Micro Natters Part 3: A Mastertronic Re-Release Guide – Other 8-Bit Formats
Although many of you may associate Ricochet as Mastertronic’s primary re-release label, followed later by the likes of Mastertronic+ and Tronix, what may not be […]
Articles by Warren Pilkington
Game Review: Scout (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Scout has a thinly veiled plot in that your space ship has travelled through hyperspace, and has ended up being broken into eight pieces. Your […]
Game Review: Starace (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Starace appears to be one of many early examples where the artwork does not match up with the name. Indeed, the cassette and the game […]
Game Review: Spore (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Bulldog)
After the original Commodore 64 release of Spore, there was a conversion for the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 machines. It made sense as the screen […]
Game Review: Destructo (Commodore 64, Bulldog)
Destructo (or to give it the full name as displayed on the loading and title screen, The Island of Dr Destructo) sees a mission in […]
Game Review: Spore (Commodore 64, Bulldog)
Spore certainly caught the attention when you looked at the cover art – what looks like a series of atoms of colour fused together is […]
Game Review: Ball Crazy (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Ball Crazy might not promise that much from its basic loading screen. In fact, the title screen is even more basic than it seems, using […]
Game Review: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge (Commodore 64, Ricochet)
For those of you who do not know who Brian Jacks is, he started his sporting career as a judoka, and represented Great Britain at […]
Game Review: Flash Gordon (aka Captain Zapp) (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Flash Gordon started life as a comic in the 1930s, with the main protagonist and his allies aiming to save the world against the might […]
Game Review: FA Cup Football (Commodore 64, Ricochet)
As a Manchester City fan of over fifty years, I have had a love affair with the FA Cup, from defeats to Shrewsbury Town, Halifax […]