{"id":378,"date":"2020-06-13T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.captains-blog.co.uk\/wp\/uncategorized\/mastertronic-what-if-resident-evil-2\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T18:02:00","slug":"mastertronic-what-if-resident-evil-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.captains-blog.co.uk\/wp\/mastertronic\/mastertronic-what-if-resident-evil-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastertronic – What if? : Resident Evil 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Mastertronic brings you “Resident Evil 2” on cassette for \u00a31.99, only for Commodore, Amstrad, Spectrum Atari, AND Playstation 4!!!!!  – Available from all good newsagents, chemists and game shops!<\/p>\n

If only….. :o)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

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 \u00a31.99!<\/p>\n

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!
\nAs always, click the images to enlarge.<\/p>\n

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