Game Review: Crazy Comets (Commodore 64, Ricochet)
In 1983, Gottlieb released the arcade game Mad Planets. In that game, your ship battles against planets that grow. If the planets grow too large, […]
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Game Review: Nonterraqueous (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Nonterraqueous has an ambitious enough plot, with the remote planet that you are on, with the evil computer using the population as pawns in a […]
Game Review: Battle (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
A battle is raging in the North Sea, as the last remaining deposits of oil are being sought. There are two rival companies who have […]
Micro Natters Part 3: A Mastertronic Re-Release Guide – Other 8-Bit Formats
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: Scout (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Scout has a thinly veiled plot in that your space ship has travelled through hyperspace, and has ended up being broken into eight pieces. Your […]
Game Review: Starace (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Starace appears to be one of many early examples where the artwork does not match up with the name. Indeed, the cassette and the game […]
Game Review: Spore (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Bulldog)
After the original Commodore 64 release of Spore, there was a conversion for the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 machines. It made sense as the screen […]
Game Review: Destructo (Commodore 64, Bulldog)
Destructo (or to give it the full name as displayed on the loading and title screen, The Island of Dr Destructo) sees a mission in […]
Game Review: Spore (Commodore 64, Bulldog)
Spore certainly caught the attention when you looked at the cover art – what looks like a series of atoms of colour fused together is […]
Game Review: Ball Crazy (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Ball Crazy might not promise that much from its basic loading screen. In fact, the title screen is even more basic than it seems, using […]