Infocom Checklist
As well as re-releasing 8-bit budget games on cassette through labels such as Ricochet, Mastertronic licensed a large number of text adventures from Activision from […]
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Game Review: Hole In One (Commodore 64, MAD)
I must admit that I did not like the original release of Leaderboard as much as some. Yes, it was playable and the system for […]
Game Review: Galactic Patrol (BBC Micro, Mastertronic)
Acorn Exclusive Galactic Patrol is quite a rare beast – a Mastertronic game that is exclusive to the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. It was […]
Game Review: Bandits At Zero (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, MAD)
Your perilous mission (which you have chosen to accept) is to seek and destroy the enemy aircraft carrier based at sea. It may take several […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive – Interact With Us!
We’ve been quite active here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive, with our regular reviews, checklists and other content but there’s one thing we’d like to […]
Press Coverage – Virgin buys stake in Mastertronic – The Games Machine, December 1987
The Games Machine, Dec 1987, announces the first stage of Virgin’s takeover. They were wrong about Mastertronic going public – this had been Frank Herman’s […]
Press Coverage – A Fan “understands” how budget games work – Amstrad Action, December 1987
A rather charming fan letter printed in Amstrad Action, December 1987. The writer’s confidence in our “strict quality control” was somewhat misplaced but he was […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Upcoming Release Feature – Your Commodore, December 1987
Your Commodore had a good look at Mastertronic in the December 1987 issue but the article was poorly edited. It “looks ahead” to the “new […]
Press Coverage – Inside the Arcadia cabinet – Big Book Of Amiga Hardware
This picture, courtesy of The Big Book of Amiga Hardware, show how the multi-game Arcadia machine worked. The operators could choose which games to buy […]
Press Coverage – Arcadia arcade cabinet unveiled – ACE, October 1987
The Arcadia project (using Amigas to drive a dedicated cabinet offering a choice of games) staggered into life at the end of 1987. This story, […]