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    • Mastertronic Style: Part 4, The Middle Years 1986-88
    • Mastertronic Style: Part 5, Labels for republished software – Ricochet, Americana, Rack-It/Rebound
    • Mastertronic Style: Part 6, The Makeover – 1987-91
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    • Mastertronic Style: Part 8, Virgin Mastertronic
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Articles by Simon Plumbe

Game Review: Little Computer People (Amiga, Ricochet)

1 November 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

In 1985 the “scientists” at Activision made a startling discovery. There were living, breathing creatures living inside our computers. Through the House On A Disk […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 27th October 2024

27 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been another great week in terms of reviews here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. When we entered our second year for the website we […]

Atari (8-Bit) Mastertronic Checklist

26 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

While Atari’s range of 8-bit computers was almost as popular as the Commodore 64 in America, in the UK it took a backseat to the […]

Game Review: Gun Law (Atari, Mastertronic)

25 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

I’ve mentioned in other reviews that Mastertronic wasn’t afraid to release games that were “influenced” by arcade classics. Some were blatant clones of games we […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 20th October 2024

20 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

It’s been another busy week here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. We’ve got plenty of new game reviews once again and we now have two […]

Game Review: Vegas Jackpot (BBC/Electron, Mastertronic)

18 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

In the early days of the company, there were few Mastertronic games more iconic that Vegas Jackpot. Released on no fewer than seven platforms, it […]

Finders Keepers Heads To Nintendo Gameboy As Limited Physical Release!

17 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

Here on the Mastertronic Collectors Archive, we have a page where we promote all the various fan remakes of some of our favourite Mastertronic games. […]

Game Review: BMX Racers (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

16 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

BMX Racers, like a few of Mastertronic’s releases, has a strange history behind it. Ported to a few platforms, there were two different versions of […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 13th October 2024

13 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

Time for our weekly roundup of all the new content and updates here on the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Some of the highlights this week include […]

Melbourne House Books Checklist

11 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

As well as their extensive software range, Melbourne House were well known for releasing a wide selection of programming books for most 8-bit platforms. These […]

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