ZX Spectrum Widget
If you are British aged between 30-40 this widget will allow you to relive the glory days of the 80’s. As long as you define glory as getting Miner Willy through the ‘Solar Power Generator’, defeating Doomdark near the ‘Mountains of the Moon’, or spending hours drawing a map of Sabre Wulf.
The widget is based on the Qaop Java emulator - which has it’s own page here
New in version 2.2
- Sizing bug fix
- New games
New in version 2.1
- Compact size when not in use
New in version 2.0
- Sound
- .TAP file support
- Faster and smaller emulator
- Kempston joystick support (use arrows and ctrl)
Pull those bedroom curtains even tighter together, ignore your mother calling you for your dinner, forget girls and plunge into a nostalgia trip all at the press of F12.
Important upgrade instructions:
The widget update will copy over the game file directory, so if you’ve added any in an earlier version: Save the game files, then upgrade, then copy the games back.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is required. If you're using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, Show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you're using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. Show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it.
Legal
The widget comes with a few legally provided games (see below).
You can add more games by flipping over the widget, pressing ‘Open Game Snapshot Folder’ and adding your own games to that folder.
Only add files that you are legally allowed to - e.g. In some countries these can be games you have purchased. Copyright laws vary from country to county, so check them if you are unsure.
Don't pirate games!
I believe the owners of the supplied games allow their games to be freely distributed (according to the web-site World of Spectrum). If you are the copyright owner of one of these games and you would like it removed from the widget distribution please contact me and I will be happy to remove it.
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Sunday, 10 September 2006
