Game Review: World Darts (Amiga, Mastertronic)
Back in the 80s, the first thing to look forward to after Christmas was the BDO World Darts championship, also known as Embassy World Darts […]
Arcadia
Game Review: Sidewinder (Atari ST, Mastertronic)
For a brief period, Mastertronic made the decision to dabble in the arcade business, releasing their own line of machines under the Amiga-based range Arcadia. […]
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 […]
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, […]