Game Review: Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Amiga, Infocom)
My first introduction to the Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy was when I was at school. Like a lot my age, I first saw […]
Articles by Simon Plumbe
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 7th January 2025
It’s been a few weeks since our last round-up of all the new content we’ve added to the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. While we had a […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive 2025 Website Update
Regular visitors to the Mastertronic Collectors Archive website will have noticed that things have been quiet here for the last couple of weeks. Usually we […]
Could We Have Seen More Vic 20 Games From Mastertronic?
Of all the formats supported by Mastertronic during their lifetime, only the Dragon 32 saw fewer releases than the Commodore Vic 20. Released in 1981, […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 15th December 2024
Well, it’s been quite an eventful couple of weeks here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive HQ. As you will have noticed, we’ve been relatively quiet […]
Game Review: 180 (Atari, Mastertronic)
From the pubs to the joysticks, one of the UK’s most popular sports made its way to most of the 8-bit platforms via Mastertronic’s MAD […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 1st December 2024
We missed our weekly update last week so this time we’re covering the last couple of weeks of activity here on the Mastertronic Collectors Archive… […]
Game Review: Phantom Attack (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
During the early stages of establishing the company, Mastertronic focused on licensing most of their games from other publishers. In the case of the Commodore […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 17th November 2024
It’s been quite a special week for us at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive as we’ve been able to bring all of you our first ever […]
Game Review: Tempest (Amstrad, Ricochet)
A large part of Mastertronic’s early catalogue was made up of re-releases from other publishers or clones of popular arcade games. It wasn’t until much […]