It would be somewhat remiss of me to write an article about the ZX Spectrum without mentioning the games! The price and subsequent popularity of the Spectrum meant that a great many games were released for it. I have fond memories of playing the likes of Manic Miner, Head Over Heels, Rainbow Islands and Batman the Movie.
Some software houses that started with the Spectrum are still around today. The most notable example is Codemasters. Formed by David and Richard Darling in 1986, they quickly became famous for the “Simulator”1series of games and the Dizzy series.