Mastertronic’s Added Dimension (M.A.D) Checklist

Mastertronic’s Added Dimension (M.A.D) was Mastertronic’s first spin-off label. The range, priced at £2.99, was intended to promote games of a higher quality than the regular £1.99 Mastertronic range. New styling was introduced with pop art style covers, with a new numbering system providing each game with its own unique number, even for different formats.

It only lasted for a short while, before being revised briefly as the “MADC” range for a secondary run of titles. Additional games were later released bearing the MAD branding (and also MAD X) but the final two uses of the name were incorporated into the main Mastertronic line. The name would later resurface when the company was relaunched by the Mastertronic Group.

Updated: 30th July 2024

Number	Title	Author	Format	Cover Art
MAD 1	The Last V8	David Darling	C64
MAD 1	The Last V8	David Darling	C64/Atari Disk
MAD 2	Spellbound	David Jones	ZX Spectrum
MAD 3	Hero Of The Golden Talisman	Shaun Southern	C64
MAD 3	Hero Of The Golden Talisman	Shaun Southern	C64 Disk
MAD 4	Spellbound	David Jones, Ed Hickman	Amstrad
MAD 5	Master Of Magic	Richard Darling	C64
MAD 5	Master Of Magic	Richard Darling	C64 Disk
MAD 6	Unknown
MAD 7	The Last V8		Amstrad
MAD 8	Knight Tyme (128k version)	David Jones	ZX Spectrum
MAD 9	Spellbound	David Jones, Richard Darling	C64
MAD 9	Five-A-Side Soccer	Ken Grant	C64
MAD 9	Five-A-Side Soccer		Amstrad
MAD 10	Unknown
MAD 11	The Last V8		Atari
MAD 12	Bandits At Zero	Shaun Southern	C16
MAD 13	Unknown
MAD 14	Sport Of Kings		ZX Spectrum
MAD 15	Knight Tyme	David Jones	ZX Spectrum
MAD 16	Con-Quest		ZX Spectrum
MAD 17	Master Of Magic		ZX Spectrum
MAD 18	Spellbound		Atari
MAD 19	Knight Tyme		Amstrad
MAD 20	Knight Tyme		MSX
MAD 21	Con-Quest		Amstrad
MAD 22	Unknown
MAD 23	Spellbound (128k version)	David Jones	ZX Spectrum
MAD 24	Hero Of The Golden Talisman		Amstrad

MAD C

Notes

• There are a few gaps in the list where no game seems to be on record. This seems to be a common issue across most Mastertronic ranges and we assume that this is where games were planned for release but were cancelled.
• There are three titles with the number MAD 9. A quirk of numbering resulted in both the C64 and Amstrad versions of Five-A-Side Soccer being assigned the same number, but this had already been used previously for Spellbound. With the gaps, it is quite possible that the C64 version of Spellbound was intended to be MAD 6, and Five-A-Side Soccer for the Amstrad was meant to be MAD 10 which seems to be more logical.
• Some conversions appeared in the regular Mastertronic range rather than in the M.A.D range (such as the enhanced Commodore 128 version of The Last V8). As such they are not currently listed here.
• As with the first MAD range, the MADC numbering continued to use an individual number for each format.
• The MADC range might have been established primarily to re-release games from Creative Sparks as the first three games in the range are by them. It does make sense adding the C suffix to the MAD numbering, but these are the only games featured. Wing Commander, in the normal Mastertronic range, is also a Creative Sparks title and was released at the same time the MADC range started and may have been intended for this range as well (possibly the missing number 5).
• The Atari and MSX versions of 180 both appear in the regular Mastertronic range, but still use MAD branding. The same applied to the Commodore 64 version of Con-Quest.

We will be expanding both of these list over time with more details, cover art and links to reviews.

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