Game Covers - Quartet (Commodore 64)

When terrorists overrun and capture a space colony, there's only one course of action.  Send in the deadliest, most expert team of trained killers available.  Send in - the Quartet!  An action-packed arcade game for one or two players.

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Game Covers - Out Run (Commodore 64)

You're cool, the engine's hot, the girl's gorgeous, a tank full of gas and an open road...  the rest is up to you..!!

The ultimate experience in motorsports simulation, the absolute challenge to nerves and reflexes.  Feel the wind in your hair and the pull of the G-force as you power your way along the highways and byways, a girl by your side and open country before you.  Experience the exhilaration and excitement of driving a high-performance sports car in this teasing time trial where your coordination and nerve will be tested to unbelievable limits.  Out Run the coin op starred as an arcade sensation.  Out Run the computer simulation mirrors this exciting all action spectacle.

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Game Covers - Power Drift (Commodore 64)

IN POLE POSITION...

It's fast...  it's furious...   it's POWER DRIFT!

Choose from twelve wacky drivers, like Jason the Skinhead, or Jeronimo the Mohican and rev your way through 27 stomach churning circuits!

Watch the dust fly and the wheels spin as you screech over a 'roller coaster' track and wave goodbye to your opponents!  Roar over mounds of mud, drive through the desert, slip 'n' slide on snow-covered tarmac and race your way through the night to face the final lap!

CAREFUL!  Power Drift is no easy ride!

If you're heading for a collision hold onto your seat and enjoy those 360 degree spins before you bump back down to earth!

Burn some rubber, put your foot to the floor and scream back to the winning post!!

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Game Covers - Turbo Outrun (Commodore 64)

Turbo Out Run takes you on a 16 stage race across America.  Along the way you will battle bumper to bumper with good guys and bad guys, police cars, Porsches and blown engines. Numerous scenes will take you through congested city streets, over snow and icy mountain passes and across sunbaked deserts.  Drive daytime and night time - go for manual or auto gearbox selection, even customise your Ferrari F40 with High Grip Tyres, but whatever else you do...  use the Turbo booster power sparingly - THIS BABY'S HOT AND RARING TO GO!!

TURBO OUT RUN "NO OTHER CAR RACING GAME COMES CLOSE."

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Game Covers - SDI (Commodore 64)

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Game Covers - Thunder Blade (Commodore 64)

Hold onto your stomachs, unscramble your brains and get ready to pilot the meanest fighting machine ever to storm the skies.  Fly through the wartorn skyline of Skyscraper City, plunge out to sea for an epic battle with the enemy, race on for a shoot out in rocky canyons and lush dense forests.  The action never ceases!

The Cover

The Instructions

The Tape

The Logo

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Kayleigh's Retro Isolation 2 - Day 43

Shenmue for the Sega Dreamcast

"I love this. I am going to play Shenmue again tomorrow. Why does Dad think looking for sailors is funny? 8½ / 10"

#retro #retrogaming #dreamcast #Shenmue #gaming #isolation

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation 2 - Day 14

MSR Metropolis Street Racer on Sega Dreamcast

"Really fun.  I hope to play this more often  8 / 10"

#retro #retrogaming #sega #msr #dreamcast #isolation #streetracer

Mastertronic - What if? : Shenmue 1 and 2

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 "Shenmue 1 and 2" 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.

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 58

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 58
Wednesday 20th May 2020

Outrun 2006 Coast 2 Coast on the PlayStation 2

"Good. I like the Magical Sound Shower song. 7/10" - Kayleigh

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 44

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 44

Wednesday 6th May 2020

Virtua Racing on the Sony Playstation 2

"I really like this game.  It was fun playing against my brother and Dad. 8/10" - Kayleigh

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 31

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 31
Thursday 23rd April 2020

Rayman 2 The Great Escape for the Sega Dreamcast

"I really liked this game.   The way they talk is funny!  7/10" - Kayleigh

Retro Game Boys Episode 6 - Outrun (Arcade and Playstation 2)

Just me, Kieran, a Ferrari Testarossa, an open road, and some random bloke who keeps getting hit by his abusive girlfriend whenever he crashes.  Yep, it's Outrun.