CSpect Launcher 1.5

• Right-click menu: "Load in 48K mode" for .tap games that need the 48K Spectrum
• NextBASIC programs saved without extension (e.g. Vice City Blues) start automatically through NextZXOS like .bas files; a file named like the game folder is offered first
• BASIC programs saved without autostart (e.g. Orb Run) now start instead of only being loaded
• Right-click menu: "CSpect 3 compatibility" turns on, per game, the fixes of the CSpect Compat plugin for old games that crash in CSpect 3 (e.g. Montana Mike, Deltas Shadow, Elite Next, Spice Invaderz)

CSpect 3 compatibility: the fixes need the CSpect Compat plugin (Compat.dll, plus a fixed esxDOS.dll for Dreamworld Pogie Demo): https://github.com/Saxabar/CSpectCompat/releases - copy it next to CSpect.exe, then turn the fixes on per game from the right-click menu.

Scanlines: CSpect 3 no longer has a TV shader (+tv does nothing); for TV-style scanlines use the CSpect Scanlines plugin: https://github.com/Saxabar/CSpectScanlines/releases - copy Scanlines.dll next to CSpect.exe and keep +tv in the parameters.

• Windows: CSpectLauncher-1.5.zip - unzip it into a folder and double-click Launcher.bat.
• Linux and macOS: CSpectLauncher-Linux-macOS-1.5.tar.gz - see linux/README.md for the requirements (on macOS start cspect-launcher.command).
• Requires the CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect

CSpect Launcher 1.4

• Right-click menu: "Start with NextZXOS" loads a .nex/.snx through NextZXOS, for games that stay on a black screen in CSpect (e.g. The Lords of Midnight)

• NextZXOS games: files saved by the game (saved games, high scores) are copied back to the game folder when CSpect is closed

• Favorite games: add them with the right-click menu and show only them with the ♥ button next to the Sort menu

• .tap games are loaded with the NextZXOS Tape Loader in 128K mode, so games with custom loaders (e.g. Tokimal) now start

• Windows: CSpectLauncher-1.4.zip - unzip it into a folder and double-click Launcher.bat.

• Linux and macOS: CSpectLauncher-Linux-macOS-1.4.tar.gz - see linux/README.md for the requirements (on macOS start cspect-launcher.command).

• Requires the CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect

CSpect Launcher 1.3.1

• The window size is remembered on exit and the last game started is selected when the launcher opens

• Right-click menu: "Open game folder" opens the game's folder with the executable selected

• Z-machine text adventures (.z3, .z4, .z5, .z7, .z8) start automatically through NextZXOS with the ZXZVM interpreter

• Windows: CSpectLauncher-1.3.1.zip - unzip it into a folder and double-click Launcher.bat.

• Linux and macOS: CSpectLauncher-Linux-macOS-1.3.1.tar.gz - see linux/README.md for the requirements (on macOS start cspect-launcher.command).

• Requires the CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect

CSpect Launcher 1.3

• Experimental macOS support in the Linux version (start with cspect-launcher.command; not yet tested on a Mac)

• Windows: CSpectLauncher-1.3.zip - unzip it into a folder and double-click Launcher.bat.

• Linux and macOS: CSpectLauncher-Linux-macOS-1.3.tar.gz - see linux/README.md for the requirements (on macOS start cspect-launcher.command).

• Requires the CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect

CSpect Launcher 1.2

• .bas/.tap games: F5 screenshots are saved next to the game (they ended up in the temporary folder)

• .bas/.tap games: SD card images of previous launches are deleted from the temporary folder

• Windows: CSpectLauncher-1.2.zip - unzip it into a folder and double-click Launcher.bat.

• Linux: CSpectLauncher-Linux-1.2.tar.gz - see linux/README.md for the requirements.

• Requires the CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect

CSpect Launcher 1.1

• NextBASIC (.bas) and tape (.tap) games start automatically: the launcher creates a small
  NextZXOS SD card image with the game and an autoexec.bas (needs zxnext.sd and hdfmonkey, both from CSpect)

• If zxnext.sd is missing, the launcher offers to download it with CSpect's ZXOS.bat / ZXOS.sh,
  shows a waiting window during the download and then starts the game

• New games.ini key nextzxos= (SD card image with NextZXOS, default zxnext.sd in the CSpect folder)

• Windows: CSpectLauncher-1.1.zip - unzip it into a folder and double-click Launcher.bat.

• Linux: CSpectLauncher-Linux-1.1.tar.gz - see linux/README.md for the requirements.

• Requires the CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect

CSpect Launcher 1.0

First release.

Download: CSpectLauncher-1.0.zip below. Unzip it into a folder and double-click Launcher.bat. See the README for details.

• Game list with search and sorting by name or rating, 1-5 star ratings
• Cover pictures from CSpect screenshots (F5)
• Per-game executable, launch parameters, custom title and hidden games
• Delete a game's .sav files (to the Recycle Bin)
• Settings: language, games and CSpect folders, window size 1x-4x, full screen
• Interface in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German

Requires Windows and the CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect

Linux: CSpectLauncher-Linux-1.0.tar.gz — see linux/README.md for requirements.