Press Coverage – Amiga Format Arcade Shoot-Em-Up Retrospective – Amiga Format, 1993
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 […]
Arcade Conversion
Game Review: Munch Mania (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
It’s no secret that Mastertronic sought “inspiration” from the arcades for many of their early releases. Like so many other publishers at the time, copyrights […]
Press Coverage – Just what IS Continental Circus? – Sinclair User, January 1989
Sinclair User published their highlights (and lowlights) of the year in the January 1989 issue. Should this Virgin release have been titled ‘Continental Circuit?’ As […]
Game Review: Sidewinder (Amiga, Mastertronic)
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, […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic secures Double Dragon licence – Sinclair User, February 1988
Sinclair User, February 1988, picked up on the Double Dragon licence deal first reported by PCW. I’m not sure what “cutting out the middle men” […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Acquires Double Dragon License – Popular Computing Weekly, 31st December 1987
Birth of what was to be a highly successful arcade tie-in. Double Dragon was a smash hit both in full price and budget versions. The […]
Game Review: Duck Shoot (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
One of the very first releases from Mastertronic, Duck Shoot, gave a good indication of what many of their early games were going to be […]
Game Review: Gaplus (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Being a budget publisher, one of the things that you wouldn’t expect from Mastertronic was licensed titles. Yet that’s what they released when a limited […]