Mastertronic Style: Part 4, The Middle Years 1986-88
The Middle Years 1986-88 199 Range The classic Mastertronic look was becoming rather familiar and perhaps a little old-fashioned by 1986. The look was changed […]
History
Mastertronic Style – Part 3, New labels – MAD, Bulldog, Entertainment USA
New Labels – MAD, Entertainment USA and Bulldog MAD By the summer of 1985 the disadvantages of having a fixed price point – £1.99 in […]
Mastertronic Style: Part 2, The Early Years (1984-6)
Mastertronic – The Early Years 1984-86 Mastertronic Limited began trading on 1 April 1984. Some of the titles might well have been on sale before […]
Mastertronic Style: Part 1, The Mastertronic Image – Covers, Adverts and Tronix
The Mastertronic Image – Covers, Adverts and Tronix Covers The development of Mastertronic cover artwork, and some further details about the commercial changes as we […]
Dragon 32 Mastertronic Checklist
Mastertronic was one of the few publishers to cater for almost every 8-bit computer in the 1980s. Even though the bulk of its business came […]
Amstrad Mastertronic Checklist
While not as popular in the UK as the Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum, the Amstrad had a loyal following so it was only natural […]
Press Coverage – A Closer Look At Codemasters – Amstrad Action, September 1988
Amstrad Action had a major feature on Codemasters in the September 1988 issue. The first extract below mentions the early history of their involvement with […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Relaunced – PC Gameworld, August 2003
PC Gameworld picks up on the relaunch of Mastertronic, several years after the company ceased trading.
Press Coverage – Richard Branson Talks About The Mastertronic Acquisition
The growth of the Sega part of Mastertronic’s business, the partial acquisition by Virgin in 1987, full control in 1988 and the sale of the […]
Press Coverage – Amiga Format Arcade Shoot-Em-Up Retrospective – Amiga Format, 1993
Amiga Format published a special issue in 1993 (actual date not known) looking back on the Amiga gaming scene. It included this feature on our […]