Game Review: Zork I (Amiga, Infocom)
Infocom’s range of text adventures were a thing of legend amongst anyone who played them. In the 8-bit era not many UK gamers were fortunate […]
Re-Release
Game Review: Zork I (Atari ST, Infocom)
The first text adventure I ever played was Adventureland by Scott Adams on the Vic 20. When I eventually moved on to the C64, the […]
Game Review: Zork I (PC, Infocom)
While the text adventure genre has been popular amongst gamers since the days of Adventure and the pioneering works of Crowther and Woods. For a […]
Micro Natters Part 2: A Mastertronic Re-Release Guide – ZX Spectrum
Although many of you may associate Ricochet as Mastertronic’s primary re-release label, followed later by the likes of Mastertronic+ and Tronix, what may not be […]
Tronix Checklist
Once Mastertronic formally merged with Virgin and became Virgin Mastertronic, the Mastertronic Plus range was cancelled and as the budget side of the company drew […]
Micro Natters Part 1: A Mastertronic Re-Release Guide – Commodore 64
Although many of you may associate Ricochet as Mastertronic’s primary re-release label, followed later by the likes of Mastertronic+ and Tronix, what may not be […]
Game Review: Ghostbusters (ZX Spectrum, Ricochet)
Gremlins, Star Trek III, The Terminator, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom… it has to be said that 1984 was a […]
The Top 10 Commodore 64 Re-Release Mastertronic Game Sound Ratings as rated by Zzap! 64
A while back, I looked at the sound ratings for the original release Mastertronic games, as awarded by Zzap! 64. It was interesting to see […]
Amiga Mastertronic Checklist
Despite the hardware originally being designed by Atari as a games machine, Commodore took the Amiga and turned it into a huge success both as […]
Game Review: Ghostbusters (Atari, Ricochet)
One of Activision’s biggest games of 1984 was their movie tie-ins for the blockbuster film Ghostbusters. While most celebrate the Commodore 64 original of David […]