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Articles by Warren Pilkington

Game Review: Dark Tower (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Melbourne House)

22 November 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Dark Tower had previously had a Commodore 64 release where the game was seen as fiendishly difficult and somewhat frustrating by some of the magazines […]

Game Review: Storm (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

21 November 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Storm first started out on the Amstrad CPC before getting a conversion to the ZX Spectrum and later the Commodore 64.  There is a very […]

Game Review: Frenesis (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

16 November 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Frenesis was originally released on the Atari XL/XE series first, with the Commodore 64 version being next and closely followed with the Commodore 16 and […]

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

13 November 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Tony Takoushi was a writer for games magazines including Computer and Video Games, and had previously programmed several games including Hyperforce for the Commodore 16 […]

Game Review: The Captive (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

7 November 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

The loading screen to The Captive seems to have you held prisoner somewhere, which of course is a nod to Nigel Johnstone’s nickname he used […]

Game Review: Werewolves of London (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

2 November 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Werewolves of London has an interesting history.  The programming team Viz Design had previously released Bride of Frankenstein via Ariolasoft, and this game was going […]

Game Review: Chiller (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

31 October 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

At the time of release of this game, Chiller had already courted some controversy.  Not because of the horror theme and the very red Chiller […]

Game Review: Spooks (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

28 October 2025 Warren Pilkington 2

The loading screen to Spooks certainly sets the scene as much as it can, with you needing to exorcise the haunted mansion, which is full […]

Game Review: Knuckle Busters (Commodore 64, Ricochet)

22 October 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Knuckle Busters does appear to have some form of identity crisis.  The title screen says Knuckle Busters, the introductory screen before the game says Knuckle […]

10 Great Mastertronic Commodore 64 Remixes – Part 1

19 October 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Several Commodore 64 Mastertronic games had some outstanding soundtracks that graced the SID chip, from the likes of Rob Hubbard, David Whittaker, Jeroen Tel, and […]

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