Game Review: New York Blitz (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
The games industry back in the 80s managed to release titles that would be rejected in an instant these days. New York Blitz, and those […]
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Mastertronic’s Murky Connection – Cal-Vista and Frank Herman
Mastertronic was quick to expand its business beyond the UK. In the summer of 1984, the company exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, […]
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 […]
Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, June 1984 – HMV Advert
Probably the earliest advertisement for Mastertronic games and an extremely rare event at that time. Even rarer is that it is jointly with HMV, of […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Weekly Digest – 3rd September 2023
At the start of this week we asked our followers over on Twitter if they’d be interested in having a weekly round-up of the new […]
Press Coverage – November 1984 – Chiller Legal Wranglings
It was foolish to release a game that not only ripped off Thriller but used the original musis as well. By the time I joined […]
Press Coverage – CPC 464 User October 1984 – Comet Interview
CPC 464 User (now there was a catchy title) interviewed Nick Lightowler, Marketing Director of Comet in October 1984. The last question and answer are […]
Press Coverage – Computer and Video Games, October 1984 – A Reader’s View On Piracy
A typical games-buyer’s reaction to tape-copying and the price of software. Published in Computer & Video Games October 1984.