ZX Tape Player

ZX Tape Player turns your Android device into a virtual cassette deck for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, ZX81, and ZX80. Connect the device's audio output to the computer's EAR socket with a suitable cable or adapter, then load games and other software as if they were playing from cassette. No dedicated tape interface or computer modification is required. How it works ZX Tape Player converts tape-image and program-image files into the audio signal expected by original Sinclair hardware. Select ZX Spectrum, ZX81, or ZX80 in Settings, then search for a title or open a local file. ZX Spectrum is selected by default. Enter LOAD "" on a ZX Spectrum or ZX81, or LOAD on a ZX80, then press Play. Search and discover • Search the ZXInfo catalog for ZX Spectrum, ZX81, and ZX80 software • Browse by title, letter, or publisher • View details, screenshots, publisher information, and release year • Open a search result directly in the player Tape sources • Download available tape files linked by ZXInfo from Archive.org and other public archives • Open local .TAP, .TZX, .P, .P81, .81, .O, .80, and .ZIP files • Match local files to their ZXInfo entries by file hash when a match is available Player • Animated cassette with spinning reels • Play, pause, stop, seek, and block-navigation controls • Adjustable playback speed with tape-recorder pitch behavior • Countdown showing the time remaining in the current block • Selectable audio filters for different machines and connections • Ringer silencing when permitted and remembered output volume • Screen wake lock for long loading sessions • Warning when a tape file appears to be corrupted Tape block browser Inspect each block's type, name, size, and position. Jump directly to a particular block in a multi-part tape or examine the structure of a custom loader. Supported formats • .TAP — standard ZX Spectrum tape images • .TZX — extended tape images for ZX Spectrum, ZX81, and ZX80 • .P, .P81, and .81 — ZX81 program images • .O and .80 — ZX80 program images • .ZIP archives containing supported files Sharing and export • Open or share a title's ZXInfo page • Export the selected tape image, the original archive when available, or generated WAV audio Languages Available in 12 languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish. Open source and private ZX Tape Player is open source. It contains no ads, analytics, or tracking SDKs, requires no account, and does not collect personal data. Tape conversion runs locally on your device. ZX Tape Player was originally created by Andriy S'omak. After his passing, the project was revived and is now maintained in his memory.