Press Coverage – Games For 99p? – Popular Computing Weekly, 19 June 1986
Two news items in Popular Computing Weekly, 19 June 1986, of passing interest. Being “Out-Mastertroniced” by a competitor selling games at a RRP of 99p […]
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Press Coverage – Mastertronic Stock Market Floatation? – Popular Computing Weekly, 29 May 1986
Rumours about Mastertronics grand financial strategy surfaced from time to time, as in this news item in Popular Computing Weekly, 29 May 1986. The idea […]
Press Coverage – Special Feature On Mastertronic – Amstrad Action, April 1986
Amstrad Action, then a relatively new publication, produced this major feature on Mastertronic in April 1986. The “Mastertronic Team” pictured below is Colin Johnson, our […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Looks For Programmers – Popular Computing Weekly, February 1986
A rare advertisement. Mastertronic recruit programmers in this ad in Popular Computing Weekly, February 1986. We were mainly looking for freelancers who could take on […]
New sci-fi novel from David Jones, Booting Ada, released on Amazon
David Jones, author of the Magic Knight series of games (Finders Keepers, Spellbound, Knight Tyme and Stormbringer) has just released his first novel, Booting Ada. […]
Website Updates – An Apology
You will have noticed that we haven’t added a great deal of content to the website over the last couple of weeks. On top of […]
Game Review: Vegas Jackpot (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
Slot machines and video games have gone hand-in-hand for as long as the industry has been around. Whether its computers or consoles, it’s safe to […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Office Visit And Interview – Your Computer, January 1986
Your Computer visited our offices and published the results in January 1986. As well as quotes from Martin Alper, they spoke to PR supremo Colin […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic, The First 18 Months – Sinclair User, January 1986
At last Mastertronic was taken seriously by the magazine world. Sinclair User’s reporter lunched in January 1986 with John Maxwell, Finders Keepers author David Jones, […]
Press Coverage – Game Availability – Popular Computing Weekly, January 1986
A plaintive reader’s request in Popular Computing Weekly, January 1986. The era in which Mastertronic products were found readily in Woolworth’s, Toy’R’Us, Menzies and many […]