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David Jones

Game Review: Spellbound (Commodore 64, MAD)

13 March 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

Spellbound is the second of the Magic Knight series of games, created by David Jones.  The Commodore 64 conversion work was handled by Richard Darling, […]

Game Review: Spellbound (ZX Spectrum 128K, MAD)

12 March 2025 Brian Kemp 0

Background to The Magic Knight Series In case you aren’t aware of the Magic Knight series of four games, Spellbound is the sequel to Finders […]

Game Review: Spellbound (ZX Spectrum, MAD)

16 February 2025 Brian Kemp 0

Background to The Magic Knight Series In case you aren’t aware of the Magic Knight series of four games, Spellbound is the sequel to Finders […]

Game Review: Finders Keepers (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)

13 February 2025 Warren Pilkington 0

The Commodore 64 version of Finders Keepers does do its best to follow the plot of the Spectrum original at least.  As Magic Knight, you […]

Game Review: Finders Keepers (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)

4 February 2025 Warren Pilkington 2

After the success of Finders Keepers with the original Spectrum version and conversions such as the Commodore 64, the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 version appeared […]

Game Review: Finders Keepers (Amstrad, Mastertronic)

23 January 2025 Patrick Furlong 0

A New Game To Me It’s rare that you come across an old CPC game that I’ve never played before, but Finders Keepers is one […]

Game Review: Finders Keepers (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)

20 January 2025 Brian Kemp 0

Controls and Instructions Included Starting at the main menu, there is a nice logo at the top with a castle symbol in the top-hand corner […]

Finders Keepers Heads To Nintendo Gameboy As Limited Physical Release!

17 October 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

Here on the Mastertronic Collectors Archive, we have a page where we promote all the various fan remakes of some of our favourite Mastertronic games. […]

Merchandise – Mastertronic Beer Can Label

18 February 2024 Simon Plumbe 0

One of the highlights of my personal Mastertronic collection is this little curiosity given to me by David Jones, author of the Magic Knight series […]

Press Coverage – David Jones promotes Stormbringer – Amstrad Action, July 1987

17 February 2024 Anthony Guter 0

David Jones, author of newly-published Stormbringer, seen here in his ludicrous knight get-up in a corner of our Paul Street office, as part of a […]

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