Press Coverage – Mastertronic staff join rival at Prism – ACE, September 1988
John Maxwell was the man who reviewed and judged all the games received at Mastertronic from 1984 until the summer of 1986 when he ws […]
Press Coverage
Press Coverage – Mastertronic secures Double Dragon licence – Sinclair User, February 1988
Sinclair User, February 1988, picked up on the Double Dragon licence deal first reported by PCW. I’m not sure what “cutting out the middle men” […]
Press Coverage – SEGA Master System advert in Zzap 64?! – Zzap 64, February 1988
Sales of Sega consoles took off in 1988 and Mastertronic began serious advertising campaigns. This one was in Zzap64, February 1988 – interesting in that […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic sponsors full price games chart – Sinclair User, January 1988
Strange ad from Woolworths (remember them?) in Sinclair User, January 1988. They list only full-price games but name and picture Sega, and have the Mastertronic […]
Press Coverage – More talk on Virgin buying into Mastertronic – Your Computer, January 1988
Your Computer, January 1988, focused on the attractions to Virgin of buying into Mastertronic (though the Sega connection passed them by).
Press Coverage – Virgin buys Mastertronic… again? – ACE, January 1988
Virgin bought a 45% stake in Mastertronic in the summer of 1987. It seemed to take a long time for some to get the news. […]
Press Coverage – Rockford unveiled as first game from new-look Melbourne House – ACE, January 1988
The first fruits of the Arcadia project began to hit the shops. A fresh look for Melbourne House as well. Pity the game was so […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic teams with Psygnosis and Arcadia title revealed – ACE, December 1987
An interesting deal with Psygnosis for Mastertronic to do 8-bit conversions of some of their 16 bit titles, and the first view of Roadwars on […]
Mastertronic Covermounted Games Checklist
Over the years, a vast number of Mastertronic games have been given away for a range of 8-bit and 16-it formats. Included as part of […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Acquires Double Dragon License – Popular Computing Weekly, 31st December 1987
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 […]