Ricochet Archives - Mastertronic Collectors Archive

Mastertronic Ricochet Missing Games Identfied

12 May 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

If you’ve been a regular reader of all the checklists on our site, you will have noticed that there are gaps on most of them. […]

Mastertronic: The Big Hitters (They Sold Millions, Part 3)

31 March 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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 […]

Atari ST Mastertronic Checklist

15 March 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

When Commodore released the Amiga, which was meant to be a games machine released by Atari, they needed to release their own rival computer to […]

Game Review: FA Cup Football (ZX Spectrum, Ricochet)

10 January 2026 Brian Kemp 0

Flippy Side This game is a Flippy release meaning that both the Spectrum and Amstrad versions are on the same cassette. One side for the […]

Game Review: Crazy Comets (Commodore 64, Ricochet)

26 September 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

In 1983, Gottlieb released the arcade game Mad Planets. In that game, your ship battles against planets that grow. If the planets grow too large, […]

Game Review: Jet Pac (BBC Micro, Ricochet)

11 August 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

While Ultimate Play The Game were best known for their isometric 3D games for the ZX Spectrum, they first made their mark with 2D action […]

Game Review: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge (Commodore 64, Ricochet)

29 July 2025 Warren Pilkington 3

For those of you who do not know who Brian Jacks is, he started his sporting career as a judoka, and represented Great Britain at […]

Game Review: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge (ZX Spectrum, Ricochet)

26 July 2025 Brian Kemp 0

Before I begin this review, and just in case you haven’t heard of Brian Jacks before, in the inlay instructions for Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge, […]