Game Review: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge (MSX, Ricochet)
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 […]
Articles by Warren Pilkington
Game Review: Panther (Commodore 64, Entertainment USA)
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 […]
Game Review: Las Vegas Video Poker (MSX, Entertainment USA)
Some four months after the ZX Spectrum conversion of Las Vegas Video Poker, the MSX version was released – using the later Entertainment USA type […]
Game Review: Slamball (Commodore 64, Americana)
Slamball was first released in the USA by Synapse Software in 1984. If that name sounds familiar, that is because they also released the likes […]
Game Review: Anarchy (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
Anarchy was one of the first releases on the Rack-It label along with Tunnel Vision, which clearly showed distribution by Mastertronic (although they added a […]
Game Review: Storm (MSX, Mastertronic)
After the initial release of Storm on the Amstrad CPC, together with its subsequent ZX Spectrum conversion, the MSX version was the next to be […]
Game Review: Finders Keepers (MSX, Mastertronic)
Finders Keepers, the first of the series of games involving the Magic Knight character, was first released on the ZX Spectrum to critical acclaim. What […]
Game Review: Bomb Fusion (Commodore 64, Mastertronic / PAL Developments)
Bombfusion (as it shows on the inlay) and Bomb Fusion (as it shows on the title screen) was the first in a series of games […]
Game Review: Molecule Man (MSX, Mastertronic)
Molecule Man had started life on the ZX Spectrum, where its large isometric maze had found favour with some reviewers. The MSX conversion, handled by […]
Game Review: Slayer (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
Programmer Gary Biasillo had worked at Ocean and learned some of their tools of the trade, including smooth sprite multiplexing and scrolling with an impressive […]