Once downloaded, unpack the compressed file with: ![]() VICE is the emulator of choice for C64 fans, and it can be installed by entering the following into the Terminal: Many a playground battle was fought over which was better, C64 or Spectrum. ![]() The C64 was the global 8-bit home computer success, and chief rival to the Spectrum. Load “” – by pressing J followed by CTRL and P twice. From there you can load up any TAP files you have – or have downloaded legally from the likes of World of Spectrum – by clicking on the Media option along the Fuse top menu, followed by Tape > Open and using the file explorer to point to the game image.Īll you need to do then is enter into the Spectrum: You can click the program to launch, which should bring up the familiar Spectrum. When the installation is complete, the Fuse Spectrum Emulator should appear in the Games menu from the main menu. Sudo apt-get install fuse-emulator-common spectrum-roms fuse-emulator-utils With the Terminal open, type in the following, pressing Enter when you’re done: Related: 6 of the coolest Raspberry Pi projects ever To install Fuse on the Raspberry Pi, open up the Terminal by clicking on the Menu button in the bottom left corner, moving the mouse over the Accessories menu, and clicking on the LXTerminal program. Regardless of the ‘dead flesh’ rubber keyboard, and the fact that it could take ten minutes to load a game from a tape, the Spectrum brought untold joy to millions.įuse is regarded as one of the better Spectrum emulators available for the Raspberry Pi, although there are others. With just 48Kb of memory and a 3.5MHz processor at its core, this amazing little piece of British history has reached legendary status. We’ll start with the home computer that’ll put a smile on every 40-something year old’s face: the humble Speccy. We’ll have a little look at gaming hardware at the end of this How To, for now though it’s on to some retro gaming. Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade Obviously, you’ll need a Raspberry Pi – or at a push you might be able to get away with the QEMU emulated image found here, but we can’t comment on that method as we haven’t tried it – and you’ll need to make sure you’re either running the latest Noobs or Raspbian image, or you’ve updated and upgraded your current RPi OS via the Terminal with: Therefore, we’re going to look at getting a collection of retro consoles and home computers, as well as arcade classics working on the Raspberry Pi, to see if we’re just looking at this through some rose-tinted retro spectacles, or whether gaming was as good as we remember it. Regardless of whether your particular brand of gaming was Chuckie Egg on the BBC Micro, 3D Starstrike on the Spectrum, Last Ninja on the C64, Rampage on the Sega Master System, or Operation Wolf at your local arcade, you have to admit those early games were pretty awesome. It’s this getting your hands dirty with code approach that launched the Raspberry Pi to get this new generation interested not just in technology, but also how it all comes together behind the scenes.įor many of us though, it was the gaming of the 80s that brings a nostalgic tear to the eye. As well we know, many of these games went on to become legendary with the likes of Manic Miner and so on. The 80s were the golden age of the bedroom coder, where a young teen could experiment late at night with an overworked Spectrum to create their own unique game. ![]() So for those bleak months of no new games we had to make our own. ![]() Even with the budget Spectrum titles costing £1.99, pocket money had to be stretched to cover the other items we needed – usually sweets. We didn’t have the luxury back then of playing something over the weekend before discarding it and paying for another game. Video: Raspberry Pi 3 vs Pi 2: What’s the difference? Those of us who are old enough to remember getting our first home computer – mine was a ZX Spectrum 48k, back in 1983 – will no doubt have fond memories of loading the games up from a tape and playing them until we either completed them or we stretched the tape to the point where it was unreadable. To celebrate the release of the new Raspberry Pi we thought we’d have a look at creating something that’s very close to our hearts, and something that embraces the original concept of the Raspberry Pi foundation itself: retro gaming. We guide you through the process of turning your Raspberry Pi into a retro gaming centre.
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