SCR (ZX Spectrum)

SCR (also called ZX-Spectrum SCREEN$) is a raster image file format used on ZX Spectrum computers, especially for screen shots. It is really just a dump of the computer's video memory.

Images are always 256×192 pixels in size, and can have up to about 16 colors. Files are exactly 6912 bytes in size.

Specifications

 * SCR screen format

Software

 * ImageMagick (format named "SCR")
 * Konvertor
 * XnView
 * SCRplus
 * Farbfeld Utilities
 * RECOIL

Sample files

 * ZXscrconv-0.2.tar.gz (FTP HTTP) → scrs/*.scr
 * EXAMPLES.TAP
 * zxart.ee
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/zxSCR
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/zxULAPlus

Links

 * http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/formats.htm
 * Speccy Emulator File Formats (from archive.org)
 * ZX Spectrum computers from the 1980s to be made again in Beeston

Editors' notes
TODO: There are a number of variants of this format, some of which are mentioned here.