Games from 8-bit era online – ZX Spectrum
The Spectrum was among the first home computers in the UK aimed at a mainstream-audience, similar in significance to the Commodore 64 in the US. The introduction of the ZX Spectrum led to a boom in companies producing software and hardware for the machine, the effects of which are still seen. Some credit it as the machine which launched the UK IT industry.
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- Ocean
- Gremlin
- Imagine
- Hewson
- U.S. Gold
- Firebird
- Beam
- Mastertronic
- Dinamic
- Elite
- Chris Stamper
- Probe
- Domark
- Electric Dreams
- Don Priestley
- Virgin Games
- Durell
- Activision
- Mikro-Gen
- Zosya Entertainment
- Denton Designs
- Zigurat
- Graftgold
- Gargoyle Games
- Vortex
- Topo Soft
- Mirrorsoft
- Jonathan Smith
- Incentive
- Infogrames
- Costa Panayi
- Software Creations
- Quicksilva
- The Edge
- Piranha
- CRL Group
- Binary Design
- Microsphere
- Beyond
- Pete Cooke
- Software Studios
- Icon Design
- Platinum Productions
- New Generation
- Gang of Five
- David Jones
- Psion
- Oliver Twins
- Sentient
- Steve Turner
- Teque
- DK’Tronics
- RetroSouls
- Zeppelin Games
- New Frontier
- Micromega
- Odin
- System 3
- Special FX
- Software Projects
- Realtime Games
- Palace
- Raffaele Cecco
- Bug-Byte
- Mike A. Richardson
- Malcolm Evans
- P.S.S.
- Steve Kelly
- Hi-Tec
- Stephen Crow
- Opera Soft
- Martech Games
- Ultrasoft
- Made in Spain
- Major Developments
- Julian Gollop
- Digital Integration
- Twilight
- A’n’F Software
- Blade Software
- Rainbird
- Adventure International
- Your Sinclair
- Target Games
- Dominic Robinson
- Games Workshop
- Clive Townsend
- Matthew Smith
- Image Works
- Gamesoft
- Bo Jangeborg
- Rod Bowkett
