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SITE AWARDS GAINED

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Apr 9, 2000 Feb 28, 2000 Sep 5, 2000

Jan, 2001 Sep 15, 1999 Jun 13, 2000

Jan 18, 1999 Site of the Year 1998 Award Jan, 1999 Dec 13, 2000

Feb 13, 2001 Apr 13, 2002

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WHAT THE MEDIA SAY

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[...] More fun is to be had at www.worldofspectrum.org, where you can play games designed for machines such as the rubber-keyed Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

The Sunday Times, 2 March 2008

World of Spectrum is not just the best Speccy site on the Web, but arguably the best retro resource full stop

Retro Gamer issue 19, December 2005

[...] Retro managed to track down Martijn in order to find out more about his extraordinarily comprehensive site, which you can find at www.worldofspectrum.org [complete interview]		+++ Hier bij PD hebben we een voorliefde voor retro gaming, oftewel 'vroeger was alles beter'. Daarom aandacht voor World of Spectrum, gemaakt rondom de legendarische Sinclair ZX Spectrum, want deze site bestaat precies tien jaar. Je kunt hier van alles vinden, van emulators tot remakes.
GamesTM issue 33, June 2005		Planet Download issue 251, 30 November 2005

[...] While no one seems to mind too much about emulating redundant video game and computer systems, most of the games themselves remain under copyright. This means that anyone who distributes them either freely or for profit could be breaking several laws. A recent incident saw the Interactive Digital Software Association slap a notice of infringing activity on the website World of Spectrum (www.worldofspectrum.org) for making certain games titles available for download.		[...] Martijn van der Heide, eigenaar van de website www.worldofspec- trum.org, kan met recht een oude- computerfanaat genoemd worden. Zijn website met foto's, gegevens, spelletjes en andere wetenswaardig- heden over de Spectrum wordt dage- lijks bezocht door zo'n 4.500 mensen.
Webactive magazine, May 2003		Info Regio, October 2003

[...] Point your browsers at www.worldofspectrum.org and take your pick, and then have a look at the site's extensive ROM collection, all of which are offered with permission of the copyright owner, and therefore perfectly legal.		World of Spectrum http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ Absolutely the most complete Spectrum site that I have ever come across, with information on other Sinclair machines and clones. It was started in 1995, and is run by Martijn van der Heide and other dedicated enthusiasts. The hardware pages, for instance, contain over 480 items listed, and this is the only place to look for a comprehensive list of emulators. Don't forget to use the Sinclair InfoSeek.
MicroMart issue 742, March 2003		MicroMart on-line, April 2003

[...] The Interactive Digital Software Association last month sent a "Berne Convention - Demand for Immediate Take Down - Notice of Infringing Activity" to World of Spectrum, which is home of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum archive and also describes itself (maybe carelessly, considering how some phrases set robots' juices going) as "the largest on-line gaming center on the Internet."

The Register, 7 March 2003

"the World of Spectrum, a site that legally archives old Sinclair Spectrum games, has been accused of distributing copyrighted material by the IDSA . The list of games supposedly being offered on the site include titles such as Soldier Of Fortune and Barbarian. And a quick search of the site shows that these titles are indeed being offered, however they are the original versions that were released many years ago and have now been officially made legal to supply by the current copyright owners."

Slashdot, 28 Februari 2003

TOP SITE World Of Spectrum Here's some more teary eyed nostalgia for gentlemen of a certain age (because, let's face it, the girls were, quite sensibly, never really interested in computers at school). World Of Spectrum is essentially the biggest and best site for connoisseurs of the ZX Spectrum. It features an enormous list of games, complete with the relevant details of each one, just about every emulator there is, documentation, old speccy magazines and a whole bunch of incredibly geeky but fun stuff for you to rediscover. And rather excellently you can play any of the 9500 games available online, instantly, using a javascript emulator. So what are you waiting for? fan-bloody-tastic

.Net Magazine, June 2002

SITE OF THE DAY http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ EXHAUSTIVE database of retro Spectrum games including greats like Frogger and Pacman. Not only does it contain every single piece of software ever created for Spectrum, it has full descriptions, hints and cheats. Sir Clive Sinclair must be very proud.

The Daily Mirror, 23 October 2001

"WORLD OF SPECTRUM http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ This site will never win an award for good looks. Quite fitting then, considering the Sinclair Spectrum's consistently dodgy design from the ZX81 with its laughable 16k memory to the ungainly plastic brick that was the insanely overpowered 128k +3. World Of Spectrum is the official archive of the home computers that were early inspiration for a lot of today's game designers. You'll find the usual wealth of detailed tech info, FAQs and manuals, but nestled alongside a quirky section dedicated to Speccy game music is the real reason to visit. A huge archive of playable games from Chucky Egg 2 to Manic Miner. Proof if proof were needed that it's gameplay that turns hype into lasting classic status. Oh, and a certain C Sinclair got 100% in the site's quiz. Insider knowledge?" - Paul Fitzpatrick.

Playstation 2 Magazine, August 2001

[...] Sites such as davesclassics.com have hundreds of emulated games to download free from various different PCs/consoles, while fans of Clive Sinclair's rubber-keyed wonder, the Spectrum, can visit sites such as speccymagic.co.uk and void.jump.org to get their games. Just load up an emulator program and then start looking for the games you want to revisit.

The Guardian, 19 July 2001

[...] Wie de smaak te pakken heeft moet meteen maar eens kijken op http://www.void.jump.org. Deze site is volledig gewijd aan de klassieke Sinclair ZX Spectrum, een computer die in de jaren tachtig zijn hoogtij dagen beleefde. De site biedt meer dan 5500 spelletjes aan voor de Spectrum en voordat je ze download kun je ze al online spelen dankzij de Java Spectrum emulator.

.Net Magazine Online, Editie 026, 6 June 2001

For retro gaming try: World of Spectrum www.worldofspectrum.org/ This is an Aladdin's Cave and the main site for tracking down classics like Manic Miner, The Hobbit, Football Manager and The Sentinel.		The World Of Spectrum Spectrum magic Hankering after Horace Goes Skiing? Pining for Pyjamarama? World Of Spectrum is easily the best ZX Spectrum gaming archive on the net, if not the best archive of anything ever. With almost 6,000 games (and the emulators to play them on) this constantly updated site is a gold-mine for anyone wishing to re-live their bedroom-confined youth. The clincher: 23, count 'em, 23 versions of Jet Set Willy?
Australia's Internet Guide, May 2001
[...] For more information about Codemasters, check out the Web site or go to World of Spectrum to relive those - utterly unrelated, we stress - Spectrum days.
PC Format, February 2001		GQ Magazine, February 2001

[...] http://www.worldofspectrum.org. This is The World of Spectrum, the official world archive for the ZX Spectrum, and more complete than the Complete Works of Shakespeare.

Madasafish, December 2000

[...] Another site, World of Spectrum, claims 60,000 games are downloaded each day.

BBC News, 13 October 2000

Andy Davis wrote in to say he was glad to see the Spectrum making an appearance in March's Retro column. He wanted to point out that there are a couple of emulators available, one for WinCE and one for the Psion Series 5, at: www.void.demon.nl/ emulators.html.

PC World, June 2000

[...] Or take a walk down memory lane to World of Spectrum and find programs that will let your computer pretend to be a 16-year-old Sinclair Spectrum.

BBC Education, March 2000

WORLD OF SPECTRUM www.void.demon.nl/spectrum.html While the lads at RetroSpec may amaze and worry us in equal measure with their commitment to remakes, the maintainer of WOS is quite clearly insane. A huge amount of info on anything and everything Spectrum - from databases listing nearly all the machine's games (including release dates and select reviews from certain mags) to emulators. This does for games buffs what Carlsberg Special Brew does for the homeless...		World of Spectrum www.void.demon.nl/ spectrum.html **** On first impression, World of Spectrum appears to be one major geek fest and you'd be right to judge this book by its cover. This website is a shrine to Clive Sinclair's revolution- ary home computer, the ZX Spectrum and contains, among other things, numer- ous free download emulators for PC. The website looks pretty bad, but is relatively simple to navigate and does present you with the chance to get nostalgic about what were, all in all, pretty good games for their time. All the old Spectrum favorites such as Manic Miner and Chucky Egg can be downloaded for free. Definitely worth a try if you've a few hours to spare.
PC Zone issue 81, October 1999		ComputerActive Web Guide issue 2, Spring 2000

[...] and according to WOS, The World of Spectrum at www.void.demon.nl/ emulators.html, there are about 60 Sinclair Spectrum emula- tions running on a wide variety of machines.

The Guardian, 5 March 1998