Mastertronic Collectors Archive

It’s been quite a busy and eventful week for us here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Once again we’ve hit another milestone on the site […]

When the Mastertronic brand was revived as the Mastertronic Group, they continued the same trend as the original company aiming to offer value for money […]

Many isometric 3D arcade adventures suffer a fatal flaw in that you constantly are needing to locate some form of energy pill or power up […]

This Plot Seems Familiar After reading through the instructions and viewing the cassette cover for Micro Mouse, it instantly made me think of Specventure.  Go […]

I’ve been playing text adventures pretty much all my life across a wide range of systems and apart from RPGs and arcade shooters, I’d say […]

It’s been another busy week here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. While we’ve only got a few reviews once again, we’ve been working hard updating […]

“Another Visitor… Stay a while… Stay Forever…” Few lines in gaming are as iconic as Impossible Mission of the original C64 1984 title by Dennis […]

Americana was a confusing budget label for many. It’s split ownership, run by both Mastertronic and US Gold at different stages in its lifetime focused […]

Back in 1983, Taskset released Jammin’, a bright and colourful game which involved you having to locate the four instruments for your band and place […]

In the two previous articles in this series, we looked at games on individual formats and how well they sold, including many surprising numbers for […]