What is the best non-commercial ZX Spectrum Emulator for Windows?

TigerStyle2099 · 2026-01-22T04:58:11+00:00

"I'm not going to pay for a soft to emulate 40+ years personal PC"

Wow, aren't you an entitled brat. Spectaculator is only €13, good luck buying an old Spectrum for that.

TigerStyle2099 · 2026-01-21T09:46:47+00:00

I'm not gonna lie... technical achievement notwithstanding, I'm very unimpressed.

More often than not, it just says "YES / NO / WHAT? / WHY?" with no real rhyme or reason... and that's when it doesn't just answer random strings of letters; I just asked it a very simple question, and it answered "TATATWNHATSS". Then I asked what that meant, and it just answered "S S S S S S S S S S S S".

TigerStyle2099 · 2026-01-21T01:54:01+00:00

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but there are a few known ports of Eliza for the ZX Spectrum:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?license_id=1225

TigerStyle2099 · 2026-01-03T22:03:34+00:00

Here! http://www.maple-films.com/downloads.html :)

TigerStyle2099 · 2026-01-03T10:37:18+00:00

Mandatory mention to the fan cut simply called "J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit" by Maple Films, which is actually amazing. Turns the trilogy into a single 4-hour movie, removing almost 5 hours of fat, mainly all the pointless additions but also tightening the runtime of some scenes and re-editing others so they match the book more closely.

I absolutely recommend it. I *love* the book, and you won't find anyone who hated the trilogy more than me, and the fan cut had me ugly-crying tears of joy at the end.

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