October 2024 - Mastertronic Collectors Archive

Game Review: Xadium (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)

30 October 2024 Warren Pilkington 2

Xadium is a Mr Chip software game, but unlike most of their releases, not programmed by Shaun Southern or Tony Kelly, but Michelangelo Pignani. Andrew […]

Game Review: Specventure (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

28 October 2024 Brian Kemp 0

When you read the inlay instructions of Specventure, you could be forgiven for needing to know something about the internal workings of a ZX Spectrum! […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 27th October 2024

27 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been another great week in terms of reviews here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. When we entered our second year for the website we […]

Game Review: Orbitron (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

27 October 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Orbitron was made with the popular utility The Games Creator, and not by the Darling brothers – the identity of who made it remaining unknown. […]

Atari (8-Bit) Mastertronic Checklist

26 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

While Atari’s range of 8-bit computers was almost as popular as the Commodore 64 in America, in the UK it took a backseat to the […]

Game Review: Gun Law (Atari, Mastertronic)

25 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

I’ve mentioned in other reviews that Mastertronic wasn’t afraid to release games that were “influenced” by arcade classics. Some were blatant clones of games we […]

Game Review: Jungle Story (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

24 October 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Jungle Story was made with the popular utility The Games Creator, but unlike other early Mastertronic releases was not by the Darling brothers – the […]

Game Review: Dingbat (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)

22 October 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Dingbat (or to give it its full title screen name: Dingbat, Wombat, Kick a Kangaroo) was Shaun Southern’s final single (not compilation) release Mastertronic game […]