January 2025 - Mastertronic Collectors Archive

A History Of Mastertronic

31 January 2025 Anthony Guter 3

“Uncle” Frank Herman – the man who started it all. This history is dedicated to the memory of Frank Herman, who died 30 March 2009. […]

Game Review: Bump Set Spike! (Commodore 64, Entertainment USA)

29 January 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Bump Set Spike! (or Volleyball as it says on the title screen) is the first Entertainment USA release, with software being sourced from the USA […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 28th January 2025

28 January 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been another busy week here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive and once again our focus has been on reviews and making some updates to […]

Game Review: Ghostbusters (Atari, Ricochet)

28 January 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

One of Activision’s biggest games of 1984 was their movie tie-ins for the blockbuster film Ghostbusters. While most celebrate the Commodore 64 original of David […]

Game Review: Milk Race (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

27 January 2025 Brian Kemp 0

Presentation It’s clear that some time and effort have been well spent with the presentation of Milk Race. The loading screen is nicely detailed with […]

Game Review: Kane (Amstrad, Mastertronic)

27 January 2025 Patrick Furlong 0

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Kane was originally coded for the C64 by John Darnell and ported to the CPC by Simon Freeman […]

Game Review: Finders Keepers (Amstrad, Mastertronic)

23 January 2025 Patrick Furlong 0

A New Game To Me It’s rare that you come across an old CPC game that I’ve never played before, but Finders Keepers is one […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 21st January 2025

21 January 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Been a review-focused week here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive as our team have been busy trying to cover a wide selection of formats this […]