Here is Cobra‘s loading screen: Cobra’s Loading Screen If you like to ear the loading sound, and don’t mind waiting more time for the game to load (like in the good old days, loading from the cassette), then press, to change the loading speed from “Fast” to “Normal”. Then, press and, as expected, the Loading starts! On the Recreated ZX Spectrum, or should I say: LOAD “” You now need to exit the Menu by pressing (or in Alternate Mode), and return to ZX Spectrum Mode.
That’s it! The game is selected for loading.
I wanted to try Cobra (a 48K game), so I entered the “48K only” sub-folder, and selected it with. TAPS folderĪfter pressing you will get the subfolders that contain the 48K only, 48K+128K and 128K only games. Now, press and then until the TAPS folder is highlighted, and then press to enter into the directory. You will get this screen: ZXBaremulator Menu Selecting a Gameįirst press (or in Alternate Mode), to access ZXBaremulator‘s Menu. will do the same as on a normal keyboard, shows the 48K Keyboard Layout and Help. To enter a Directory or select a Game press. Accessing the files is done using (up) and (down).
To change the ZX Spectrum Version, still in Alternate Mode, press to 48K mode, to 128K mode and to 128K+2 mode. įor instance, accessing and exiting the Main Menu in the ZX Keyboard is done by pressing in Alternate Mode (which corresponds to the on a standard keyboard). You can also connect directly the Recreated ZX Spectrum to the PI Zero, but you will need to change between “ Standard” and “ Alternate” modes, by pressing. will show the ZX Spectrum 48K Keyboard Layout (usefull if you are not using the Recreated or Real 48K), and Keyboard Shortcuts Help. The Raspberry PI Keyboard is used to provide a more easy way do some of the ZXBaremulator‘s functions, like accessing and exiting the Menu by pressing, and changing the ZX Spectrum Version – to 48K mode, to 128K mode and to 128K+2 mode. When you power on the PI you’ll get this:Īwesome! This is the first positive point to ZXBaremulator! Real and hard ZX Spectrum prompt, and ready to get some BASIC commands, functions and programs!īut wait… where is my Cassette Player?!! …īefore typing LOAD “” you need to select the game previously stored on the SD Card, like described on Updating the Files on the micro SD. Starting ZXBaremulatorįirst, ZXBaremulator is real Bare Metal! There is no Linux, the PI boots directly to the emulator. The Recreated ZX Spectrum is connected to a USB Port of my Raspberry PI Keyboard, which connects to a USB to micro USB adapter, and then to the PI Zero. Official Raspberry PI Keyboard with USB HUB.First, just a brief explanation of my test suite configuration. Also show some keyboard shortcuts to access special functions, both with the Recreated ZX Spectrum and a normal Keyboard. I also review the ZXBaremulator with the Recreated ZX Spectrum and Raspberry PI Zero W. This post shows some ZXBaremulator‘s screenshots, and gives some guidelines for starters.