Mastertronic Collectors Archive

180 had already been established as the leading darts game for the three main 8-bit systems, with them being a release on the short-lived MAD C series of Mastertronic’s Added Dimension (MAD) releases. Both the Atari XL/XE and MSX versions were released almost a year after, by which time the MAD releases just indicated a premium price point of £2.99, but with catalogue numbers...

Set in the 22nd Century, Earth’s power needs are beamed to it from space.  Giant space platforms orbit around the sun, with powered relayed down by satellites.

Unfortunately, The Darak (who are hideous reptilian beings from Cirrus Major) have decided to attack the giant space platforms.  They had no defences as they were built for peaceful purposes, so this i...

Pulse Warrior was the first of two games to feature pulses and pulse lasers with Pulsoids being released later on. For this game, an initial look at the Pulsoids cassette inlay and its screen shots would make you think that you are getting a shoot-em-up, especially with the bas relief graphics being synonymous with so many shooters at the time. As Invade-a-Load greets you dur...

Panther is an isometric 3-D shooter, where you are tasked with flying over the terrain in your Ground Attack Ship.  As the last remaining pilot of the Federation Force who can fly this machine, it’s all down to you (sounds familiar!)  The aim is to rescue as many stranded people as possible from the ground by landing nearby.

You will very rarely see someone j...

While they’re more well known for their games, Melbourne House firmly established themselves as a publisher of programming books covering almost every 8-bit platform in the early 1980s. Covering BASIC and machine code, most computer users with even a vague interest in programming had at least one of their titles in their collection. But as well as the tutorial titles, they al...