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Month: April 2026

Mastertronic Commodore 64 Invade-a-Load Multihack

18 April 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

As someone who has contributed many games tips, cheat POKEs, and listings for the Commodore 64 over the years, hopefully to provide some joy to […]

Game Review: Cosmonaut! (Vic 20, Melbourne House)

18 April 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

Despite its relatively short lifespan, the Vic 20 wasn’t short of games and for a while almost every major publisher wanted to release something for […]

Game Review: Sunburst (Commodore 64, Rack-It)

16 April 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

Sunburst was one of the earlier releases on the Rack-It label, with John Phillips, who had programmed the superb Nebulus, behind this one. The plot […]

Game Review: Election (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

15 April 2026 Brian Kemp 0

Political Parties and Policies After a couple of short pages of instructions, the game begins with you choosing which party you wish to represent.  The […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 12th April 2026

12 April 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been quite a busy and eventful week for us here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Once again we’ve hit another milestone on the site […]

Mastertronic PC Gamer Presents / MAD Checklist

12 April 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

When the Mastertronic brand was revived as the Mastertronic Group, they continued the same trend as the original company aiming to offer value for money […]

Game Review: S.O.S. (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

11 April 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

Many isometric 3D arcade adventures suffer a fatal flaw in that you constantly are needing to locate some form of energy pill or power up […]

Game Review: Micro Mouse (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic/Mastertronic Plus)

9 April 2026 Brian Kemp 0

This Plot Seems Familiar After reading through the instructions and viewing the cassette cover for Micro Mouse, it instantly made me think of Specventure.  Go […]

Game Review: Spy Trek Adventure (Commodore 64, Americana)

9 April 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

I’ve been playing text adventures pretty much all my life across a wide range of systems and apart from RPGs and arcade shooters, I’d say […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 5th April 2026

5 April 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been another busy week here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. While we’ve only got a few reviews once again, we’ve been working hard updating […]

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