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Game Review: Tempest (ZX Spectrum, Ricochet)

2 July 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

As someone who grew up in the 70s, visiting arcades was a highlight of every family holiday. I was fortunate enough to be around when […]

MSX Mastertronic Checklist

21 June 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

The MSX range of computers was incredibly popular in its home country of Japan although it did manage to gain a limited following in the […]

Mastertronic: Ricocheting the MAD Bulldogs of Entertainment (They Sold Millions, Part 2)

7 April 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

You will remember that some time ago we looked at the real big hitters in terms of sales of Mastertronic games here at the Mastertronic […]

Micro Natters Part 1: A Mastertronic Re-Release Guide – Commodore 64

23 March 2025 Warren Pilkington 2

Although many of you may associate Ricochet as Mastertronic’s primary re-release label, followed later by the likes of Mastertronic+ and Tronix, what may not be […]

Game Review: Ghostbusters (ZX Spectrum, Ricochet)

8 March 2025 Simon Plumbe 2

Gremlins, Star Trek III, The Terminator, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom… it has to be said that 1984 was a […]

Game Review: Ghostbusters (Amstrad, Ricochet)

2 March 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Arguably one of the best movies released in 1984 was the action-horror-comedy Ghostbusters. When Activision secured the rights to develop the home versions, they produced […]

Amiga Mastertronic Checklist

25 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Despite the hardware originally being designed by Atari as a games machine, Commodore took the Amiga and turned it into a huge success both as […]

Game Review: Ghostbusters (Atari, Ricochet)

28 January 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

One of Activision’s biggest games of 1984 was their movie tie-ins for the blockbuster film Ghostbusters. While most celebrate the Commodore 64 original of David […]

Game Review: Tempest (Amstrad, Ricochet)

15 November 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

A large part of Mastertronic’s early catalogue was made up of re-releases from other publishers or clones of popular arcade games. It wasn’t until much […]

Game Review: Little Computer People (Amiga, Ricochet)

1 November 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

In 1985 the “scientists” at Activision made a startling discovery. There were living, breathing creatures living inside our computers. Through the House On A Disk […]

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