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Articles by Simon Plumbe

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 11th March 2025

11 March 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s all been about the checklists over the last seven days here on at the Mastertronic Collectors Archives with updates to a vast number of […]

Game Review: Ghostbusters (ZX Spectrum, Ricochet)

8 March 2025 Simon Plumbe 2

Gremlins, Star Trek III, The Terminator, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom… it has to be said that 1984 was a […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 4th March 2025

4 March 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Once again it’s been another healthy week in terms of new content here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. No new videos this time, but we’ve […]

Game Review: Ghostbusters (Amstrad, Ricochet)

2 March 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Arguably one of the best movies released in 1984 was the action-horror-comedy Ghostbusters. When Activision secured the rights to develop the home versions, they produced […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 25th February 2025

25 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been anotheer busy week for us here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Not only have we got more new reviews (including another for the […]

Game Review: Sidewinder (Atari ST, Mastertronic)

25 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

For a brief period, Mastertronic made the decision to dabble in the arcade business, releasing their own line of machines under the Amiga-based range Arcadia. […]

Amiga Mastertronic Checklist

25 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

Despite the hardware originally being designed by Atari as a games machine, Commodore took the Amiga and turned it into a huge success both as […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 18th February 2025

18 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

We’ve been doing quite a bit of work this week on updating our lists here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. As well as expanding our […]

Game Review: Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Atari ST, Infocom)

17 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

I’ve always had a soft spot for The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. Even though the Douglas Adams classic started out as a BBC […]

Game Review: Silkworm (Amiga, Virgin Mastertronic)

14 February 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

While Mastertronic may have dabbled with arcade licenses on their own with the likes of Double Dragon and Gaplus, joining forces with Virgin opened up […]

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