# ZX Spectrum

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Computer - Lifespan: 1982 - 1992

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## Information

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## System Features

<table><thead><tr><th width="245">Retroachievements</th><th width="200">Netplay</th><th>Controller autoconfig</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>lr-fuse: NO<br>lr-fbneo: YES<br>ZesarUX: NO<br>BizHawk: YES</td><td>lr-fuse: NO<br>lr-fbneo: YES<br>ZesarUX: NO<br>BizHawk: NO</td><td>lr-fuse: YES<br>lr-fbneo: YES<br>ZesarUX: YES<br>BizHawk: YES</td></tr></tbody></table>

## BIOS

No BIOS required for ZX Spectrum.

## Controls

Buttons A, X and Y are mapped to the joystick's fire button, button B is mapped to the UP directional button.&#x20;

Buttons L1 and R1 are mapped to RETURN and SPACE, respectively.&#x20;

The SELECT button brings up the embedded, on-screen keyboard which is useful if you only have controllers attached to your computer.

* For joystick games: in the RetroBat [advanced system settings or game settings](https://wiki.retrobat.org/navigation/view-options#advanced-system-options), select the option "**JOYSTICK ONLY**" and set user 1 to a joystick type. Optionally, set user 2 to another joystick type (local cooperative games).

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* For keyboard games: select the option "**Keyboard Only**". You won't have any joystick and the embedded keyboard won't work, but the entire physical keyboard will be available for you to type in those text adventure commands.

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## Specific system information

There is no specific System information documented here yet.