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 […]
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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 […]
Game Review: Angle Ball (Spectrum, Mastertronic / MAD)
The first thing you’ll notice about Angle Ball is that it is played on a hexagonal table (rather than a traditional rectangular table.) The screenshots […]
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 […]
Mastertronic Plus Checklist
One of the stranger labels that Mastertronic had was Mastertronic Plus. It was a short-lived range, started after the end of the original “310 range” […]
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: Video Olympics (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
As you’ve now doubt guessed already, this game is based on the Track n’ Field genre with six events. Video Olympics is a one player […]
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, […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Digest – 23rd August 2026
It’s been an incredibly eventful week for us here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Review wise, we’ve got our first “serious” review as we take […]
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 […]