Game Covers - Trailblazer (Commodore 16 and Plus 4)

Thunder into the unknown at breakneck speed, pushing your reflexes to their limits in this definitely exhilarating journey that's not one for the fainthearted. Roll left, roll right avoiding the endless chasms of doom that lay in and around the squares of mystery.  Squares that will sometimes slow your progress, on occasion with fatal consequences and sometimes speed up unexpectedly or make you jump automatically.  Keep a keen eye on the clock as the quicker you complete your task the higher will be your bonus.

Game cover

Inlay, complete with hand written cheats!

The tape

3D View (hold and move to rotate)

Game Covers - Tutti Frutti (Commodore 16 and Plus 4)

You are super strawberry in this fast moving, all action arcade game where you have to collect fruit from the orchard and avoid being captured bu the acid apple gang.

The cover

The inlay, complete with hand written cheats!

The tape

3D View (hold and move to rotate)

Game Covers - Video Meanies (Commodore 16 and Plus 4)

Shoot your way through 24 Meanie filled screens to get to the videos.  Stunning sound effects, great graphics, and guaranteed infuriation!

JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD

The Cover

The inlay, complete with instructions and hand written cheats!

The Tape

3D View (hold and move to rotate)

Game Covers - Xadium (Commodore 16 and Plus 4)

A tense exciting game consisting of two challenging levels.  You must get through the gates on the surface of Xadium before the timer reaches zero! - only then can you descend to the underground caverns where yet more problems and obstacles await you!

Program from Mr Chip Software

Joystick or Keys

The cover

The inlay

The tape

3D View (hold and move to rotate)

The Last of Us Part 2

It's here...

After years of waiting, the time has come.

Goodbye social life (not that I had much of one anyway)

And and a bonus.....  How about a Commodore 64 version?

Mastertronic - What if? : Resident Evil 3

I'm a sucker for old retro game covers and always wonder what new games would like if they came out, or were re-released in the 80s.

Mastertronic brings you "Resident Evil 3" on cassette for £1.99, only for Commodore, Amstrad, Spectrum Atari, AND Playstation 4!!!!!  - 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.