Mastertronic Style: Part 8, Virgin Mastertronic
Virgin Mastertronic Mastertronic merged with Virgin Games during the summer of 1988. The two companies had quite different traditions and styles, and the new logo […]
Month: October 2024
Finders Keepers Heads To Nintendo Gameboy As Limited Physical Release!
Here on the Mastertronic Collectors Archive, we have a page where we promote all the various fan remakes of some of our favourite Mastertronic games. […]
Game Review: BMX Racers (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
BMX Racers, like a few of Mastertronic’s releases, has a strange history behind it. Ported to a few platforms, there were two different versions of […]
Game Review: BMX Racers – Version 1 (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
BMX Racers was, as with other early releases programmed by Richard and David Darling, was made with their own The Games Creator. Like the predecessor […]
Mastertronic Style: Part 7, Mastertronic USA
Mastertronic USA As previously mentioned, Mastertronic had a presence in the USA from early on but in the summer of 1986 we set up our […]
Game Review: Space Walk – Version 2 (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Space Walk was, as with other early releases programmed by Richard and David Darling, was made with their own The Games Creator, a popular utility […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 13th October 2024
Time for our weekly roundup of all the new content and updates here on the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Some of the highlights this week include […]
Mastertronic Style: Part 6, The Makeover – 1987-91
The Makeover – 1987-91 In September 1987, Virgin Games acquired 45% of Mastertronic and the complete takeover was not long in coming. Only a few […]
Game Review: Space Walk – Version 1 (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Space Walk was, as with other early releases programmed by Richard and David Darling, was made with their own The Games Creator, a popular utility […]
Melbourne House Books Checklist
As well as their extensive software range, Melbourne House were well known for releasing a wide selection of programming books for most 8-bit platforms. These […]