Game Reviews Archives - Mastertronic Collectors Archive

Game Review: Formula 1 Simulator (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

13 January 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Unlike the original Spectrum game Formula One by Spirit Software, which Mastertronic released as Formula 1 Simulator and saw both MSX and Amstrad CPC conversions […]

Game Review: Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Amiga, Infocom)

12 January 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

My first introduction to the Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy was when I was at school. Like a lot my age, I first saw […]

Game Review: 1985 – The Day After (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

11 January 2025 Brian Kemp 0

The Storyline The aim of the game inlay guide to 1985 doesn’t read too bad. It effectively boils down to flying to four different planets […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 7th January 2025

7 January 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been a few weeks since our last round-up of all the new content we’ve added to the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. While we had a […]

Game Review: 1985 – The Day After (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

7 January 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

1985 – The Day After is clearly set in a post-1984 George Orwell dystopia, with the inlay proclaiming “It is the day after, Big Brother […]

Game Review: 180 (Amstrad, MAD)

5 January 2025 Patrick Furlong 0

My first years of the CPC My late mother (died 2016) was against my father buying me my original Amstrad CPC464 forty years ago, but […]

Game Review: 180 (ZX Spectrum, MAD)

1 January 2025 Brian Kemp 0

Darts Down the Boozer 180 is set within a pub barroom environment. After selecting your control option, you can choose from four options. These are […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 15th December 2024

15 December 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

Well, it’s been quite an eventful couple of weeks here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive HQ. As you will have noticed, we’ve been relatively quiet […]