The First and Last: Mastertronic’s 310 Range
As you will be aware, Mastertronic’s main range of games started life as the 199 Range with that emblazoned on the front cover initially, and […]
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Mastertronic: The Big Hitters (They Sold Millions, Part 3)
In the two previous articles in this series, we looked at games on individual formats and how well they sold, including many surprising numbers for […]
My Top 10 Commodore 16 and Plus/4 Mastertronic Games
It was Christmas morning 1985. A big box awaited myself and my brother, and inside it was not a Commodore 64, but the Commodore Plus/4 […]
Game Review: Dizasterblaster (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Americana)
Unlike the Commodore 64 version of Dizasterblaster, which had previously been released by Mr Chip as Ad Infinitum before then getting a music makeover on […]
Game Review: Classic Adventure (Commodore 16, Melbourne House)
I’ve always been fond of text adventures and once I started my journey into home computing, it was the first genre I delved into thanks […]
Game Review: Roller Kong (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Melbourne House)
Melbourne House established themselves for the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 system with a string of releases early in the machine’s life. This did give them […]
Game Review: Commodore 16 Games Pack II (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Melbourne House)
Melbourne House published the Commodore 16 Games Book in 1984, and this book contained thirty BASIC type-in games that would suit a wide range of […]
Game Review: Commodore 16 Games Pack I (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Melbourne House)
Melbourne House published the Commodore 16 Games Book in 1984, and this book contained thirty BASIC type-in games that would suit a wide range of […]
Game Review: Storm (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
Storm had already been released on the three major 8-bit systems with the Amstrad CPC, then ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 following. The same programmer, […]
Game Review: Dark Tower (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Melbourne House)
Dark Tower had previously had a Commodore 64 release where the game was seen as fiendishly difficult and somewhat frustrating by some of the magazines […]