Over the years, a vast number of Mastertronic games have been given away for a range of 8-bit and 16-it formats. Included as part of covertapes and coverdisks with most popular magazines in the 1980s and 1990s, these covermounts were a huge part of the games industry when magazines were fighting for supremacy in the publishing industry.
Eventually a voluntary ban came into force against full-priced games being included on the cover of magazines, but for a while it was a great time to be a gamer where even all of Mastertronic’s ranges were appearing on the newsstands at an even lower price point. Here we’ll try to bring you a breakdown of as many of these as we can find along with details of what Mastertronic related titles are on each tape/disk.
Updated: 15th March 2025
Amstrad Action – Commodore Answers – Commodore User – Your Commodore – Zzap
Crash – Sinclair User – Your Sinclair
Amstrad Action
Commodore Answers
| Issue | Content | Format(s) | Cover Scan |
| Issue 1 | Aqua Screenshot rolling demo |
Commodore 64 |  |
Commodore Answers was a continuation of the magazine Computer Answers. Published quarterly, it only lasted for a short while after launch. This was its only covertape but for reasons which were not explained in the magazine itself, it was not available in the London area. Instead, readers were asked to cut out part of the cover and send it off for a copy of the cassette.
Commodore User
| Date | Content | Format(s) | Cover Scan |
| February 1989 | Sidewinder Silkworm (demo) |
Amiga |  |
Your Commodore
| Date | Content | Format(s) | Cover Scan |
| January 1990 | Finders Keepers Kentila |
C64 | |
| February 1990 | Ninja Pipeline 2 |
C64 | |
| March 1990 | Action Biker Chiller |
C64 |
Crash
| Issue | Content | Cover Scan |
| July 1989 | One Man And His Droid | |
| August 1989 | Nonterraqueous | |
| September 1989 | Rockman | |
| October 1989 | Delta Wing | |
| November 1989 | Chiller | |
| December 1989 | Incredible Shrinking Fireman | |
| January 1990 | Action Biker | |
| February 1990 | Jason’s Gem | |
| March 1990 | 1985: The Day After |
Sinclair User
| Issue | Content | Cover Scan |
| September 1988 | Amaurote | |
| December 1988 | Finders Keepers Spellbound Knight Tyme |
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| April 1990 | Amaurote (again!) |
Your Sinclair
| Issue | Content | Cover Scan |
| Issue 58, October 1990 |
Feud (Bulldog) Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Super Off-Road Racer (demo) (Virgin Mastertronic) Rebel (Ricochet) Tau Ceti (Ricochet) |
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| Issue 65, May 1991 |
How To Be A Complete Bastard (Ricochet) Tir Na Nog (Rebound) |
ZZap 64/Amiga
We will be expanding this over time with more magazines, cover art and links to titles featured.
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