Commodore 64 Budget Publisher Showdown – Mastertronic vs Firebird vs Codemasters – Episode 1
Witchfinder1976
The Commodore 64 Budget Publisher Showdown is a five part series that aims to determine which was the best of the three most prolific publishers of budget games on the Commodore 64 – Mastertronic, Firebird and Codemasters. Each episode will see the best game from each publisher in a variety of categories pitched against each other and discussed by myself and two guests.
In Episode 1 I give an overview of the competition format and profiles of the three publishers before being joined by long-time C64 collectors and writers Mat “Mayhem” Allen and Warren “Waz” Pilkington to cover the first three rounds, which are all about shooting games.
Please let me know your thoughts about this competition and check out the pinned comment for lots of supplementary material related to this episode.