April 2024 - Mastertronic Collectors Archive

ZX Spectrum Mastertronic Checklist

30 April 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was one of the biggest platforms supported by the original Mastertronic company. Titles were released right from the company’s launch in […]

Mastervision Checklist Gets A Step Closer To Completion

23 April 2024 Simon Plumbe 2

As you will be aware, one of the most difficult Mastertronic ranges for us to have tracked down has been their VHS label Mastervision. With […]

Game Review: The Last V8 (Commodore 128, Mastertronic)

19 April 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Carry out your orders. Go. At once! With the Commodore 128 being released, Mastertronic were not going to miss an opportunity to see how their […]

Game Review: The Last V8 (Commodore 64, MAD)

15 April 2024 Warren Pilkington 1

V8, return to base, immediately! That piece of synthesised speech will be one many will remember the first time that The Last V8 has loaded. […]

New YouTube video from Kim Justice looking at the history of Mastertronic and Arcadia

14 April 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

YouTuber Kim Justice has just released a new video taking an in-depth look at the history at the rise and fall of our favourite budget […]

Game Review: Oblido (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)

10 April 2024 Warren Pilkington 0

Oblido is certainly one of those games that may sound obscure, and indeed it was only ever released for the Commodore 16 and Plus/4. The […]

Press Coverage – Mastertronic Acquires Double Dragon License – Popular Computing Weekly, 31st December 1987

9 April 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Birth of what was to be a highly successful arcade tie-in. Double Dragon was a smash hit both in full price and budget versions. The […]

Press Coverage – SEGA Master System Success! – Popular Computing Weekly, 31st December 1987

9 April 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Popular Computing Weekly, 31 Dec 1987, is happy to publish a press briefing about the first year of Sega Master System sales. What Rachel Davies […]

Press Coverage – Games Chart Advertisement – Popular Computing Weekly, 17th December 1987

9 April 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Mastertronic was infamous in the magazine world for not advertising. But the price we paid was reduced editorial coverage. Sales Director Alan Sharam believed that […]