Mastertronic: The Big Hitters (They Sold Millions, Part 3)
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 […]
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Game Review: Alien Kill (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Laser The Wall The aim of the game is to kill the blue alien that moves randomly across the top of the screen. It moves […]
Game Review: Strike (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic/MAD)
The Opening Main Menu Before playing the game, you’ll see the main menu screen. Here you can chose one or two players, their names, controls […]
Game Review: Colony (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic/Bulldog)
Survival and Colonisation Now that you’ve been relocated onto a new planet, the aim is to start colonising it to stay alive. You need to […]
Game Review: Devil’s Crown (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
All Aboard! The game comprises of 40 rooms which are spread over three decks of a shipwreck. These are the upper deck, quarter deck and […]
Game Review: Horace Goes Skiing (ZX Spectrum, Melbourne House)
Nintendo and SEGA have both been extremely successful in not only building brands around their consoles, but in managing to create iconic characters that people […]
Game Review: Sport of Kings (ZX Spectrum, MAD)
Setting up the Game After choosing whether to use the joystick or keyboard, you get to choose whether you want to read the instructions. After […]
Game Review: Rockman (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
The Challenges to Munching Mushrooms You begin the game with 5 lives with the aim to eat all the mushrooms. If you collect all of […]
Game Review: Kane (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Cowboys and Indians You play as the sheriff who wishes to make peace with the Indians. You must travel over four levels, shooting birds down […]
Game Review: Gnasher (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Yes, it’s a Pacman clone! On the front cover of the cassette inlay, there is a rather angry (and squarish) yellow character with very sharp […]