Game Review: Action Force (Commodore 64, Mastertronic / MAD / Virgin Games)
Many of you in the UK may remember playing with the likes of Action Man figures as a child. These were based on the American […]
Articles by Warren Pilkington
Game Review: Rigel’s Revenge (Commodore 64, Bulldog)
The Bulldog label had been set up by Mastertronic to showcase what they regarded as The Best of British. Most of the games previous to […]
Game Review: Masters of the Universe, aka He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Ilearth Stone (Commodore 64, Americana)
During the 1980s, the Masters of the Universe franchise was an essential watch on many a youngster’s television screen, with the Filmation animated series of […]
Game Review: Jackle and Wide (MSX, Bulldog)
Jackle and Wide (or to give it its full title as on the title screen, Dr Jackle and Mr Wide) was originally created by Stephen […]
Game Review: World Snooker Championship 2005 (PC, Sold Out)
As a fan of snooker, games based on the sport, notably on 8-bit computers, always lacked something. Whether it be the white noise effects when […]
The First and Last: Mastertronic’s MAD and MADC Ranges
In the second part of the First and Last series, we will look at what proved to be the first and last releases for the […]
Game Review: Super Stock Car (Commodore 64, Mastertronic Plus)
Super Stock Car has the premise of being a game with stock cars, in that in the game’s plot, you are Rick Radial, the meanest […]
Game Review: Star Force Fighter (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
By 1987, space shoot-em-ups on the Commodore 64 were plentiful, and to stand out from the crowd, you had to not just have countless blasting, […]
Game Review: Sanxion (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
Sanxion was first released by Thalamus in late 1986, and was their first game too. Programmed by Stavros Fasoulas, it was one of three games […]
Game Review: Sweep (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Sweep was released late on in the Mastertronic 310 range, and was part of a limited run of the range where for the Commodore 64, […]