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Game Review: Camelot Warriors (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

13 May 2026 Brian Kemp 0

The Storyline In Camelot Warriors, you must travel through four worlds and destroy each Guardian with the four elements scattered around each world.  The worlds […]

Game Review: Action Force (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic / MAD / Virgin Games)

8 May 2026 Brian Kemp 0

Side and Vertical Scrolling The game’s action is played in a framed section of the screen.  Having counted, it is limited to 26 squares in […]

Game Review: Bomb Fusion (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic / PAL Developments)

29 April 2026 Brian Kemp 0

Gunpowder Plot with a Difference Terrorists have planted bombs in the nuclear processing plant.  You play as ex super hero (ex after the ‘Boris affair’) […]

Game Review: Kikstart II (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

23 April 2026 Brian Kemp 0

Presentation There is no loading screen but once the game has fully loaded, you do get to see what looks like a loading screen.  This […]

Game Review: Speed King 2 (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

21 April 2026 Brian Kemp 0

Circuits and Laps Before starting a race, you can choose one of the nine tracks available that you’d like to race around.  You can also […]

Game Review: Election (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

15 April 2026 Brian Kemp 0

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 […]

Game Review: Micro Mouse (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic/Mastertronic Plus)

9 April 2026 Brian Kemp 0

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)

3 April 2026 Simon Plumbe 0

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)

31 March 2026 Warren Pilkington 0

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)

23 March 2026 Brian Kemp 0

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 […]

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