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The following notation is used:
- Entries in red mean we are not allowed to distribute this title by its copyright holder.
- Entries in blue mean they are Missing in Action.
- Entries in bold mean we don’t have a TZX image for this game yet (only a non-TZX image). These titles are in the Spectrum Tape Preservation project.
- Entries in italics mean we don’t have a non-TZX image for this game yet (only a TZX image).
- Normal faced entries mean we have everything we could wish for (both a TZX and a non-TZX image).
The various software genres are:
| Adventure: Dungeon Crawl | monster bashing & treasure hoarding |
| Adventure: Graphic | animated graphic adventure |
| Adventure: RPG | character advancement adventure |
| Adventure: Text | text input adventure |
| Arcade: Action | multi-genre arcade games |
| Arcade: Adventure | quest arcade games |
| Arcade: Gang beat-em-up | hand-to-hand group combat arcade games |
| Arcade: Solo beat-em-up | hand-to-hand single combat arcade games |
| Arcade: Maze | maze search & destroy arcade games |
| Arcade: Pinball | pinball simulation games |
| Arcade: Platform | ladders and/or levels arcade games |
| Arcade: Race ‘n’ Chase | vehicle racing arcade games |
| Arcade: Shoot-em-up | ranged combat arcade games |
| Arcade: Vehicle | vehicle racing where the vehicle itself may be the weapon |
| Board Game | traditional tabletop-style games |
| Card Game | bridge, cribbage, poker, pontoon, etc. |
| Gambling: Games | games of chance & acquisitiveness |
| Gambling: Utilities | betting predictive & analysis tools |
| Puzzle | mental torment for masochists |
| Quiz | question & answer games |
| Simulation | trains / planes / automobiles, etc.; drive / pilot / navigate |
| Sport: Action | sports activity games |
| Sport: Management | sports management games |
| Strategy: Management | finance & resource management games |
| Strategy: War | large-scale / long-term military campaigns |
| Tactical Combat | small-scale / short-term military engagements |
| Educational | academic subjects – tutorials & teaching aids |
| Business | commercial & financial – accounting, stock control, analysis, etc. |
| Domestic | household – cars, cookery, diet, garden, home finance, etc. |
| Industrial | costing, construction & maintenance of buildings & machinery |
| Programming: Assembler/Mcode | programming tools for assembler & machine code |
| Programming: BASIC | programming tools for BASIC |
| Programming: General | programming tools for generic apps & non-BASIC 3GLs |
| Utility: Astronomy | astronomical aids & tutorials |
| Utility: Clip-Art | static pictures for use in your own drawings |
| Utility: Copy/Backup | inter-media file transfer, legal & otherwise |
| Utility: Database/Filing | information storage, retrieval & analysis |
| Utility: Electronics | electrical circuitry design & testing |
| Utility: Fonts & UDGs | character set design & manipulation |
| Utility: Game Editor | game designers & editors |
| Utility: Graphics | drawing & painting tools |
| Utility: Hacker/Security | program/data file incursion & protection |
| Utility: I/O Handling | computer-peripheral interface management |
| Utility: Maths & Science | maths & science practical aids |
| Utility: Media Admin | storage media management |
| Utility: Music | music composition, compositions & performance |
| Utility: Prediction | divining the future – astrology, cartomancy & other such nonsense |
| Utility: Sound/Speech | sound effects & speech simulation |
| Utility: Spreadsheet | spreadsheets |
| Utility: Visual/Screen | screen design & manipulation – animation, banners, sprites, etc. |
| Utility: Word Processor | word processing & text editing |
| e-Book | electronic books |
| Music | static music compositions |
| Demo | demonstration |
| Scene Demo | demonstrations from the demo scene |
| Compilation | collections of programs on 1 (or more) media |
| Covertape | media attached to magazines |
| Electronic Magazine | electronic magazines |