Mastertronic Ltd. (Company)

Mastertronic Ltd.

COMPANY» Founded 1983-01-01

Huntingdon,United Kingdom

Mastertronic was a game publisher founded in 1983. It was later bought by Virgin Interactive, being renamed to Virgin Mastertronic and eventually the brand ceased to exist and the assets were completely taken into Virgin Interactive.

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Mastertronic started out as "budget" label in 1983, founded by Martin Alper (Person), Frank Hermanand Alan Sharam , publishing games on a mass market bases with exclusive wholesale contracts in place with dominant consumer chains Woolworth and Toys R Us. At a later stage of the company, the focus shifted on the business relationship with SEGA, releasing games on the Sega Master System (Platform). Mastertronic ceased to exist, when the label was merged with SEGA, the brand however is still active and is in a strange repetition of history back in the "budget" business, selling PC (Platform) games at low prices (under the Sold Out Label).

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Finders Keepers (Game)

31 December 1986

Finders Keepers is an action adventure game where Magic Knight has to collect as many valuables as possible.

CPC C64 MSX +1

Spellbound (Game)

1 May 1985

An adventure game involving a knight trying to restore the inadvertent effects of a spell gone wrong.

CPC A800 C64 +1

Johnny Bravo: The Hukka-Mega-Mighty-Ultra-Extreme Date-O-Rama! (Game)

28 May 2009

Play the part of Johnny Bravo and compete against rival studs over a number of events to win a date with the chick on the Hukka-Mega-Mighty-Ultra-Extreme Date-O-Rama TV show!

PS2 NDS

Agent X (Game)

31 December 1986

Agent X is a spy themed action game for the ZX Spectrum.

SPEC

Master of Magic (Game)

31 December 1985

A top-down dungeon crawler released for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

C64 SPEC

Stormbringer (Game)

31 December 1987

Written by David Jones this fantasy adventure game is the fourth and final game in the Magic Knight series.

CPC AST C64 +2

Knight Tyme (Game)

31 December 1986

The saga of the Magic Knight continues, with David Jones follow up to Finders Keepers and Spellbound.

CPC C64 MSX +1

Water Polo (Game)

1 July 1987

A digital representation of the sport of water polo.

C64

Speed King 2 (Game)

Unknown Release

SPEC

Angleball (Game)

31 December 1987

Pool played on a hexagonal table either against the computer or an human opponent.

CPC C64 MSX +1

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Mindtrap (Game)

31 December 1989

A puzzle game released on early computer platforms.

CPC C64 SPEC

Master Chess (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC A800 C64 +2

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Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance (Game)

12 November 2010

Expansion to Divinity II: Ego Draconis.

PC

Finders Keepers (Game)

31 December 1986

Finders Keepers is an action adventure game where Magic Knight has to collect as many valuables as possible.

CPC C64 MSX +1

Formula 1 Simulator (Game)

19 October 1985

CPC C64 MSX +2

Bosconian '87 (Game)

1 January 1987

Bosconian '87 is a licensed port of the Namco arcade game Bosconian, given a few unique tweaks by developers Mastertronic.

CPC C64 SPEC

Kikstart: Off-Road Simulator (Game)

31 December 1985

Classic motorcycle racing game from 1985 developed by Shaun Southern (Mr Chip Software). Game was released for C64, ZX Spectrum and Atari 8-bit.

A800 C64 SPEC +1

Agent X (Game)

31 December 1986

Agent X is a spy themed action game for the ZX Spectrum.

SPEC

Back to Reality (Game)

1 June 1986

The player control an astronaut who is wearing his spacesuit and jetpack.

CPC C64

Crystal Raider (Game)

1 March 1986

A800

Rockman (Game)

1 October 1985

A 1984 game from Mastertronic with boulder-pushing as the goal. Despite sharing its name with the Japanese title for Mega Man, it is wholly unrelated.

C64 SPEC V20 +1