SCR (ZX Spectrum)

File Format
Name	SCR (ZX Spectrum)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics SCR (ZX Spectrum)
Extension(s)	.scr
Released	1982

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", read-only)
• XnView (read-only)
• SCRplus

Sample files

• ZXscrconv-0.2.tar.gz → scrs/*.scr
• EXAMPLES.TAP

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.