Game Review: Tempest (Amstrad, Ricochet)
A large part of Mastertronic’s early catalogue was made up of re-releases from other publishers or clones of popular arcade games. It wasn’t until much […]
Reviews
Game Review: Magic Carpet (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Magic Carpet was one of a series of games made with The Games Creator, but had up to three releases. The original release was on […]
Game Review: Rifle Range (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
In Rifle Range, you need to shoot all the squirrels, aliens and ducks as they move across the screen. If you take too long shooting […]
Game Review: Feud (Commodore 64, Bulldog)
Feud is the tale of Learic and Leanoric, are two feuding wizard brothers, who have lived in the village of Little Dullford for so many […]
Game Review: Feud (ZX Spectrum, Bulldog)
Brothers In Arms Learic and Leanoric, are two feuding wizard brothers, who’ve lived in the village of Little Dullford for so many years, that none […]
Game Review: Gridrunner (Atari, Mastertronic)
Once again, a Mastertronic game draws “inspiration” from the arcades and this time it’s the Atari classic Centipede. By the time they re-released Gridrunner by […]
Game Review: Tank Trax (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Setting the Scene When you begin a new game of Tank Trax, it will always ask four questions; Alter names, Wind to vary, Day or […]
Game Review: Jason’s Gem (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Poetry in Motion Upon opening the cassette case and beginning to read the instructions for Jason’s Gem, there is something that I wasn’t expecting to […]
Game Review: Little Computer People (Amiga, Ricochet)
In 1985 the “scientists” at Activision made a startling discovery. There were living, breathing creatures living inside our computers. Through the House On A Disk […]
Game Review: Xadium (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
Xadium is a Mr Chip software game, but unlike most of their releases, not programmed by Shaun Southern or Tony Kelly, but Michelangelo Pignani. Andrew […]