Game Review: Space Walk – Version 1 (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Space Walk was, as with other early releases programmed by Richard and David Darling, was made with their own The Games Creator, a popular utility […]
Richard Darling
Press Coverage – A Closer Look At Codemasters – Amstrad Action, September 1988
Amstrad Action had a major feature on Codemasters in the September 1988 issue. The first extract below mentions the early history of their involvement with […]
Game Review: 3D Maze (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
Considering the limitations of the hardware, developers often managed to push the Vic 20 to deliver some fantastic software. There’s no denying the quality of […]
Press Coverage – Codemasters Is Launched! – Popular Computing Weekly, 18th September 1986
Codemasters is announced. In this article, in Popular Computing Weekly, 18 September 1986, there is a fallacious statement about AI Products Ltd. This company (for […]
Vic 20 Mastertronic Checklist
The Vic 20 was one of the formats supported by Mastertronic right from the start. Many of the early systems received support right until the […]
Press Coverage – Personal Computer News, 15th September 1984 – Chiller
Personal Computer News, 15 September 1984, gave a very upbeat assessment of Chiller. Neither of the authors (David & Richard Darling) were, as stated, the […]
Press Coverage – Home Computing Weekly, 17th July 1984
Home Computing Weekly, 17 July 1984, effectively corrected (but did not refer to) the story it had published on 22 May saying that ACE was […]
Press Coverage – Home Computing Weekly, 22nd May 1984
Home Computing Weekly, 22 May 1984, reported on the growing interest in budget software. The really fascinating nugget in this piece is the reference to […]
Game Review: BMX Racers (C64, Mastertronic)
Mastertronic dominated the budget games industry in the 1980s, but as with every games company they had to start somewhere. BMX Racers was one of […]