Press Coverage – Mastertronic Inc Adverts April 1985
This news snippet was in American magazine Ahoy, April 1985 and it heralds the start of the manufacturing of Mastertronic disks in the USA. The […]
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Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, 21st March 1985 – The Firebird and Mastertronic Connection
Budget games producers faced problems in bringing their products to market during the early years (1983-5). Any means available was tried to reach any retail […]
Press Coverage – Computer and Video Games, February 1985 – A Fan Writes…
Computer & Video Games published the following letter in August 1984 But a loyal customer strikes back in the February 1985 issue. Nice one.
Press Coverage – Sinclair User, February 1985 – Software Distribution
An extraordinarily detailed look at the way software was distributed from publisher to wholesaler to retailer, by Sinclair User in February 1985. This article encapsulates […]
Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, 31st January 1985 – Mastertronic Inc Advert
This advertisement was published in Popular Computing Weekly 31 Jan 1985. It features Mistertronic. More important, it talks about capital investment in the USA and […]
Press Coverage – Personal Computer Games, January 1985 – 1 Million Sales
Mastertronic’s millionth customer? A middle-aged bloke wearing a suit?? Buying Chiller??? And a prize of a Commodore disk drive???? Anyway, Personal Computer Games, January 1985, […]
Press Coverage – Sinclair User, December 1984 – Mastertronic Works With Beau-Jolly
Sinclair User December 1984. The deal with Beau-Jolly was a one-off and Mastertronic never undertook any TV advertising since then (and probably did not have […]
Press Coverage – InfoWorld, November 1984 – Mastertronic Inc Lands In America
American magazine InfoWorld, November 1984, reports on Mastertronic’s first attempt to crack the US market, in partnership with Classic Family Entertainment. The joint venture did […]
Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, 29th November 1984 – Master Adventurer
Following the collapse of Carnell Software, Mastertronic dabbled in adventure games by rereleasing some of the old Carnell product as well as a new game […]
Press Coverage – Sinclair User, November 1984 – Virgin Dabbles With Budget Games?
Sinclair User Nov 1984 paid a visit to the Notting Hill pad of Virgin Games and, several years before Virgin acquired Mastertronic, showed them dabbling […]