com1 app · 126.8K installsArcadeFreeIn-app purchases: $1.49 - $3.99 per itemcom.spectaculator.spectaculator

A ZX Spectrum emulator that takes you back to the golden era of 8-bit gaming!

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Total installs
126,751
exact · Play shows 100,000+
Installs / day
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measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
3.5★
1K ratings · 21 reviews
Released
13 Dec 2013
12.8y ago
Last update
22 May 2026
v2.6.0+70f5e44 · 5mo ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
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Change timeline

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

6 in 3 groups
4 Sensitive0 Notable2 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
OtherRoutine2

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
In April 1982, Sir Clive Sinclair launched what was to become one of the most popular home computers ever made - the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator that takes you back to the 1980s - to the golden era of 8-bit gaming! Includes the officially licensed 'Stephen Crow Anthology': ©1983-2013 Stephen Crow. All rights reserved. - Factory Breakout - Firelord - Laser Snaker - Starquake - Wizard's Lair ... all specially adapted for Android. FEATURES: • Desktop quality ZX Spectrum emulation - games and other programs run just like on a real ZX Spectrum • Play in portrait or landscape orientations • Save your game progress (four saved game slots + a single cloud save slot per game). • Cloud saves (via Dropbox). Gives the possibility of saving on one device (e.g. phone) and continue playing on another device (e.g. tablet or PC) • Enter pokes (cheats) for infinite lives, shields etc. • Lookup game hints, tips and maps • Play in black and white with TV screen simulation for the ultimate 1980s experience! • Type on a virtual ZX Spectrum keyboard • Use external Bluetooth or USB keyboards • Choose authentic cassette loading or fast play • Program in Sinclair BASIC • Play using an external arcade controller (Bluetooth or USB gamepads such as an Xbox 360 controller, iControlPad, Moga Pocket, Moga Pro, Gametel and iCade) • Use gestures (pans, taps and swipes) to control games • Localised into Spanish • In-app shop with licensed games from the original authors and publishers ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN THE FULL VERSION: Add your own games! - Upload and play .TAP/.TZX cassette files, .DSK disk files and .SZX/.Z80/.SNA snapshots - Add inlay artwork for your own games Get an additional 19 officially licensed ZX Spectrum games to play (included in the upgrade): - 3D Starstrike by Realtime Games Software - Auf Wiedersehen Monty by Gremlin Graphics - Avenger by Gremlin Graphics - Bounder by Gremlin Graphics - Cyclone by Vortex Software - Dynamite Dan by Rod Bowkett/Mirrorsoft - Highway Encounter by Vortex Software - Jack The Nipper by Gremlin Graphics - Krackout by Gremlin Graphics - Jekyll & Hyde by Zenobi Software - Metabolis by Gremlin Graphics - Monty On The Run by Gremlin Graphics - On The Run by Design Design - Revolution by Vortex Software - Tau Ceti by Pete Cooke/CRL - The Way Of The Tiger by Gremlin Graphics - Albatrossity by Jonathan Cauldwell - Battery's Not Precluded by Jonathan Cauldwell - The Fantastic Mister Fruity by Jonathan Cauldwell ... with more available from the in-app shop. ADDITIONAL GAME PACKS: The following officially licensed game packs are available from the in-app shop: Design Design Games Pack - 5 Games. Includes Halls of the Things, Dark Star - All proceeds go to the Anthony Nolan Organisation Gremlin Graphics Vol. 1 - 6 games. Includes Wanted! Monty Mole, Skate Crazy Gremlin Graphics Vol. 2 - 6 games. Includes Jack The Nipper II: In Coconut Capers, North Star Gremlin Graphics Vol. 3 - 6 games. Includes Switchblade, Super Scramble Simulator +3 Odin Computer Graphics Anthology - 9 games. Includes Nodes Of Yesod, Robin Of The Wood, Heartland Realtime Games Pack - Starstrike II, 3D Tank Duel Vortex Anthology - 6 games. Includes Alien Highway, Deflektor, T.L.L. (Tornado Low Level) Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 1 - 6 games. Includes Aura-Scope, The Gods of War, Leopold The Minstrel Zenobi Adventure Pack Vol. 2 - 6 games. Includes The Khangrin Plans, The Krazy Kartoonist Kaper Zenobi Adventures Vol. 3 - 5 games. Includes The Apprentice, The Bardic Rite, Jester Quest The following single games are available from the in-app shop: - Carrier Command - Dynamite Dan II - Frank N. Stein - Laser Squad (Free!) - Lords Of Chaos (Free!) - The Lords Of Midnight

What's new

• Reworked for modern versions of Android and devices. • Add immersive, full screen mode. • Fixed Dropbox cloud saves.

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