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    • Mastertronic Style: Part 4, The Middle Years 1986-88
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    • Mastertronic Style: Part 8, Virgin Mastertronic
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    • Micro Natters Part 3: A Mastertronic Re-Release Guide – Other 8-Bit Formats
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Articles by Simon Plumbe

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 17th August 2025

17 August 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s a monumental week for us here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive as once again we have a double celebration on our hands. The big […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Celebrates Its Second Anniversary!

15 August 2025 Simon Plumbe 2

Recently we celebrated a couple of milestones for the Mastertronic Collectors Archive website, publishing not only our 200th game review, but also our 64th review […]

Game Review: Hektik (Vic 20, Mastertronic)

14 August 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

With most of their early back catalogue taking inspiration from existing titles or popular arcade games, it’s no surprise that Hectik for the Vic 20 […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 10th August 2025

11 August 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Well, real life had to take priority for all of our team over the last week or so, and because of that posting content on […]

Game Review: Jet Pac (BBC Micro, Ricochet)

11 August 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

While Ultimate Play The Game were best known for their isometric 3D games for the ZX Spectrum, they first made their mark with 2D action […]

Game Review: Attack Of The Mutant Camels (Atari, Mastertronic)

5 August 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

If, like most of you visiting this site, grew up in the 80s then you’re bound to be familiar with the name Jeff Minter and […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 27th July 2025

28 July 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been another relatively quiet week here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Most of our time has been spent on planning our review schedule for […]

DroSoft Spanish Release Checklist

21 July 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

As well as establishing their own distributor in the USA in the shape of Mastertronic Inc, the company expanded their reach by reaching a deal […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 20th July 2025

21 July 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

We’re back with another round up of all the latest content that we’ve added or updated to the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. We didn’t have an […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 6th July 2025

6 July 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Well, we’d been teasing it for the last few weeks but this week has been something pretty special for us here at the Mastertronic Collectors […]

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