I Rebuilt ZX Spectrum Basic in Rust with AI
A new project has successfully reimplemented the ZX Spectrum BASIC interpreter in Rust, demonstrating the capabilities of modern AI tools in software engineering. This project, completed in just a few hours, showcases how AI can decode and reconstruct legacy assembly code without the need for human experts. The resulting software runs natively in browsers via WebAssembly, making it accessible on multiple platforms.
- ▪The ZX Spectrum BASIC interpreter was reimplemented from scratch in Rust.
- ▪The project was completed in a matter of hours by a single engineer using AI tools.
- ▪The software runs natively in browsers through WebAssembly, allowing for easy access on various platforms.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/ashtree74/zxbasic-rust |
| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 15:05:31 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-27T15:28:01.742Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-27T15:28:01.742Z |
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zxbasic-rust A modern reimplementation of the 1982 ZX Spectrum BASIC interpreter, written in Rust, running natively in your browser via WebAssembly — built end-to-end as an AI software-engineering experiment. 🟢 Live: https://experiments.frontierslab.ai/zxspectrum What this is zxbasic-rust is a from-scratch reimplementation of the BASIC runtime that shipped on every Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48 K — the interpreter, the line editor, the calculator, the screen, the keyboard handler, the beeper, the lower-screen "0 OK" report, even the flashing inverse-K cursor.
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