Game Review: Action Force (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic / MAD / Virgin Games)
Side and Vertical Scrolling The game’s action is played in a framed section of the screen. Having counted, it is limited to 26 squares in […]
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Game Review: Mission Mercury (Vic 20, Virgin Games)
The name Steve Lee might not be familiar to Commodore fans, but his games certainly will be. When it comes to Mastertronic, his most well […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive Celebrates Its Second Anniversary!
Recently we celebrated a couple of milestones for the Mastertronic Collectors Archive website, publishing not only our 200th game review, but also our 64th review […]
MSX Mastertronic Checklist
The MSX range of computers was incredibly popular in its home country of Japan although it did manage to gain a limited following in the […]
Game Review: Castle Adventure (Dragon 32, Virgin Games)
Even though I’d been gaming since the 70s, thanks to getting a Pong clone when I was quite young, along with a number of LED […]
Mastertronic Collectors Archive – Website Expansion
Our team here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive have been discussing a few ideas regarding the website and adding some extra content going forward. While […]
Press Coverage – Virgin buys stake in Mastertronic – The Games Machine, December 1987
The Games Machine, Dec 1987, announces the first stage of Virgin’s takeover. They were wrong about Mastertronic going public – this had been Frank Herman’s […]