Game Review: Slayer (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
Programmer Gary Biasillo had worked at Ocean and learned some of their tools of the trade, including smooth sprite multiplexing and scrolling with an impressive […]
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Game Review: Star Wars Droids (Commodore 64, Mastertronic / MAD)
Mastertronic had a habit of releasing a lot of unofficial arcade clones throughout their history (as well as a few titles “inspired” by films and […]
Game Review: Subterranea (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
The Rack-It label was starting to get noticed amongst budget conscious games players, especially with some of the games such as Anarchy and Sunburst receiving […]
Game Review: Jonah Barrington’s Squash (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
For those of you who do not know who Jonah Barrington is, a quick summary: born in Cornwall, Jonah became an elite professional in the […]
Mastertronic Commodore 64 Invade-a-Load Multihack
As someone who has contributed many games tips, cheat POKEs, and listings for the Commodore 64 over the years, hopefully to provide some joy to […]
Game Review: Sunburst (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
Sunburst was one of the earlier releases on the Rack-It label, with John Phillips, who had programmed the superb Nebulus, behind this one. The plot […]
Game Review: S.O.S. (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Many isometric 3D arcade adventures suffer a fatal flaw in that you constantly are needing to locate some form of energy pill or power up […]
Game Review: Spy Trek Adventure (Commodore 64, Americana)
I’ve been playing text adventures pretty much all my life across a wide range of systems and apart from RPGs and arcade shooters, I’d say […]
Game Review: Beat It (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Back in 1983, Taskset released Jammin’, a bright and colourful game which involved you having to locate the four instruments for your band and place […]
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 […]