Game Review: Questprobe – Spiderman (BBC Micro, Americana)
While I’m usually drawn more to arcade shoot-em-ups when it comes to retro gaming, I’ve always had a soft spot for RPGs and text adventures. […]
Articles by Simon Plumbe
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 16th November 2025
It’s time once again to take a look at all the latest updates here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. While we don’t have as many […]
Game Review: Mission Mercury (Vic 20, Virgin Games)
The name Steve Lee might not be familiar to Commodore fans, but his games certainly will be. When it comes to Mastertronic, his most well […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 9th November 2025
It’s been another busy week here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive and once again we’ve been working on both plenty of new reviews, updating more […]
Game Review: Questprobe – Spiderman (ZX Spectrum, Americana)
Back in the 1980s, gaming was always seen as being hobby for nerds – and it generally went without saying that if someone was a […]
Game Review: Questprobe – Spiderman (Commodore 16, Americana)
Even though I’m an arcade game lover at heart, I’ve always had a soft spot for text adventures. I blame all of this on Scott […]
Game Review: Demon’s Tomb – The Awakening (Amiga, Melbourne House)
While this is classed as a Melbourne House release, Demon’s Tomb: The Awakening is actually from the second incarnation of the company after its purchase […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 2nd November 2025
For the first time ever here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive we thought we’d do something a little different… as it was Halloween earlier this […]
Game Review: Frankenstein – The Dismembered Bride (PC, Mastertronic)
When Mastertronic made its return in the shape of the Mastertronic Group it picked up where it left off – releasing a diverse range of […]
Blast! Checklist
The Mastertronic Group, as with the original Mastertronic company, had a number of different labels. Blast! was unusual in the fact that as well as […]