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There can’t be many people living in the UK who grew up with Mastertronic games in the 80s who hadn’t heard of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The British comedy team were lauded for their unique style and while not everything they produced has stood the test of time, much of their work is still regarded as being truly classic. Their films were no exception including the amazin...

In Camelot Warriors, you must travel through four worlds and destroy each Guardian with the four elements scattered around each world.  The worlds are The Woods, The Caverns, The Lake and The Castle of Camelot and the Guardians to each world are:

If you’ve been a regular reader of all the checklists on our site, you will have noticed that there are gaps on most of them. In a lot of cases, Mastertronic either cancelled games prior to release, some games were exclusive to specific territories or there were simple mistakes with numbering as was the situation with the MAD range where three games ended up with the same num...

Molecule Man had started life on the ZX Spectrum, where its large isometric maze had found favour with some reviewers. The MSX conversion, handled by Simon Freeman, was released not long after the Spectrum one, hence the original packaging style being used. Sadly, there is no loading screen which means you are just staring at a blank screen saying that Molecule Man is loading...

The game’s action is played in a framed section of the screen.  Having counted, it is limited to 26 squares in width and 11 in height at any one time displayed on the screen).  The remainder around the edges purely being decorative, displaying your score and the number of you have (shown as bullets).  The game area is bigger as you c...