Game Review: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge (MSX, Ricochet)
Anyone who watched the BBC sports programme The Superstars in the late 1970s and early 1980s would have seen former British judoka Brian Jacks taking […]
Sports
Game Review: Jonah Barrington’s Squash (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
For those of you who do not know who Jonah Barrington is, a quick summary: born in Cornwall, Jonah became an elite professional in the […]
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: Olympic Skier (Atari, Americana)
There were only a couple of sports games released as part of the Americana range, and of those only one – Olympic Skier – made […]
Game Review: Strike (Commodore 64, Mastertronic/MAD)
Tenpin bowling to this day is something I still enjoy, especially if I get a few friends together and have good couple of matches over […]
Game Review: Sport of Kings (Commodore 64, Mastertronic/MAD)
Sport of Kings started life on the ZX Spectrum, with that version programmed by Jeff Calder. It was also a first-generation MAD release with the […]
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: Olympic Skier (Commodore 64, Americana)
Olympic Skier was first released by Mr Chip Software, and back then had proved to be a hit with reviewers, with its three sections working […]
Announcing the Mastertronic Collectors Archive Sports Week!
Regular site visitors will have seen some of our other themed weeks by now including our Horror and Football weeks that we’re run in the […]
Game Review: FA Cup Football (ZX Spectrum, Ricochet)
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 […]