ZX Spectrum Loading Schemes:
Indicates
loaders that are handled using the correct timing information and sub-block
structures.
Indicates
loaders that don't requie a specific decoder but could do with a decoder
with specific timings.
Indicates loaders
that still need specific decoder.
CSW (v1) Sample available for download (click to download), works in
ZX Spin, Spectaculator & CSW
Viewer
CSW (v2) Sample available for download (click to download), works
in CSW Viewer & Spectaculator / RealSpectrum
WAV (8-Bit Mono) Sample available for download (useful for timings, pauses and original sample)
For the explanation of the terms used to describe the structure of the schemes see the explanation.
Completely resolved schemes
Schemes for which the saving routine is available or which can be completely reconstructed from the loading routine/tape recording.
| Loading Scheme | Titles Using Scheme | Publishers Using Scheme | Ability of Decoding | ||
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| MakeTZX v2.34 |
Taper v2.07 |
VOC2TZX v0.54b |
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| Busy soft | Double Dash, Kliatba noci, Quadrax | Ultrasoft | |||
| Cyberlode 1.1 |
Cauldron (Silverbird),
Antiriad (Silverbird) |
Silverbird | |
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| Elite | Kokotoni Wilf, Dukes of Hazzard | Elite | |
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| Flash Load |
Great Fire of London,
Cliff Hanger |
New Generation Software | |
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| FTL | Shockway Rider, Hydrofool (Rack-It), Thundercats, Supertrux | FTL (Faster Than Light) | |
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| Gargoyle | Heavy on the Magick, Lightforce (Rack-It) | Gargoyle Games, FTL | |
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| Gremlin | Rocky (Rocco), Metabolis, Monty on the Run, Grumpy Gumphrey Super Sleuth, West Bank (Gremlin), Way of the Tiger, Bounder, Jack the Nipper, Avenger, Future Knight, Footballer of the Year | Gremlin Graphics | |||
| Haxpoc-Lock | Star Wars | |
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| Hyper-Loading | Laserwarp, Air Traffic Control | Mikro-Gen | |||
| Jon North | YS Poke Tapes | Your Sinclair | |||
| Microsphere |
Skool Daze,
Sky Ranger,
Back to Skool |
Microsphere | |||
| Microprose | Times of Lore, Xenophobe | Microprose | |||
| Mikro-Gen |
Automania,
Pyjamarama,
Witch's Cauldron, Everyone's a Wally, Herbert's Dummy Run, Shadow of the Unicorn,
Three Weeks in Paradise (both), Battle of the Planets, Equinox, Stainless Steel, Frost Byte, Cop-Out |
Mikro-Gen | |
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| Players 1 | Xanthius, Deviants, Cybernation, Fernandez Must Die, Fox Fights Back, Tomcat, Shanghai Warriors, Street Gang, Task Force, Street Cred' Football, Street Cred' Boxing, Subway Vigilante, Mutant Fortress, Spooked, Cobra Force, Shark, Prohibition; Denizen, Skateboard Construction System; Moving Target, Vatman, Elven Warrior, Saigon Combat Unit, War Machine, Joe Blade 3, Lost Caves, Psycho City, Prison Riot; SU Covertapes, YS Covertapes | Players, Mirrorsoft (Image Works), Sinclair User, Your Sinclair | |
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| Really-quite-fast loader | Gary Lineker's Superskills | Gremlin Graphics | |||
| Sentient | Tai-Pan, A Question of Scruples, Guerrilla War, W.E.C. Le Mans; SU Covertapes, YS Covertapes | Sentient Software, Sinclair User, Your Sinclair | |||
| Software Projects |
BC's Quest for Tires,
Learning with Leeper |
Software Projects | |
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| Zydroload |
Light Corridor |
Infogrames | |||
| NN:Worldcup |
World Cup Football |
Artic | |||
| NN:Hollywood Poker | Hollywood Poker | ||||
| NN:Roller Coaster | Roller Coaster | ||||
Nearly resolved schemes
Schemes reconstructed from the examination of the loading routine and the tape recording.
| Loading Scheme | Titles Using Scheme | Publishers Using Scheme | Ability of Decoding | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MakeTZX v2.34 |
Taper v2.07 |
VOC2TZX v0.54b |
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| The Edge |
Starbike,
Psytraxx,
Brian Bloodaxe,
That's the Spirit
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The Edge | |
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| Gremlin 2 |
Basil the Mouse Detective (10 Great Games 2),
Mask,
Mask (10 Great Games 2)
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Gremlin Graphics | |
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| Injectaload/Excelerator |
3D Game Maker, Book of the Dead (CRL), Ninja Hamster Jack the Ripper, The Last Mohican, Loads of Midnight
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CRL | |
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| Jet-Load |
Classroom Chaos,
Dungeon Dare, Prelude,
The Greatest Show on Earth
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Central Solutions | |
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| LazerLoad 48 |
Macadam Bumper
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PSS | |
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| Micromega | Braxx Bluff, Kentilla, Jasper, Jasper (PCG), A Day in the Life | Micromega | |||
| ODEload | Trivial Pursuit Genus Edition Question Tape side B, Sailing, Sailing (Mastertronic), Sailing (Mastertronic Plus) | Domark, Activision Inc | |||
| Players 2 | Joe Blade, Andy Capp, Tetris, Thing, Tanium, Shanghai Karate, Metal Army, Sword Slayer; SU Covertapes, YS Covertapes | Players, Mirrorsoft, Sinclair User, Your Sinclair | |
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| UnilODE |
Trivial Pursuit Genus Edition Question Tape Side A,
Trivial Pursuit Baby Boomer Edition Question Tape side B,
Trivial Pursuit Young Players Edition Question Tape
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Domark | |||
| Speedlock Associates |
Dan Dare 2
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Virgin Games Ltd. | |||
| NN:Moonlighter | Moonlighter | Software Super Savers | |||
Unresolved schemes
| Loading Scheme | Titles Using Scheme | Publishers Using Scheme | Ability of Decoding | ||
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| MakeTZX v2.34 |
Taper v2.07 |
VOC2TZX v0.54b |
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| Alkatraz | 720°, Artura, Legend of Kage | U.S.Gold, Gremlin | |
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| Alkatraz 2 |
Outrun Europa, Gauntlet 3, Strider 2 |
U.S. Gold | |
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| Activision (MultiLoad) | Time Scanner, Pac-Land | Activision | |
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| Bleepload | Blacklamp, Bubble Bobble, I,Ball | Firebird | |
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| Dinaload (Dinamic Loader) | Capitan Trueno, Cosmic Sheriff, Freddy Hardest En Manhattan Sur, Grand Prix Master, Michel Futbol Master, Satan | Dinamic | |
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| Digital Integration |
ATF,
TT Racer (4 Aces),
Tomahawk (4 Aces) |
Digital Integration | |
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| EDOS | Most EDOS Re-Releases | EDOS | |
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| Lerm |
Lerm Microdrive 1 - Side A,
Lerm Microdrive 1 - Side B,
Lerm Tape Copier 6,
Lerm Tape Copier 7 |
Lerm Software | |||
| Movieload | Moonstrike | Mirrorsoft | |||
| Novaload 48 | Swords & Sorcery, Covenant | ||||
| Nu-Load Ninety One | Hunt for Red October The - Based on the Movie | ||||
| Paul Owens Protection System | Rainbow Islands, The Untouchables | Ocean | |
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| Poliload (Dinamic Loader) | Astro Marine Corps, Rescate Atlantida (Rescue From Atlantis) | Dinamic | |
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| Power-Load 48 |
Arena,
Boulderdash, Confuzion, Deathwake, Dynamite Dan |
Mirrorsoft, Incentive Software Ltd. | |
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| Rapid | Travel With Trashman, Zombie Zombie | New Generation Software, Quicksilva | |
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| Richlock | Light Force | Faster Than Light | |
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| Search Loader (MultiLoad) | The Final Matrix, Ranarama | Gremlin, Hewson | |
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| SoftLock | Cylu, Elite 48k, Rasputin | Firebird | |
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| Speedlock 1 | Batman, Beach Head, Mikie | Imagine/Ocean | |
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| Speedlock 2 | Enduro Racer, Green Beret | Imagine/Ocean | |
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| Speedlock 3 | Leviathan | |
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| Speedlock 4 | Arkanoid, Athena, Outrun | Imagine/Ocean | |
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| Speedlock 5 | Road Blasters | Imagine/Ocean | |
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| Speedlock 6 | The Fury, Platoon | Imagine/Ocean | |
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| Speedlock 7 | most of the Hit Squad ReReleases | Imagine/Ocean | |
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| Speedlock 8 ? |
Robcop 3 |
Imagine/Ocean | |||
| Sprite Novaload |
Theatre Europe |
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| Zeta Loader | Ramsoft | |
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| unknown | Zanthrax | ||||
| unknown |
Myla Di'Kaich |
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| unknown |
Twister |
System 3 Software | |||
| unknown |
Falcon Patrol 2 |
Virgin Games Ltd. | |||