Press Coverage – Sinclair User, November 1984 – Virgin Dabbles With Budget Games?
Sinclair User Nov 1984 paid a visit to the Notting Hill pad of Virgin Games and, several years before Virgin acquired Mastertronic, showed them dabbling […]
Month: September 2023
Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, June 1984 – HMV Advert
Probably the earliest advertisement for Mastertronic games and an extremely rare event at that time. Even rarer is that it is jointly with HMV, of […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 3rd September 2023
At the start of this week we asked our followers over on Twitter if they’d be interested in having a weekly round-up of the new […]
Press Coverage – November 1984 – Chiller Legal Wranglings
It was foolish to release a game that not only ripped off Thriller but used the original musis as well. By the time I joined […]
Press Coverage – CPC 464 User October 1984 – Comet Interview
CPC 464 User (now there was a catchy title) interviewed Nick Lightowler, Marketing Director of Comet in October 1984. The last question and answer are […]
Press Coverage – Computer and Video Games, October 1984 – A Reader’s View On Piracy
A typical games-buyer’s reaction to tape-copying and the price of software. Published in Computer & Video Games October 1984.
Press Coverage – Sinclair User Issue 30, September 1984 – Carnell Returns?
Sinclair User September 1984 included comments on the fate of Imagine, Rabbit Software and Carnell Software. There was no “partnership” with senior members of Mastertronic, […]
Press Coverage – Personal Computer News, 15th September 1984 – Chiller
Personal Computer News, 15 September 1984, gave a very upbeat assessment of Chiller. Neither of the authors (David & Richard Darling) were, as stated, the […]
Mastertronic Inc – Behind The Scenes
These pictures were taken on a visit in 1986. They show the production and back office rooms of the facility operated by Mastertronic Inc. in […]
Game Review: Rockman (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
The early days of the 8-bit era were notorious for an endless flood of unofficial ports of arcade games. Every publisher was guilty of this […]