Game Review: Kane (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
One of the things that always drew people to Mastertronic games back in the 80s was the vibrant cover art. Whether it was the futuristic […]
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Game Review: Make Music With Mistertronic (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Mastertronic attempted to use the Mistertronic character, clearly a robot but with a human face, to make their educational range more accessible to younger children, […]
Game Review: Starforce Nova (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Starforce Nova (or Star Force Nova as on the title screen) – just like the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 version, has a thinly veiled plot […]
Game Review: Starforce Nova (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
Starforce Nova (or Star Force Nova as on the title screen) has a thinly veiled plot about being in the year 5112, and forced to […]
Game Review: The Election Game (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
As the UK is heading towards a General Election in the next month or so, at the time of writing this review, politics is once […]
Game Review: Sidewinder (Amiga, Mastertronic)
Back in the 80s and 90s we were often envious of the great shoot-em-ups found in the arcades. While many were converted to home systems, […]
Game Review: 3D Pinball (Commodore 64, Mastertronic Plus)
3D Pinball (or as the game itself prefers to call it, Pinball Power) harks back to when pinball machines were more about the mechanics and […]
Game Review: Powerball (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
Powerball (or Power Ball as it says on the title screen) will give you, claims the blurb, no chance. From the moment the game loads […]
Game Review: 3D Maze (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
Considering the limitations of the hardware, developers often managed to push the Vic 20 to deliver some fantastic software. There’s no denying the quality of […]
Game Review: Street Olympics (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
Joystick waggling games in the vein of the arcade game Track and Field have always been a popular theme, with athletics being a much bigger […]