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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, […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic and Hewson launch Rack-It – The Games Machine, Issue 1
The Games Machine, October 1987, showcased Hewson and the deal by which Mastertronic would create a new budget label for them, in a double-page spread. […]
Press Coverage – Computer Publishers Moving To Consoles? – The Games Machine, Issue 1
Issue 1 of The Games Machine, a magazine interested in all new forms of computer entertainment, asked leading names in the home computer industry if […]
Game Review: Undermine (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
Mastertronic weren’t afraid of releasing games that were blatant clones of popular arcade games in their early days. It made things easier for developers to […]
Game Review: Night Racer (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Introduction If there is one thing that is in short supply on the Commodore 64, it is a good 3D view racing game that is […]