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Game Review: Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Amiga, Infocom)

12 January 2025 Simon Plumbe 0

My first introduction to the Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy was when I was at school. Like a lot my age, I first saw […]

Game Review: Little Computer People (Amiga, Ricochet)

1 November 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

In 1985 the “scientists” at Activision made a startling discovery. There were living, breathing creatures living inside our computers. Through the House On A Disk […]

Mastertronic Collectors Archive Review Index

28 September 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

We’ve got a huge selection of reviews on our website covering a large number of platforms across the original Mastertronic label, its sub-labels, Melbourne House, […]

Press Coverage – Amiga Format Arcade Shoot-Em-Up Retrospective – Amiga Format, 1993

22 August 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Amiga Format published a special issue in 1993 (actual date not known) looking back on the Amiga gaming scene. It included this feature on our […]

Press Coverage – 16 Blitz In Depth Look – Your Commodore, December 1989

19 August 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Your Commodore followed on from Amiga Format’s feature on the launch of 16 blitz a month later, in December 1989. The changing priorities of the […]

Press Coverage – 16 Blitz Range Is Launched – Amiga Format, November 1989

19 August 2024 Anthony Guter 0

Wearing suits considerably smarter than they normally donned for a day at the office, budget manager Andrew Wright is flanked by Frank Herman and Alan […]

Game Review: Sidewinder (Amiga, Mastertronic)

7 June 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

Back in the 80s and 90s we were often envious of the great shoot-em-ups found in the arcades. While many were converted to home systems, […]

Mastertronic Covermounted Games Checklist

7 May 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

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 […]

Press Coverage – Inside the Arcadia cabinet – Big Book Of Amiga Hardware

8 March 2024 Anthony Guter 0

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 […]

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Mastertronic Best Sellers

20 August 2023 Anthony Guter 10

The tables below show the top selling titles for our most popular formats for 8-bit computers. The source is the original database of sales that […]

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