Game Review: Silkworm (Commodore 64, Virgin Mastertronic)
Silkworm (released as Silk Worm in the arcades) is originally an arcade game, made by Tecmo. Virgin Games got the rights to produce the home […]
Virgin Mastertronic
Game Review: Continental Circus (Amiga, Virgin Mastertronic)
First landing in the arcades in 1987, Taito released their Forumla One styled racer Continental Circus to critical acclaim. Notable for being the first truly […]
Atari ST Mastertronic Checklist
When Commodore released the Amiga, which was meant to be a games machine released by Atari, they needed to release their own rival computer to […]
Tronix Checklist
Once Mastertronic formally merged with Virgin and became Virgin Mastertronic, the Mastertronic Plus range was cancelled and as the budget side of the company drew […]
Game Review: Silkworm (Atari ST, Virgin Mastertronic)
While the likes of US Gold, Elite, and other publishers rushed to secure the rights to covert some of the big name arcade titles to […]
Amiga Mastertronic Checklist
Despite the hardware originally being designed by Atari as a games machine, Commodore took the Amiga and turned it into a huge success both as […]
Game Review: Silkworm (Amiga, Virgin Mastertronic)
While Mastertronic may have dabbled with arcade licenses on their own with the likes of Double Dragon and Gaplus, joining forces with Virgin opened up […]
A History Of Mastertronic
“Uncle” Frank Herman – the man who started it all. This history is dedicated to the memory of Frank Herman, who died 30 March 2009. […]
Press Coverage – Richard Branson Talks About The Mastertronic Acquisition
The growth of the Sega part of Mastertronic’s business, the partial acquisition by Virgin in 1987, full control in 1988 and the sale of the […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic sponsors full price games chart – Sinclair User, January 1988
Strange ad from Woolworths (remember them?) in Sinclair User, January 1988. They list only full-price games but name and picture Sega, and have the Mastertronic […]