Press Coverage – Crash Looks At Tronix Launch – Crash, February 1992
As already detailed, the breakup of Virgin Mastertronic in summer of 1991 required a new name for the budget brand. Crash, in February 1992, announced […]
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Press Coverage – Special Feature On The Growth Of Budget Games – Crash, October 1987
In October 1987 Crash devoted two pages to a feature on budget games, against the background that more than half of the games sold in […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic… The T-Shirt? – Crash, August 1989
An aggresive new image as the company started moving away from the old Mastertronic styling. I had one of these T-shirts and very good for […]
Mastertronic Covermounted Games Checklist
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 – Dominance of Business-Lead Publishers In The Industry – Crash, June 1987
A very thoughtful article by Robin Candy (Crash, June 1987) in which he reviews the changing structure of the games software industry and compares the […]
Press Coverage – Whatever Happened To Richard Bielby? Crash Issue 39, April 1987
A very rare mention of Richard Bielby, the man who organised the teams of distributors in Mastertronic’s early years. As our distribution channels grew we […]
Press Coverage – MAD Launch Party – Crash, December 1985
As mentioned, the new £2.99 range, MAD games, was launched with a party on the Thames, at which the invited journalists, assorted hangers-on and the […]
Press Coverage: Crash – May 1987
For a brief period in 1987 Mastertronic attempted to use the brand name and distribution channels to sell videos and music. As can be seen, […]