PlayZX

Baltazar Studios, LLC

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About this app

PLEASE READ THIS TEXT IN FULL BEFORE INSTALLING:

Select from thousands of Sinclair ZX Spectrum games and play them through the headphone jack to load them onto your Speccy. You can also select your local (on the device) TAP or TZX files, convert them to sound files and play them. This way you can load games for not only the ZX Spectrum micro but also any other retro computer that have compatible audio jacks.

IMPORTANT:
1. This is not an emulator, *it* will not play those games! You need an actual ZX Spectrum.

2. If you cannot browse and select your own files, it is likely caused by new Android permissions that Google changed with their newer development kits.
Please try this: Go to "System" -> "Apps & Notifications" -> Select "PlayZX" app -> scroll down to "Permissions" and allow "Storage" permission.

3. Make sure that your Android device is *not* connected to USB (for example, to charge it), while using this app. (Electrically, its ground needs to be floating with respect to the ZX Spectrum power supply)

4. Put your Android device in "Do Not Disturb" mode (*not* the Airplane mode as it needs internet access). This will prevent random notifications to disturb the signal output.

5. Use a good quality, preferably short, audio cable. For best results, use a stereo cable and turn the option to invert one stereo channel. Play with the volume: you may get different results on your phone vs. on your tablet, for example.

Ratings and reviews

Be sure to read the docs on the website and save yourself some frustration. A brilliant idea, well executed. Forget TZX and TAP conversion programs that won't work - this app sends thousands of games as WAV files straight to your Spectrum. You can also convert and send files stored on your device in any of the formats.

App works great with my Harlequin 128 (Speccy clone). Haven't been able to get it working yet with the T/S 1000 (ZX81). Might just be a matter of finding the best volume level, it does take some tweaking. I have not had success at all with the Turbo Speed function.

Loads of games in the database. Only problem I have is that it doesn't find my local files on huawei mate 20 pro. Edit. Thanks for the quick response, worked a treat. For those complaining about this app, I suggest you take a little time to work out what it's for. "long time to load" yep it emulates a tape recorder. "can't open the game after it downloads" nope because it's a tape emulator, not a Speccy emulator. "getting loading errors" that's because your phone isn't loud enough.

What’s new

Maintenance release to update the Android API level requirement.