Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 10th September 2023
Another week has passed here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. We’ve been busy working behind the scenes as well as creating plenty o new content, […]
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Vic 20 Mastertronic Checklist
The Vic 20 was one of the formats supported by Mastertronic right from the start. Many of the early systems received support right until the […]
Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, 21st March 1985 – The Firebird and Mastertronic Connection
Budget games producers faced problems in bringing their products to market during the early years (1983-5). Any means available was tried to reach any retail […]
Press Coverage – Computer and Video Games, February 1985 – A Fan Writes…
Computer & Video Games published the following letter in August 1984 But a loyal customer strikes back in the February 1985 issue. Nice one.
Press Coverage – Sinclair User, February 1985 – Software Distribution
An extraordinarily detailed look at the way software was distributed from publisher to wholesaler to retailer, by Sinclair User in February 1985. This article encapsulates […]
Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, 31st January 1985 – Mastertronic Inc Advert
This advertisement was published in Popular Computing Weekly 31 Jan 1985. It features Mistertronic. More important, it talks about capital investment in the USA and […]
Press Coverage – Personal Computer Games, January 1985 – 1 Million Sales
Mastertronic’s millionth customer? A middle-aged bloke wearing a suit?? Buying Chiller??? And a prize of a Commodore disk drive???? Anyway, Personal Computer Games, January 1985, […]
Press Coverage – Sinclair User, December 1984 – Mastertronic Works With Beau-Jolly
Sinclair User December 1984. The deal with Beau-Jolly was a one-off and Mastertronic never undertook any TV advertising since then (and probably did not have […]
Game Review: New York Blitz (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
The games industry back in the 80s managed to release titles that would be rejected in an instant these days. New York Blitz, and those […]
Mastertronic’s Murky Connection – Cal-Vista and Frank Herman
Mastertronic was quick to expand its business beyond the UK. In the summer of 1984, the company exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, […]