Game Review: Rifle Range (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
In Rifle Range, you need to shoot all the squirrels, aliens and ducks as they move across the screen. If you take too long shooting […]
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Game Review: Feud (ZX Spectrum, Bulldog)
Brothers In Arms Learic and Leanoric, are two feuding wizard brothers, who’ve lived in the village of Little Dullford for so many years, that none […]
Game Review: Tank Trax (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Setting the Scene When you begin a new game of Tank Trax, it will always ask four questions; Alter names, Wind to vary, Day or […]
Game Review: Jason’s Gem (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Poetry in Motion Upon opening the cassette case and beginning to read the instructions for Jason’s Gem, there is something that I wasn’t expecting to […]
Game Review: Specventure (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
When you read the inlay instructions of Specventure, you could be forgiven for needing to know something about the internal workings of a ZX Spectrum! […]
Game Review: BMX Racers (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
BMX Racers, like a few of Mastertronic’s releases, has a strange history behind it. Ported to a few platforms, there were two different versions of […]
Melbourne House Books Checklist
As well as their extensive software range, Melbourne House were well known for releasing a wide selection of programming books for most 8-bit platforms. These […]
Game Review: Apollo 2 (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Mastertronic’s Apollo 2 for the ZX Spectrum has something of an identity crisis. Originally published in 1983 by Darkstar, the game’s actual title is Apollo […]
Game Review: Vegas Jackpot (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
After Mastertronic’s original release of Shaun Southern’s Vegas Jackpot for the Vic 20 and Commodore 64 in April 1984, it ended up being ported to […]
Game Review: Planet 10 (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Every retro game collector has that one “holy grail” title that they want to own more than anything else. When it comes to Mastertronic, the […]