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Masters of the Universe – The Super Adventure & The Arcade Game

Posted: 03-07-2026, last updated: 05-07-2026 by Patrick Furlong

Masters of the Universe – The Super Adventure and The Arcade Game were two games based on the Filmation cartoon Masters of the Universe, released by US Gold in 1987.

The games have you as He-Man, who fights to deal with the evil forces of Skeletor, who is determined to take over Eternia. The franchise has received a cult following over 40 years, culminating in the release of a new live action movie in June 2026 by MGM Amazon.

The Super Adventure is a graphic adventure on the Spectrum and C64 but text only on the BBC. The Arcade Game is an exploring game but received pretty badly – at the time, it was voted 2nd Worst Game of the year by readers of Crash magazine. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16 and Plus/4, PC, Reviews | Tagged: No download available | 2 Comments

The NeverEnding Story II

Posted: 17-04-2026 by Patrick Furlong

The NeverEnding Story II was a film licence from Linel, based on the Warner Bros. film of the same name – the sequel to the popular 1985 film (although it is actually based on the second half of the original German story written by Michael Ende, but with a new ending).

Swiss publisher Linel got the rights to make a game based on this, but it only came out on the Amiga, Commodore 64, and Spectrum. It was also due out on the Amstrad CPC – Amstrad Computer User “reviewed” it in their October 1991 issue. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC | Tagged: No download available | 2 Comments

Atomic Robo-Kid

Posted: 01-04-2026 by Patrick Furlong

Atomic Robokid was a horizontal scrolling game developed and released in Japanese arcades by UPL and in the USA by Nikom. Activision got the rights to port it to the UK home systems and it was released on the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64 and Atari ST and adverts reflect this fact. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC, Reviews, ZX Spectrum | Tagged: Preview available | Leave a comment

Thunderjaws

Posted: 09-01-2026 by Patrick Furlong

ThunderJaws was a 1990 arcade machine from Atari that saw you and/or a friend fighting the underwater forces of Madam Q. Domark picked up the licence for the Tengen range, and it was released on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST… but no Spectrum version. Continue reading →

In: Reviews, ZX Spectrum | Tagged: Preview available | 4 Comments

Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island V1

Posted: 17-10-2025 by Patrick Furlong

Before you say anything, I know this game came out and that Amstrad Action gave away the game on their September 1992 cover tape as I have that tape and played it to death. But there is evidence of an earlier (or later) unreleased version. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC, Reviews | Tagged: No download available | 2 Comments

Judge Dredd

Posted: 25-09-2025, last updated: 30-09-2025 by Patrick Furlong

In 1990, it was announced that Virgin Games had obtained the licence to produce a game based on the popular 2000AD comic character Judge Dredd on all the major home formats and adverts showed screenshots from all six formats. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC, Reviews | 1 Comment

Rimrunner

Posted: 19-09-2025, last updated: 21-09-2025 by Patrick Furlong

Rimrunner was an action game released by Palace Software in 1988 for the Commodore 64 and Atari ST. However, Palace were also working on a version for the Amstrad CPC. The game was massively hyped in Amstrad Computer User, featuring on the cover of the July 1988 issue with a massive 2 1/2 page article. The CPC screenshots in the article are similar in style to the C64 version, but are not from that version. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Reviews | Tagged: Preview available | 1 Comment

Robocop 3

Posted: 12-09-2025 by Patrick Furlong

Like the first two films before it, Ocean Software got the licence to produce a game based on the underrated third Robocop film and it would famously come out two years before the film would (due to the studio Orion Pictures going bankrupt). Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC Plus, Amstrad GX4000, Reviews | Leave a comment

The Amazing Spiderman

Posted: 05-09-2025, last updated: 09-09-2025 by Patrick Furlong

Following the success of their Captain America and Spiderman crossover game Dr Doom’s Revenge, Empire picked up the licence to produce a stand alone game featuring Spiderman. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC, Reviews, ZX Spectrum | Tagged: No download available | 2 Comments

Days of Thunder

Posted: 25-07-2025 by Patrick Furlong

Days of Thunder was based on the film starring Tom Cruise based around NASCAR racing in the USA. Mindscape got the rights to make a tie-in game and it was released on all the major platforms in the UK but not on the Amstrad. Continue reading →

In: Amstrad CPC, Reviews | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

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