Showing posts with label budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label budget. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Game Covers - Speed King (Commodore 16 and Plus 4)

The motorcycling racing game with thrilling high speed, wheel-to-wheel action against 19 other determined riders.  Put on your helmet and enjoy the exhilarating challenge of high performance bike racing at 250mph!

The cover

The inlay

The tape


3D View (hold and move to rotate)

Saturday, May 02, 2020

Game Covers - Battle (Commodore Plus 4)

A battle rages in the North Sea as two rival companies drill for the last remaining oil deposits.  Each company employs a fully armed force and each is determined to put the other out of action - one way or another...

Designed for 1 or 2 players

Keyboard only
Program by Ken Smith

Battle - The Cover
Battle - The Inlay

Battle - The Tape

3D View (hold and move to rotate)

Friday, December 29, 2017

Mastertronic - What if? : Call of Duty WW2

Mastertronic brings you "Call of Duty WW2" on cassette for £1.99, only for Commodore, Amstrad, Spectrum and Atari  - Available from all good newsagents, chemists and game shops!

If only..... :o)

Because I have WAY too much time on my hands, I thought I'd mess around with putting together some fake Mastertronic covers for modern computer games in an attempt to give them the retro 1980's 8-bit cassette look.

Remember...  These are just for fun, and are obviously NOT real and NOT available, (although I'd love to see an 8-bit version with blocky graphics and cool chip-music).

In case you are not aware (or can not remember), Mastertronic were big in the mid to late 1980s and were a major budget software label in the United Kingdom and produced a large number of cheapo games and re-releases for the Commodore/Spectrum/Amstrad/Atari 8-bit computers (and some 16-bit too) - most at a pocket-money-friendly £1.99! 

Anyway, remember this is just a bit of fun, but what would modern games look like if Mastertronic still released games like the good ol' days? Well, here you can find out!

As always, click the images to enlarge.



Sunday, February 28, 2016

Retro Game Boys Episode 8 - Streetbeat (Commodore 64)

Stuart introduces Kieran to one of his favourite childhood computer games on the Commodore 64.  A little known game called Streetbeat (which itself is a re-release of a game called Ghettoblaster). 
 
May the funk be with you!


Saturday, April 27, 2013

Mastertronic - What if? (Part 4) - Star Trek

Mastertronic brings you "Star Trek" for £1.99, only for the Playstation 3 - Available from all good newsagents, chemists and game shops!
If only..... :o)

Because I have WAY too much time on my hands, I thought I'd mess around with putting together some fake Mastertronic covers for modern computer games.

In case you are not aware (or can not remember), Mastertronic were big in the mid to late 1980s and were a major budget software label in the United Kingdom and produced a large number of cheapo games and re-releases for the Commodore/Spectrum/Amstrad/Atari 8-bit computers (and some 16-bit too) - most at a pocket-money-friendly £1.99!

Just a bit of fun really, but what would modern games look like if Mastertronic still released games like the good ol' days? Well, here you can find out!
 
 
 
 
You can view more of my fake Mastertronic covers by clicking here

Monday, April 08, 2013

Mastertronic - What if? (Part 3) - Tomb Raider

Mastertronic brings you "Tomb Raider" for £1.99, only for the Playstation 3 - Available from all good newsagents, chemists and game shops!

If only..... :o)

Because I have WAY too much time on my hands, I thought I'd mess around with putting together some fake Mastertronic covers for modern computer games.

Incase you are not aware (or can not remember), Mastertronic were big in the mid to late 1980s and were a major budget software label in the United Kingdom and produced a large number of cheapo games and re-releases for the Commodore/Spectrum/Amstrad/Atari 8-bit computers (and some 16-bit too) - most at a pocket-money-friendly £1.99!

Just a bit of fun really, but what would modern games look like if Mastertronic still released games like the good ol' days? Well, here you can find out!
 
Click to enlarge
 

You can view more of my fake Mastertronic covers by clicking here
 

Sunday, April 07, 2013

Mastertronic - What if? (Part 2) - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3


Mastertronic brings you "Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3" for £1.99, only for the Playstation 3 - Available from all good newsagents, chemists and game shops!

If only..... :o)

Because I have WAY too much time on my hands, I thought I'd mess around with putting together some fake Mastertronic covers for modern computer games.

Incase you are not aware (or can not remember), Mastertronic were big in the mid to late 1980s and were a major budget software label in the United Kingdom and produced a large number of cheapo games and re-releases for the Commodore/Spectrum/Amstrad/Atari 8-bit computers (and some 16-bit too) - most at a pocket-money-friendly £1.99!

Just a bit of fun really, but what would modern games look like if Mastertronic still released games like the good ol' days? Well, here you can find out!

 

Click to enlarge

 

To see more of my user-created Mastertronic covers, click here.