Springclean

1989 Virgin Mastertronic Platforms: ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC (potentially Commodore 64 too) Springclean is an intriguing unreleased title from PAL Developments that was due to be published by Virgin Mastertronic around 1989. This one was actually completed, with master disks produced for both the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions. The game was developed by Rich Stevenson, who very kindly got in touch with GTW to reveal that the source and master disks still survive within his personal archive. According to Rich, Springclean was loosely inspired by Ultimate’s classic Cookie, with a character called Mrs. Mopp taking the starring role. Interestingly, the concept doesn’t sound too far removed from Tina Billett’s 1984 ZX Spectrum game Mrs Mopp. Despite development being completed, circumstances surrounding PAL Developments’ publishing agreement meant that Springclean was ultimately left on the shelf. The game had been produced as part of a multi-game deal between PAL Developments and…