Game Review: Impossible Mission (Amstrad CPC, Ricochet)
“Another Visitor… Stay a while… Stay Forever…” Few lines in gaming are as iconic as Impossible Mission of the original C64 1984 title by Dennis […]
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Mastertronic: The Big Hitters (They Sold Millions, Part 3)
In the two previous articles in this series, we looked at games on individual formats and how well they sold, including many surprising numbers for […]
Game Review: Spy Trek Adventure (Amstrad, Americana)
Most of the games released on the Americana label were re-releases – licensed titles, arcade conversions or games first published by American companies. Spy Trek […]
Game Review: Five-A-Side Soccer (Amstrad, MAD)
Even though Mastertronic sourced many of their games from other publishers, there were times when only one version was available. In these situations, they turned […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Celebrates Its Second Anniversary!
Recently we celebrated a couple of milestones for the Mastertronic Collectors Archive website, publishing not only our 200th game review, but also our 64th review […]
My Top 10 Mastertronic Amstrad Games
Ever since I first started computing in 1985, my first games on my Amstrad CPC outside of the infamous Amsoft 12-Games Pack were from Mastertronic, […]
DroSoft Spanish Release Checklist
As well as establishing their own distributor in the USA in the shape of Mastertronic Inc, the company expanded their reach by reaching a deal […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive – 200 Reviews and Counting!
Today is a special day for all of us here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive as we are proud to bring you our 200th game […]
Mastertronic: Ricocheting the MAD Bulldogs of Entertainment (They Sold Millions, Part 2)
You will remember that some time ago we looked at the real big hitters in terms of sales of Mastertronic games here at the Mastertronic […]
Game Review: Ghostbusters (Amstrad, Ricochet)
Arguably one of the best movies released in 1984 was the action-horror-comedy Ghostbusters. When Activision secured the rights to develop the home versions, they produced […]