Fuse (emulator)

{{Infobox Software

| name = Fuse

| caption = Fuse emulates the Sinclair ZX Spectrum

| developer = Fuse Team

| latest release version = 1.6.0{{cite web|url=http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/#What_s_new|title=Fuse - the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator|at=What's new section|via=SourceForge|access-date=8 April 2021}}

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2021|02|28}}{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/fuse-emulator/news/2021/02/fuse-160-released//|title=Fuse 1.6.0 released|access-date=8 April 2021|date=28 February 2021|via=SourceForge|first=Fredrick|last=Meunier}}

| operating system = FreeBSD, GP2X, macOS, Linux, Windows, AmigaOS, MorphOS

| genre = Emulator

| programming language = C

| license = GPL

| website = {{URL|fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net}}

}}

The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator (Fuse) is an emulator of the 1980s ZX Spectrum home computer and its various clones for Unix, Windows and macOS. Fuse is free software, released under the GNU General Public License. There are ports of Fuse to several platforms including GP2X, PlayStation 3,{{cite web|title=FUSE: An unofficial Free Unix Spectrum Emulator PS3 Port|url=http://psx-scene.com/forums/f6/fuse-unofficial-free-unix-spectrum-emulator-ps3-port-87173/|work=PSX-Scene|access-date=22 May 2011|archive-date=23 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523230722/http://psx-scene.com/forums/f6/fuse-unofficial-free-unix-spectrum-emulator-ps3-port-87173/|url-status=dead}} PlayStation Portable, Wii, the Nokia N810, and Android (as the Spectacol project).{{Citation|last=Vatra|first=BogDan|title=Github|date=2020-02-16|url=https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol|access-date=2020-02-17}}

The project was started in 1999[https://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/msg/71cc3858c3460b90 Google Groups — initial release announcement] and is still under development {{As of|2019|lc=on}}. It has been recognised as one of the most full-featured and accurate Spectrum emulators available for Linux,{{cite journal |last=Goodwin |first=Simon |date=May 2001 |title=Emulating a legend |journal=Linux Format |issue=14 |pages=56–59 }}{{cite journal|last=Bothwick |first=Neil |date=August 2005 |title=Emulate! |journal=Linux Format |issue=69 |pages=54 |url=http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/pdfs/LXF69.feat_emu.pdf |access-date=2007-11-24 |quote=There are various Spectrum emulators for Linux, all in varying stages of development, but the leaders are Fuse [...] |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001152616/http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/pdfs/LXF69.feat_emu.pdf |archive-date=October 1, 2006 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sinclairfaq.com/cssfaq/emulators/unix.htm#Fuse |title=Fuse entry on Sinclair FAQ |access-date=2007-12-02 |archive-date=2006-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061222172630/http://www.sinclairfaq.com/cssfaq/emulators/unix.htm#Fuse |url-status=dead }} and portions of its code have been ported and adapted for use in other free software projects such as the Sprinter emulator [https://web.archive.org/web/20071218193959/http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/sprinter/sprint.shtml SPRINT] and the ZX81 emulator [https://web.archive.org/web/20071015044247/http://www.chuntey.com/eightyone/ EightyOne].