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 […]
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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 – Rockford unveiled as first game from new-look Melbourne House – ACE, January 1988
The first fruits of the Arcadia project began to hit the shops. A fresh look for Melbourne House as well. Pity the game was so […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic teams with Psygnosis and Arcadia title revealed – ACE, December 1987
An interesting deal with Psygnosis for Mastertronic to do 8-bit conversions of some of their 16 bit titles, and the first view of Roadwars on […]
New YouTube video from Kim Justice looking at the history of Mastertronic and Arcadia
YouTuber Kim Justice has just released a new video taking an in-depth look at the history at the rise and fall of our favourite budget […]
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 […]
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 – Melbourne House Buyout, Amstrad Action, April 1987
The takeover of Melbourne House was big news (at least, it felt like to us.) Here is how Amstrad Action reported it, in April 1987. […]