Homebrew Testing zx spectrum emu :)

[IvanB]

Hi guys, I can reccommend the emulator called "Speccy" you can then load any game you would like it then saves to .SNA I just tried it myself and can now play manic miner on my 3ds!

 

[IvanB]

The "Speccy" emulator I'm referring to above is for several platforms and can do the job of converting to .SNA. I did it on my pc last night and works fine.

http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/

 

[duwen]

Not sure how I missed this when it first appeared, but I thank you.
This will take me back... 1982... Best. Christmas. Ever. ...48k Spectrum, Maziacs and Atic Atac.
...still own that Spectrum, but unfortunately it's no longer operational (keyboard ribbon connector has perished).

 

[Deleted User]

Want to play ZX spectrum?



Here is the emu for ninjahax/homebrew launcher.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/d1sl4hcdol60loh/3dsspectrum01.rar


Added the rom selection menu and a touchable keyboard, so now you can play almost all zx spectrum games (all that you can find or dump on .sna format).

Please read the readme file to see where to put everything.

Enjoy as I!

Ooooh, what about atari?

 

[nop90]

Ooooh, what about atari?

2600 is coming.

 

[IvanB]

Not sure how I missed this when it first appeared, but I thank you.
This will take me back... 1982... Best. Christmas. Ever. ...48k Spectrum, Maziacs and Atic Atac.
...still own that Spectrum, but unfortunately it's no longer operational (keyboard ribbon connector has perished).

Maziacs still holds its own when it comes to tension. I used to watch my dad and older brother play it, it was too scary for me when I was small. I have a Spectrum+ which still works I suspect.

 

[AmandaRose]

Finally got games working and can play jetpac at last it was the very first game I ever bought and I got it on day of release who would of though over 30 years later I would still be playing it and still finding it to be totally awesome

 

[IvanB]

Jetpac is definetly still awesome, I played it recently. I was just wondering if there's any update to this emulator ? It runs a bit slow on my O3DS! Also is there a way to go back to the game selection menu, so you can choose another game? L+R+Start takes me back to the homebrew launcher menu.

 

[DjoeN]

Is there a windows tool (that works on windows 7/8/10) to convert .z80 to .sna?
Could not find any working on http://www.worldofspectrum.org/utilities.html

[EDIT1]
Ok found a temporary solution, installed the 30 day trial version of speculator for windows, loaded the .z80 rom and after loading used save as and choose to save as "Mirage Microdriver Snapshot *.sna" removed the .z80 rom and loaded the .sna file into speculator and it ran fine, so next is testing it on the 3ds emu

[EDIT2]
Working (I had a version of Atic Atac in .z80 format)
So here's a picture of the converted .z80 to .sna with speculator (windows) running on the 3DS ZX Spectrum emu.

I just love it that the Circle Pad is supported when you choose joystick at start of the game, makes this game so much enjoyable (D-Pad also works fine, but Circle Pad is the way to go for this game)

@seagal112 , thanks, really great job on bringing this emu to us

[EDIT3] Seems it was already posted on top of this page, speccy also can save as sna (stupidly overlooked)
@seagal112 i suppose it only runs 48k games as it only supports .sna? Also is there a way to exit to the game select screen instead of closing the emu and restarting?

 

[DjoeN]

Don't know how fast it should be, but i like the O3DS game speed of this spectrum emu better then on N3DS (To fast)

 

[ody81]

Maziacs still holds its own when it comes to tension. I used to watch my dad and older brother play it, it was too scary for me when I was small. I have a Spectrum+ which still works I suspect.

Nosferatu always creeped me out when I was a kid. the gloomy graphics and the spiders :S

Anyhow, has anyone got, or could anyone make lazy ol' ody a .cia versoin of this at all?
I'd be soooo grateful. we've finally got this and Breadbox and I can't really use them as there's no .cia version :\

 

[IvanB]

@seagal112 Hi mate, any news on a update of this emulator? Any chance of implementing speed controls, ie to speed or slow the emulation down? How about sound?

 

[IvanB]

What I would also like to see implemented is speed/frame rate controls, the ability to stretch/scale the display and sound pretty please!

 

[DjoeN]

@seagal112
Is it possible to get a cia version of the ZX Spectrum emu?
Would love to have it on my Homescreen under CFW

 

[ody81]

@seagal112
Is it possible to get a cia version of the ZX Spectrum emu?
Would love to have it on my Homescreen under CFW

Already barked up that tree, this and breadbox sitting on the homescreen would give me the best excuse to flip open the ol' 3ds.

 

[arquillos]

Please, .cia version for GW user?

 

[DavidRO99]

Nice! Now there is only a C64 emulator missing

bread64 or something like that

EDIT:Bread Box

 

[Hidekiadam]

Excuse my Necromancy but has this emulator ever been updated so it works on modern systems?

Got a New 2DS XL recently so it has the latest CFW etc. however the emulator just segfaults on my system when run from the homebrew launcher

Would be quite nice to use the criminally underappreciated Speccy software on the 3DS. (Yes, I have ZX DS and it works from the DS card but it's running everything in 256x192 which means blurriness on the 3DS )

 

[Vague Rant]

Would be quite nice to use the criminally underappreciated Speccy software on the 3DS. (Yes, I have ZX DS and it works from the DS card but it's running everything in 256x192 which means blurriness on the 3DS )

The RetroArch emulation bundle includes a Spectrum core called Fuse. That would probably be the best option for running Spectrum software on 3DS.

 

[Hidekiadam]

The RetroArch emulation bundle includes a Spectrum core called Fuse. That would probably be the best option for running Spectrum software on 3DS.

Aye, FUSE is good but the Retroarch port of it isn't, no useful keyboard support at all. In the end I DLDI patched ZXS and replaced the menu binary on my old DSTT with it so my now redundant DS Lite is now a dedicated Spectrum emulator (something it does very well since the native resolution of the displays are the same, 256x192)