Warren Pilkington, Author at Mastertronic Collectors Archive

Game Review: Speed King (MSX, Mastertronic)

13 July 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

The original Commodore 64 version of Speed King had been a re-release of the Digital Integration game, and the game had proved to be a […]

Game Review: Skate Rock (aka Skate Rock Simulator) (Commodore 64, Ricochet)

6 July 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

Skate Rock was originally released by Bubble Bus Software in 1986, with the Ricochet re-release being released in early 1988. For some reason, maybe because […]

Game Review: Formula 1 Simulator (MSX, Mastertronic)

3 July 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

As with some of the other earlier Mastertronic releases, Ed Hickman handled the conversion duties from the original version for both the MSX and the […]

Game Review: Pulsoids aka Pulsoid (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

29 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

Pulsoids is a game that has an identity crisis. On the cassette inlay, it shows as Pulsoids (plural), but during loading and indeed on the […]

Game Review: 180 (MSX, Mastertronic / MAD)

26 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

180 had already been established as the leading darts game for the three main 8-bit systems, with them being a release on the short-lived MAD […]

Game Review: Pulse Warrior (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

22 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

Pulse Warrior was the first of two games to feature pulses and pulse lasers with Pulsoids being released later on. For this game, an initial […]

Game Review: Space Walk (MSX, Mastertronic)

15 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

After the two versions of Space Walk for the Commodore 64, the game also saw versions on both the ZX Spectrum and the MSX. This […]

Game Review: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge (MSX, Ricochet)

10 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

Anyone who watched the BBC sports programme The Superstars in the late 1970s and early 1980s would have seen former British judoka Brian Jacks taking […]

Game Review: Panther (Commodore 64, Entertainment USA)

8 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

Panther was the first of the Entertainment USA releases in a revised Mastertronic packaging for the label, so rather than have the stars and stripes […]