Game Review: Vegas Jackpot (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
Slot machines and video games have gone hand-in-hand for as long as the industry has been around. Whether its computers or consoles, it’s safe to […]
Month: September 2023
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Office Visit And Interview – Your Computer, January 1986
Your Computer visited our offices and published the results in January 1986. As well as quotes from Martin Alper, they spoke to PR supremo Colin […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic, The First 18 Months – Sinclair User, January 1986
At last Mastertronic was taken seriously by the magazine world. Sinclair User’s reporter lunched in January 1986 with John Maxwell, Finders Keepers author David Jones, […]
Press Coverage – Game Availability – Popular Computing Weekly, January 1986
A plaintive reader’s request in Popular Computing Weekly, January 1986. The era in which Mastertronic products were found readily in Woolworth’s, Toy’R’Us, Menzies and many […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Releases Business Software – Popular Computing Weekly, November 1985
Popular Computing Weekly reported our short-lived venture into business software on 28 November 1985. Ski Writer was a word processor written by one Ken Skier […]
Mastertronic At Le Mans!
Other little oddity for the record – we sponsored a car at the Le Mans 24 hour race – I think in June 1987 but […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 17th 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, […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Wishlist
The Mastertronic Collectors Archive is intended to be an ever-evolving and growing website. While the concept started as a plan to preserve the work done […]
Press Coverage – MAD Launch Party – Popular Computing Weekly, 1985
In contrast to a near full page in Crash, Popular Computing Weekly gave a rather grudging acknowledgment to the launch of the MAD range. They […]
Press Coverage – MAD Launch Party – Crash, December 1985
As mentioned, the new £2.99 range, MAD games, was launched with a party on the Thames, at which the invited journalists, assorted hangers-on and the […]