The First and Last: Mastertronic’s 310 Range
As you will be aware, Mastertronic’s main range of games started life as the 199 Range with that emblazoned on the front cover initially, and […]
Articles by Warren Pilkington
Game Review: Soul of a Robot (MSX, Mastertronic)
Soul of a Robot is the sequel to Nonterraqueous, a game that did not receive a release on the MSX. In fact, this MSX conversion […]
Game Review: Golf Master (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
Golf games on home computers have traditionally taken on two view perspectives, with the 3D perspective favoured by the Leaderboard series (the de facto standard […]
Game Review: Angle Ball (Commodore 64, Mastertronic / MAD)
Angle Ball (or as the title screen and instructions seem to refer to it, Angleball) is effectively a new spin on the game pool. Instead […]
Game Review: Angle Ball (MSX, Mastertronic / MAD)
In terms of release numbers, Angle Ball is in fact the last of the main 310 range to be released for the MSX, with its […]
Game Review: Rapid Fire (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Rapid Fire certainly has lent plenty of inspiration from films and arcade machines. The front of the inlay has a character very akin to Sylvester […]
Game Review: Speed King (MSX, Mastertronic)
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)
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)
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)
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 […]