2026-03-30

Spectral v1.16

Spectral v1.16 is released. ZX Spectrum emulator for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

Features and wishlist:
Single executable.
Z80. Z80 Disassembler.
16, 48, 128, +2, +2A, +3, Pentagon128 models.
Issue 2/3 keyboards.
ULA/ULA+ graphics.
Beeper/AY chips.
Kempston mouse.
Kempston/Fuller/Cursor/Sinclair joysticks. Gamepad support (Windows, Linux).
RF/CRT experience (not physically accurate though).
TAP/TZX/PZX/CSW tapes. Z80/SNA/SZX snaps. ROM/IF2 roms.
DSK/EDSK/TRD/SCL/FDI/MGT/IMG/HOBETA disks.
SCR/PNG screenshots.
ZIP/RAR/GZ archives.
AY tunes player.
Nec ยต765/Betadisk interfaces.
Auto load games. Auto play/stop tape. TurboROM.
Graphical tape browser.
25/30/50/60Hz fps lock.
Run-a-head.
POK support.
Gunstick, Lightgun.
External shaders support.
Internal savestates.
Graphical User Interface.
Portable: Windows, Linux, MacOS.
Embedded ZXDB.
ZXDB Browser. ZXDB Gallery.
Can translate game menus from some languages into English.
Games can be appended to executable and get a standalone game viewer.
Extra accurate Z80 backend.
Cycle accurate (border, multicolor, etc).
RZX support.
MP3s.
Netplay.
Optimized.
Unlicensed.

Spectral Changelog:
new: option to choose custom roms/bios
new: more intuitive palette editor
new: border color swapper (click color on editor then click border)
new: palette color swapper (click colors on editor to swap them)
new: added bunch of new palettes (spectral+/lumiere/hue+/winners/msx2/vexed/noir/ilford/tv)
new: allowed custom palettes while browsing thumbnails (requires an app restart for full effect)
chg: perceptual color remapper on selected palette while displaying thumbnails
chg: added extra gamepad button mappings by default
chg: darker atkinson palette
chg: faster media downloads
chg: try a different dialogs library (win32)
chg: zx player executables will use gradients palette now
fix: added missing zxdb titles (whole simulators category!)
fix: apply palette bloom levels while editor is displayed
fix: bloom settings on pcw/amber palettes
fix: bugfix case where palette setting would not be loaded sometimes
fix: disabled /GS check in clang-cl builds for now (win32)
fix: made gray palette a more readable one
fix: prevent crash in bookmarks tab if any previous bookmark cannot be found anymore (thanks cmal!)
fix: saved bookmarks might contain uninitialized datas

Download: Spectral v1.16
Source: Here

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