Game Review: Bullseye (Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Mastertronic burst onto the scene in April 1984, revolutionising both where we could buy our games, and how much (or how little!) we had to […]
Month: August 2023
Mastertronic Collectors Archive – Introduction
Welcome to the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. This brand new website is dedicated to all things Mastertronic – the 1980s video games website, launched in 1984. […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Group Closes – November 2015
Not exactly a press cutting. This is what popped up when I visited the Mastertronic.Com website just to see if there was anything new. A […]
Game Review: Impossible Mission (C64, Ricochet)
The Commodore 64 was still in its formative years in 1984. Developers were still getting to grips with the hardware, both in terms of its […]
When Mastertronic Went To Vegas…
Many cite their gaming influences as being the Sega and Nintendo systems of the 90s, but my love of gaming really took shape at the […]
Mastertronic Best Sellers
The tables below show the top selling titles for our most popular formats for 8-bit computers. The source is the original database of sales that […]
Press Coverage – Frank Herman MCV Tribute
It seems fitting to include this tribute to Frank Herman; I also want to preserve it in the case the host website should cease to […]
Press Coverage – Frank Herman Personal Tributes
These are the personal tributes to Frank Herman referred to on the article on MCV reporting his death; I want to preserve it in the […]
New Mastervision Title Uncovered – Target Eagle
Our hunt to complete the Mastervision collection continues and moved a step closer to completion today. On a hunch, we experimented with a Google image […]
Press Coverage: Crash – May 1987
For a brief period in 1987 Mastertronic attempted to use the brand name and distribution channels to sell videos and music. As can be seen, […]