Game Review: Five-a-Side Soccer (Commodore 64, Mastertronic and MAD)
The origins of Five-a-Side Soccer are not even from a football related game, but an ice hockey one. The US publisher Advantage Artworx had already […]
Commodore 64
Nice Music, Shame About the Game – Commodore 64 (Part 2)
Several Commodore 64 games players, and indeed, fans of the SID sound chip in particular, will have had some conversations over the years beginning with […]
10 Great Mastertronic Commodore 64 Remixes – Part 2
Several Commodore 64 Mastertronic games had some outstanding soundtracks that graced the SID chip, from the likes of Rob Hubbard, David Whittaker, Jeroen Tel, and […]
Game Review: Energy Warrior (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Energy Warrior was programmed across all the 8-bit formats by Binary Design, based in Manchester, but the Commodore 64 version did have a separate Mastertronic […]
Game Review: Dark Tower (Commodore 64, Melbourne House)
Dark Tower may not have appeared to be too advanced a platform game for its time on the Commodore 64, especially as the likes of […]
Game Review: Action Biker (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Most of the early games from Mastertronic were blatant copies of popular arcade games, or were re-releases from other publishers that they acquired to build […]
Game Review: Storm (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Storm first started out on the Amstrad CPC before getting a conversion to the ZX Spectrum and later the Commodore 64. There is a very […]
Game Review: Frenesis (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Frenesis was originally released on the Atari XL/XE series first, with the Commodore 64 version being next and closely followed with the Commodore 16 and […]
Game Review: The Captive (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
The loading screen to The Captive seems to have you held prisoner somewhere, which of course is a nod to Nigel Johnstone’s nickname he used […]
Game Review: Werewolves of London (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Werewolves of London has an interesting history. The programming team Viz Design had previously released Bride of Frankenstein via Ariolasoft, and this game was going […]