Game Review: Election (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Political Parties and Policies After a couple of short pages of instructions, the game begins with you choosing which party you wish to represent. The […]
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Game Review: Micro Mouse (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic/Mastertronic Plus)
This Plot Seems Familiar After reading through the instructions and viewing the cassette cover for Micro Mouse, it instantly made me think of Specventure. Go […]
Game Review: Spy Trek Adventure (ZX Spectrum, Americana)
Americana was a confusing budget label for many. It’s split ownership, run by both Mastertronic and US Gold at different stages in its lifetime focused […]
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 […]
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 […]