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ZX Spectrum

series of personal home computers
Class type of: home computer Q23882

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
computer model series
Inception
April 23, 1982[7]
Nickname
El Gomas[12]
More facts +12
Follows
Sinclair ZX81[3]
Followed by
Sinclair QL[4]
Subclass of
home computer
CPU
Zilog Z80, Zilog Z80A[9][10]
Developer
Sinclair Research[6]
Different from
Spectral[13]
Discontinuation date
1992[16]
Manufacturer
Sinclair Research[5]
P14470
Platforms/ZX_Spectrum[17]
Service retirement
1992[8]
Topic has template
Template:Sinclair ZX Spectrum[11]
Units sold
+5500000, +5000000[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sinclair ZX Spectrum en ZX Spectrum en Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16/48k ar زد إكس سبكتروم de ZX Spectrum de Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16/48k es El Gomas es Gomas es Spectrum es ZX Spectrum fa اسپکتروم fr Sinclair Spectrum fr Sinclair ZX Spectrum he ספקטרום סינקלייר hu ZX Spectrum ko ZX 스펙트럼 pl Sinclair ZX Spectrum pl Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16/48k ru Sinclair ZX Spectrum ru Спектрум
🔖 Identifiers · 42
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85122791
GND ID
4068309-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ZXSpectrum48k.jpg ↗
Archival Resource Key
ark:/12148/btv1b55013033m
BnF archives and manuscripts ID
97705f/ca19929363
C64-Wiki ID
ZX_Spectrum
Databáze her platform ID
sinclair-zx-spectrum
Described at URL
www.computinghistory.org.uk, www.theguardian.com
FOLDOC ID
ZX+Spectrum, Spectrum
Fandom article ID
rare:ZX_Spectrum, gamicus:ZX_Spectrum, video-games:ZX_Spectrum
Freebase ID
/m/089b9
Gallica ID
btv1b55013033m
Show all 42 identifiers +30
Game Classification machine ID
25
GameFAQs platform ID
sinclair
Gamekult platform ID
160073
GamersGlobal game ID
217646
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3045-16
GitHub topic
zx-spectrum, zxspectrum, sinclair-spectrum, spectrum-zx, spectrum
HomeComputer Museum ID
Sinclair_Spectrum, ZX-Spectrum_grey_metal, ZX_Spectrum, ZX_Spectrum_black_plastic, ZX_Spectrum_black_metal, ZX_Spectrum_Gold, ZX_Spectrum_White, ZX_Spectrum_grey_plastic
Internet Game Database platform ID
zxs
Itch.io tag ID
tag-zx-spectrum
Kultboy platform ID
3
LaunchBox Games Database platform ID
46
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
sj2021055759
Lutris platform ID
spectrum
MobyGames platform ID
zx-spectrum
NL CR AUT ID
ph832224
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007546153905171
Old-computers.com ID
223
Open Library subject ID
sinclair_zx_spectrum_(computer)
Quora topic ID
ZX-Spectrum
RAWG tag ID
zx-spectrum
Science Museum Group ID
objects/co8421531
ScreenScraper platform ID
76
Subreddit
zxspectrum
TV Tropes ID
UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum
The Spriters Resource platform ID
zx_spectrum
TheGamesDB platform ID
4913
Topic's main category
Category:ZX Spectrum
UVL platform ID
25
Video Game History Foundation Library subject ID
280
VideoGameGeek platform ID
4950

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🔗 Connections
← Platform 460
Tetris, Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Mario, SimCity, Street Fighter +452 more
Has these parts 12
Beta Disk Interface, DISCiPLE, Timex FDD3000, +D, Triton disk drive, Amstrad FD-1, Byte Drive 500, CS-Disk +4 more
← Based on 4
TK 90X, ZX Spectrum Vega, Dubna 48K, Pentagon
← Main subject 4
Crash, World of Spectrum, Computronic, Virtual TR-DOS
← Emulates 3
MESS, Fuse, BizHawk
CPU 2
Zilog Z80, Zilog Z80A
Followed by (predecessor) 2
Sinclair QL, Timex Computer 2048
Developer 1
Sinclair Research
Followed by 1
Sinclair QL
Follows 1
Sinclair ZX81
Manufacturer 1
Sinclair Research
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Patrik Rak
Preceded by (successor) 1
Sinclair ZX81
Subclass of 1
home computer
Topic's main category 1
Category:ZX Spectrum
← Category's main topic 1
Category:ZX Spectrum
← Has part(s) of the class 1
Progressbar95
← Product or material produced 1
Sinclair Research
← Used by 1
Z80 Assembly
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Summary

ZX Spectrum is a computer model series[1]. It is a type of home computer[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . news.bbc.co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . retromaquinitas.com. Retrieved . retromaquinitas.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HomeComputer Museum ID → Sinclair_Spectrum, ZX-Spectrum_grey_metal, ZX_Spectrum +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ Giant Bomb ID (former scheme): 3045-16"
  2. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HomeComputer Museum ID → Sinclair_Spectrum, ZX-Spectrum_grey_metal, ZX_Spectrum +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ HomeComputer Museum ID: ZX-Spectrum_grey_metal, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143721582|ZX Spectrum (#143721582)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5521|H"
  3. 21w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FOLDOC ID → ZX+Spectrum, Spectrum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ FOLDOC ID: Spectrum, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/9aef88c707e54/|details]])"
  4. 21w ago · Tom Morris · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Platforms/ZX_Spectrum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Platforms/ZX_Spectrum, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293229856|ZX Spectrum (#293229856)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7986|‎Gian"
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