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 from the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad, in its early days it even made efforts to support the Dragon 32.
While overall sales proved to be the least popular of formats, the games were still profitable. Many wondered if more could have been released, even if they were just conversions from other platforms rather than new titles.
As Mastertronic bought Melbourne House, and later merged with Virgin Games, we have also included all of their releases for the Dragon 32 as well for completeness.
Updated: 23rd September 2024
Mastertronic
| Number | Title | Author | Sales | Cover Art |
| ID0002 | Vegas Jackpot | Geoff Campbell and Jason Orbaum Mark J Brady (cover) |
2,333 |  |
| ID0025 | Bug Diver | John Smyth (cover) | 12,787 |  |
Melbourne House
| Title | Author | Cover Art |
| Enter The Dragon – Super Cassette A | Colin Carter | |
| Horace Goes Skiing | Denver Jeans Lynda Warner (cover) |
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| Hungry Horace | Lynda Warner (cover) |
Virgin Games
| Number | Title | Author | Cover Art |
| VGB 4001 | Death Cruise | Lee J Brookes | |
| VGB 4002 | I Ching | James Breffni | |
| VGB 4003 | Castle Adventure | Conrad Jacobson | |
| VGB 4004 | UXB | Patrick Fisher |  |
Books – Melbourne House
| Title | Author | Cover Art |
| Dragon 32 Programmers Reference Guide | John Vander Reyden | |
| Dragon Machine Language For The Absolute Beginner | John Vander Reyden | |
| Enter The Dragon | Colin Carter |
Notes
- Bug Diver was originally released by Galactic Software (the company run by Richard and David Darling) but only contained the company credits and no author.
- Vegas Jackpot was originally written by Shaun Southern and published by Mr Chip Software. The Dragon 32 version was commissioned especially by Mastertronic.
- Despite being an earlier number, Vegas Jackpot was actually released 9 months after Bug Diver (which was released in April 1984 when Mastertronic was launched). This explains the significant difference in sales between the two which is no doubt as a result of the declining interest in the format by that point.
This list will be updated regularly with additional author credits and more links to reviews.
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