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Battle the evil Skeletor and save castle Grayskull!

Graphics: 5 Sound: 4 Replay Value: 2 Notes: 1-player game; first Mattel game with designer credits on the box Screen Shots

A tie-in to its own wildly successful toy line (at the time), Masters of the Universe: The Power of He‑Man was the first (and only?) game to tout the new "SuperGraphics" technology on the box. The graphics are quite nice–this game is an audio and visual treat. However, the gameplay is repetitive and not terribly interesting in the long haul. First, you fly your Wind Raider (a.k.a. landspeeder, for lack of a better term) to get to Castle Grayskull. Along the way, you dodge and shoot fireballs that are flying through the air, and drop bombs to capture Skeletor, your arch-nemesis. Once you reach the castle, you dodge more fireballs thrown your way by Skeletor, and duel him in an automated sword fight. Eventually, he runs away. Repeat this twice more with different backgrounds, then repeat, starting over at the landspeeder stage. Best Score: 495050 [Game 1]

A total of four Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	4689-0210 (L001)	1983		Origin is not printed on box, but generic copyright info printed on back; opens on bottom flap—not a book-style box; has barcode on back; game credits on back; has NEW! SuperGraphics banner blurb on front; has what appears to be a manufacturing year/month/date on small flap on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	4689-0210 (L003)	1983	Singapore	Copyright info printed on back; opens on bottom flap—not a book-style box; has barcode on back; game credits on back; has NEW! SuperGraphics banner blurb on front; has what appears to be a manufacturing year/month/date on small flap on bottom
	Intellivision Inc.	4689-0210	1983	Singapore	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box; bottom flap has full Mattel part number; also has © 1983 Mattel on back for licensing of the He-Man property; developer credits removed
	Digiplay	N/A	None	Brazil	Digiplay logo on box; 'Av. Açaí' address printed on back; no part number or copyright apparent; TM Mattel on back; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate slots

Masters of the Universe was one of the few games from Mattel to credit people who worked on the game right on the box. The Intellivision, Inc. version of the box removed this information and removed the UPC code from the back of the box.

I stumbled on this accidentally when doing inventory. Great. More crap to watch for! Well, here's the scoop. The only difference I've seen in the Mattel versions of the He-Man box is in the manufacturing info on the back. The question, then, is: Does a 'L002' version exist?

A total of four Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	4689-0920 (L001)	1983	U.S.A.	Not sure if the (L001) on the manual is meaningful or not; also comes with comic book; also found a copy of this manual in a PlayCable set, though it's amazingly unlikely this was ever the case, since it was much more game than the unit could handle
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	4689 RC 721	1983	France	Appears to be a locally produced translation from the French office; discovered by scalpel
	Intellivision Inc.	4689-0920	1983	U.S.A.	Accordion-style folding; has © 1983 Mattel, Inc. for the He-Man property—ironic, eh?
	Digiplay	N/A	None	Brazil	Digiplay edition; no part number or copyright apparent; 'Av. Açaí' address printed on back

Supplemental Materials

The following supplemental materials have been found for Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	0152-0170	1981	U.S.A.	King of Castle Grayskull comic book; the Intellivision, Inc. release did not include the comic book; wether the Digiplay release did is presently unknown

A total of two Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	4689-4289	1983	U.S.A.
	Digiplay	4689-4289	None		Some Digiplay copies include this version, which has the copyright removed; image courtesy of Hankster

A total of four Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1983	Singapore	Origin lower center; © M.E.I. 1983 lower left; ™ lower right; small label, rounded corners
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1983	Singapore	Origin lower right; © MATTEL INC 1983 upper left; ™ small, upper right of second line of title; smaller label, rounded corners
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	None		No origin or date info; larger label, square corners; large bold font for game title; has © symbol to right of game, then MATTEL INC. in lower right—must be how they indicated the Mattel license
	Digiplay	N/A	1983		No origin; © M.E.I. 1983 lower left, centered beneath the MOTU logo; ™ lower right

	Nice rendition of the MOTU logo—the theme from the cartoons plays as well.
	In the first phase, you travel in the Wind Raider, trying to reach the castle.
	Now, Skeletor tries to stop you from reaching the castle.
	...and tries...
	...and fails!
	Too bad the final swordfight is automated. The sound effects are really cool, as are the shimmering fireball graphics.

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