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Game Review: Silkworm (Atari ST, Virgin Mastertronic)

25 March 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

While the likes of US Gold, Elite, and other publishers rushed to secure the rights to covert some of the big name arcade titles to […]

Game Review: Sidewinder (Atari ST, Mastertronic)

25 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

For a brief period, Mastertronic made the decision to dabble in the arcade business, releasing their own line of machines under the Amiga-based range Arcadia. […]

Game Review: Silkworm (Amiga, Virgin Mastertronic)

14 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

While Mastertronic may have dabbled with arcade licenses on their own with the likes of Double Dragon and Gaplus, joining forces with Virgin opened up […]

Game Review: Tempest (Amstrad, Ricochet)

15 November 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

A large part of Mastertronic’s early catalogue was made up of re-releases from other publishers or clones of popular arcade games. It wasn’t until much […]

Game Review: Gun Law (Atari, Mastertronic)

25 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

I’ve mentioned in other reviews that Mastertronic wasn’t afraid to release games that were “influenced” by arcade classics. Some were blatant clones of games we […]

Press Coverage – Amiga Format Arcade Shoot-Em-Up Retrospective – Amiga Format, 1993

22 August 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Amiga Format published a special issue in 1993 (actual date not known) looking back on the Amiga gaming scene. It included this feature on our […]

Press Coverage – Just what IS Continental Circus? – Sinclair User, January 1989

20 June 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Sinclair User published their highlights (and lowlights) of the year in the January 1989 issue. Should this Virgin release have been titled ‘Continental Circuit?’ As […]