Game Review: P.O.D. Proof of Destruction (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
P.O.D. (known as Proof of Destruction) does not pretend to have any fancy storyline or anything like that, and the back inlay blurb and instructions […]
Month: March 2024
A Mastertronic Range To Get MAD About…
Unlike most budget publishers, Mastertronic were known to have countless sub-labels. While Ricochet existed solely for re-releases and Rack-It was established to support fellow publisher […]
Game Review: Wizards Pet (Commodore 64, MAD)
Wizards Pet (or The Wizards Pet as the title screen says, in both cases without the use of the apostrophe) is a game where you, […]
Infocom Checklist
As well as re-releasing 8-bit budget games on cassette through labels such as Ricochet, Mastertronic licensed a large number of text adventures from Activision from […]
Game Review: Hole In One (Commodore 64, MAD)
I must admit that I did not like the original release of Leaderboard as much as some. Yes, it was playable and the system for […]
Game Review: Galactic Patrol (BBC Micro, Mastertronic)
Acorn Exclusive Galactic Patrol is quite a rare beast – a Mastertronic game that is exclusive to the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. It was […]
Game Review: Bandits At Zero (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, MAD)
Your perilous mission (which you have chosen to accept) is to seek and destroy the enemy aircraft carrier based at sea. It may take several […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive – Interact With Us!
We’ve been quite active here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive, with our regular reviews, checklists and other content but there’s one thing we’d like to […]
Press Coverage – Virgin buys stake in Mastertronic – The Games Machine, December 1987
The Games Machine, Dec 1987, announces the first stage of Virgin’s takeover. They were wrong about Mastertronic going public – this had been Frank Herman’s […]
Press Coverage – A Fan “understands” how budget games work – Amstrad Action, December 1987
A rather charming fan letter printed in Amstrad Action, December 1987. The writer’s confidence in our “strict quality control” was somewhat misplaced but he was […]