Mastertronic supported all four of Commodore’s 8-bit systems and unlike the Vic 20, most of their ranges had something for the Commodore 16 and Plus4. Thanks to the likes of Shaun Southern and Tony Kelly, the system was provided with a healthy range of games long after many others were abandoned.
As with all of our other lists, this checklist also includes all of the releases from Melbourne House which was acquired by Mastertronic.
Updated: 16th January 2025
Mastertronic
Number | Title | Author | Sales | Cover Art |
2C0002 | Vegas Jackpot | Shaun Southern, Mark J Brady (cover) |
100,651 | |
2C0003 | Squirm | Tony Kelly, John Smyth (cover) |
82,108 | |
2C0007 | BMX Racers | Tony Kelly, Mark J Brady (cover) |
120,227 | |
2C0021 | Spectipede | Tony Kelly, Mark J Brady (cover) |
79,800 | |
2C0023 | Hektik | Martin Ellis, John Smyth (cover) |
49,488 | |
2C0056 | Kikstart | Shaun Southern, Mark J Brady (cover) |
92,912 | |
2C0057 | More Adventures of Big Mac: The Mad Maintenance Man | Tony Kelly, John Smyth (cover) |
84,762 | |
2C0058 | Formula 1 Simulator | Shaun Southern | 173,498 | |
2C0059 | Finders Keepers | Adrian Sheppard, John Smyth (cover) |
46,300 | |
2C0068 | Rockman | Mark Srebalius, John Smyth (cover) |
84,182 | |
2C0089 | One Man And His Droid | Martin Sexton, John Smyth (cover) |
39,300 | |
2C0092 | Tutti Frutti | Shaun Southern, John Smyth (cover) |
91,656 | |
2C0096 | Kane | John Smyth (cover) | 47,420 | |
2C0103 | Mr Puniverse | Tony Kelly, John Smyth (cover) |
75,522 | |
2C0111 | The Return Of Rockman | David Kivlin | 51,040 | |
USAC0113 | Las Vegas Video Poker | Robert Henderson | 33,950 | |
2C0114 | Speed King | Shaun Southern | 88,821 | |
2C0115 | The Exploits Of Fingers Malone | Doug Turner, John Smyth (cover) |
67,601 | |
2C0117 | Street Olympics | Patrick Strassen, John Smyth (cover) |
73,978 | |
2C0119 | Molecule Man | Icon Design | 26,716 | |
2C0120 | Oblido | Probe Software, John Smyth (cover) |
41,221 | |
2C0123 | Storm | Jim Bagley | 35,758 | |
2C0131 | Video Meanies | Tony Kelly, John Smyth (cover) |
52,842 | |
2C0133 | P.O.D. (Proof Of Destruction) | Shaun Southern, John Smyth (cover) |
44,858 | |
2C0142 | Powerball | Patrick Strassen, John Smyth (cover) |
50,254 | |
2C0146 | Gun Law | Richard Clark | 50,434 | |
2C0147 | Master Chess | Phase Two | 35,392 | |
2C0148 | Prospector Pete | Doug Turner, John Smyth (cover) |
43,017 | |
2C0158 | Megabolts | Stuart Cross | 35,734 | |
2C0173 | Battle | Ken Smith | 38,001 | |
2C0175 | Frenesis | Tony Takoushi | 19,981 | |
2C0184 | GWNN | Patrick Strassen | 25,423 | |
2C0192 | Xadium | Michaelangelo Pignani | 31,681 | |
2C0194 | Starforce Nova | Ray Tredoux and Chris Harvey | 22,389 | |
2C0197 | On Cue | Sean du Bray | 17,907 | |
BC2214 * | Spore | Jim Bagley | 15,275 | |
IC2250 * | Dingbat | Shaun Southern | 18,433 | |
2C0255 | C16 Compilation | Shaun Southern | 19,337 | |
2C0309 | Fighting Warrior | Beam Software (first published by Melbourne House) |
1,850 | |
N/A | Cave Fighter | Richard Clark | N/A |
Mastertronic’s Added Dimension (MAD)
Number | Title | Author | Sales | Cover Art |
MAD12 | Bandits At Zero | Shaun Southern | 47,935 |
Ricochet
Number | Title | Author | Original Publisher | Sales | Cover Art |
RC2018 | The Way Of The Exploding Fist | Beam Software | Melbourne House | 33,301 |
Americana
Title | Author | Original Publisher | Sales | Cover Art |
Beach Head | US Gold | 5,951 | ||
Dizasterblaster | Shaun Southern | |||
Questprobe: Spider-Man | Scott Adams | Adventure International | ||
Questprobe featuring The Hulk | Scott Adams | Adventure International | ||
Robo Knight | Peter J Bartlett | N/A |
Melbourne House Books
Title | Author | Cover Art |
C16 Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner | ||
Commodore 16 Exposed | Cameron Duffy, Richard Woolcock | |
Commodore 16 Games Book | Cameron Duffy, Richard Woolcock |
Notes
The Entertainment USA branding changed the prefix from 2C to USAC but the numbering system remained intact. The same applied to Bulldog where the prefix changed to BC.
Dingbat was misnumbered on the spine as IC2250 instead of the correct number which should have read 2C0250. A similar problem occured with Spore which was incorrectly numbered BC2214 when it should have been BC0214. However, in this instance we believe that the Commodore 16 prefix for the Bulldog range may have been BC2 leading to some confusion. So instead of the game being numbered BC20214 (retaining the same numbering as the other formats), the 0 was omitted leaving confusion.
Cave Fighter in the original Mastertronic range was only released in Italy and while it has the original grid style packaging, there is no spine number or reference to it. It was originally released by Bubble Bus, but for this version new cover art was used and has been taken from one of Mastertronic’s other releases, Se-Kaa Of Assiah.
I loved my C16! I think i’ve played most of these games on it, and now i have an emulator, and i think i’ve got a lot of these wonderful games on there too!