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Game Review: Munch Mania (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

17 August 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s no secret that Mastertronic sought “inspiration” from the arcades for many of their early releases. Like so many other publishers at the time, copyrights […]

Game Review: Hero of the Golden Talisman (Commodore 64, MAD)

30 July 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Hero of the Golden Talisman is a flick screen arcade adventure, and quite a large one at that, with plenty of screens to explore. The […]

Game Review: Phantoms of the Asteroid (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

24 July 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Phantoms of the Asteroid – what is in a name? Well, confusingly, the game has three different names, with the one on the title screen […]

Game Review: Sub Hunt (Vic 20, Mastertronic)

15 July 2024 Simon Plumbe 2

Mastertronic’s Sub Hunt for the Vic 20 is a strange creature. As with most of the early releases, there are no screenshots to give you […]

Game Review: Prospector Pete (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)

7 July 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Back in 1983, Datasoft released O’Riley’s Mine for the Commodore 64, a game in which you needed to collect all the treasures from the mine […]

Game Review: Kane (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)

2 July 2024 Warren Pilkington 1

The original Commodore 64 version of Kane did have some Wild West action across four levels, with the horse riding in between shooting down the […]

Game Review: Kane (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

1 July 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

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 […]

Game Review: Make Music With Mistertronic (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

29 June 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

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, […]