9

According to this site, Sinclair released a total of ten titles on cartridge: all games that were popular on cassette, and all in 1983, the year the Interface 2 was released.

I know the cartridges flopped pretty quickly, largely because most Spectrum users weren't willing to pay thrice the price of a cassette just for an instant load. Still, Sinclair promoted them in the Spectrum+ manual (1984) and, per this q, there were third-party cartridge interfaces in the wild around that time.

Did any other company release Spectrum software on cartridge? If so, how many titles in total were released?

I'm particularly looking for releases while the Speccy games market was still current, so before 1995 (I think that's a fair cut-off), but I'll also accept later commercial offerings for the clone market(s), or a reliable source saying no such cartridges were made.

Improve this question
6
  • 1
    There were only the ten listed on the Wikipedia page in terms of official releases.
    – Alan B
    Commented Jan 31 at 11:53
  • 1
    Official Sinclair, 11, counting with the diagnostic test used by authorised service centres. computinghistory.org.uk/det/23089/… .
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    Commented Jan 31 at 23:24
  • 2
    Don't forget the Timex cartridges k1.spdns.de/Vintage/Sinclair/Software/Timex%202068%20Cartridges
    – Polluks
    Commented Feb 1 at 8:33
  • 2
    The Timex cartridges are totally different hardware-wise and software-wise. I asked a question here some years back.
    – hippietrail
    Commented Feb 1 at 10:00
  • 1
    @hippietrail Thanks. If I read it right, one of the answers to your question had a comment about "Maybe 15-20 titles" being released for the Speccy. The plot thickens...
    – Pastychomper thanks Monica
    Commented Feb 2 at 8:32

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
4

Ten:

  • Backgammon (Psion)
  • Chess (Psion)
  • Cookie (Ultimate)
  • Horace and the Spiders (Melbourne House)
  • Hungry Horace (Melbourne House)
  • Jetpac (Ultimate)
  • Planetoids (Psion)
  • Pssst (Ultimate)
  • Space Raiders (Psion)
  • Tranz Am (Ultimate)

You’ll find more information on the Sinclair Interface 2, Interface 2 cartridges (by date), Spectrum Computing’s page on the ZX Interface 2, and Planet Sinclair’s.

Various third-party diagnostic cartridges etc. were available too.

Improve this answer
0

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .