Press Coverage – Mastertronic Launches The Magnum Joystick – Popular Computing Weekly, 14th August 1986
Mastertronic sold its own joystick – the Magnum – for a brief period. It clicked a bit but was effective and the pistol grip distinguished […]
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Press Coverage – Industry Hit With Shortage Of Programmers – Popular Computing Weekly, 10 July 1986
A brief review of the more serious home-computer magazines in 1986 provides many examples of software houses advertising for programmers or games to be submitted. […]
Press Coverage – Games For 99p? – Popular Computing Weekly, 19 June 1986
Two news items in Popular Computing Weekly, 19 June 1986, of passing interest. Being “Out-Mastertroniced” by a competitor selling games at a RRP of 99p […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Stock Market Floatation? – Popular Computing Weekly, 29 May 1986
Rumours about Mastertronics grand financial strategy surfaced from time to time, as in this news item in Popular Computing Weekly, 29 May 1986. The idea […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Looks For Programmers – Popular Computing Weekly, February 1986
A rare advertisement. Mastertronic recruit programmers in this ad in Popular Computing Weekly, February 1986. We were mainly looking for freelancers who could take on […]
Press Coverage – Game Availability – Popular Computing Weekly, January 1986
A plaintive reader’s request in Popular Computing Weekly, January 1986. The era in which Mastertronic products were found readily in Woolworth’s, Toy’R’Us, Menzies and many […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Releases Business Software – Popular Computing Weekly, November 1985
Popular Computing Weekly reported our short-lived venture into business software on 28 November 1985. Ski Writer was a word processor written by one Ken Skier […]
Press Coverage – MAD Launch Party – Popular Computing Weekly, 1985
In contrast to a near full page in Crash, Popular Computing Weekly gave a rather grudging acknowledgment to the launch of the MAD range. They […]
Press Coverage – Locomotion Review, Popular Computing Weekly – 2nd May 1985
In this review of Locomotion, in Popular Computing Weekly 2nd May 1985, the comments about Mastertronic show the difficulty the games industry had in coming […]
Press Coverage – Popular Computing Weekly, 31st January 1985 – Mastertronic Inc Advert
This advertisement was published in Popular Computing Weekly 31 Jan 1985. It features Mistertronic. More important, it talks about capital investment in the USA and […]