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Articles by Warren Pilkington

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 […]

Game Review: Las Vegas Video Poker (MSX, Entertainment USA)

3 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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)

1 June 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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)

27 May 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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)

25 May 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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)

22 May 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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)

20 May 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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 […]

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