Game Review: Questprobe feat. The Hulk (Atari, Americana)
First game I ever owned for the Vic 20 was Adventureland by Scott Adams. Even though I’d always loved arcade shoot-em-ups, that one text adventure […]
Articles by Simon Plumbe
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 1st June 2025
As we said last time, we’re starting to get back to normal here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive and while this week has mainly been […]
Game Review: Zork I (Amiga, Infocom)
Infocom’s range of text adventures were a thing of legend amongst anyone who played them. In the 8-bit era not many UK gamers were fortunate […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 25th May 2025
It’s that time again, as we bring you our round-up of all the new content and updates to the Mastertronic Collectors Archive from the last […]
Collecting Different Mastertronic Labels – Wading Through The Confusion
Collecting Mastertronic games can be a time-consuming and complicated affair at the best of times. For those of us who buy games across multiple platforms, […]
Game Review: Zork I (Atari ST, Infocom)
The first text adventure I ever played was Adventureland by Scott Adams on the Vic 20. When I eventually moved on to the C64, the […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 18th May 2025
Well, it’s been an eventful few weeks here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive! Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that we haven’t really updated the site […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive – Back From Our Hiatus!
Regular site visitors will have noticed that things have been fairly quiet here the last couple of weeks. Not only for this website but aross […]
Mastertronic / PAL Developments Checklist
One of the strangest labels to come from Mastertronic came in 1989. Shortly before the end of the original “310 range”, this new short-lived label […]
Game Review: Zork I (PC, Infocom)
While the text adventure genre has been popular amongst gamers since the days of Adventure and the pioneering works of Crowther and Woods. For a […]