ZX Spectrum emulation framework in Python and C++
- Designed to be suitable for research and development purposes such as unattended testing of Spectrum software, timing analysis, etc.
- Meant to be easy to customize and re-use via Python interfaces.
- Fast and accurate emulation.
- Based on the fast and flexible Z80 emulator.
- Platforms: Linux and Windows (via SDL2).
- General status: working pre-alpha.
- Supported machines: 48K only for now.
- Display: multi-colour effects, accurate timings.
- Sound: EAR beeper and tape output supported.
- Tape: TAP and TZX formats supported as well as conversion to WAV.
- Snapshots: Z80.
- Playback recordings: RZX.
- Joystick: D-Pad mapped to cursor keys, supported via SDL.
For the latest release:
$ pip install --upgrade pip
$ pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
$ pip install zxOr directly from the repository for current development version:
$ pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
$ pip install git+https://github.com/kosarev/zxLocal development setups are also supported:
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/kosarev/zx
$ cd zx
$ pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
$ pip install --editable .Running:
$ zxF1 displays help.
F2 is to save snapshot.
F3 is to load snapshot or tape file.
F6 pauses/resumes tape.
F10 quits the emulator.
F11 and double click switch between fullscreen and windowed mode.
PAUSE and mouse click pause/resume emulation or RZX playback.
Any Spectrum key stroke resumes emulation and leaves the RZX playback mode back to the regular emulation mode.
$ zx elven.z80$ zx exolon.rzx$ zx https://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/e/EricTheFloaters.tzx.zipSnapshots: .z80.
Tapes: .tap, .tzx, .wav.
Playbacks: .rzx.
Screenshots: .scr.
ZX Basic compiler sources: .zxb.
Archives: .zip.
$ zx jack.tzx jack.wav$ zx eric.tap eric.z80$ zx dump rick.z80
OrderedDict([('id', 'z80_snapshot'), ('a', 213), ('f', 66), ...On the dump command, zx parses the specified file (that can
be of any supported format) in the form of raw Python data.