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Mastertronic Collectors Archive

The Mastertronic Collectors Archive is a tribute website dedicated to the 1980s video games publisher, packed with game reviews, checklists, features, news, and in-depth behind the scenes coverage of the ground-breaking British publisher.

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We’re back with our first update of 2026 here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive and we hope you all a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year. We didn’t want to abandon the site completely so we did have a few articles up over the festive period, and obviously we’ve been busy this time around with our Football Week celebrating the start of the third round of the 20...


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Flippy Side

This game is a Flippy release meaning that both the Spectrum and Amstrad versions are on the same cassette.  One side for the Spectrum and the other the Amstrad computers.  Obviously, an even bigger bargain if you owned both machines.

Just for clarity, this review is purely written for the ZX Spectrum version only.

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Even though Mastertronic sourced many of their games from other publishers, there were times when only one version was available. In these situations, they turned to many of their trusted developers to convert games to other systems to maximise their sales potential. One such release was the Amstrad version of Five-A-Side Soccer.

Five-A-Side Soccer’s Origins…

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Three Lions is certainly a PC game with an identity crisis.  It originally was planned to be released as Major League Soccer before BMG Interactive folded, with Take Two taking the publishing rights originally.  It then appeared to be officially licenced from the Football Association for the England football team, and in line with the 1998 World Cup coming soon.&nbs...


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If you ask most Commodore 64 owners, the chances are that International Soccer will come high up in people’s lists of the all-time greatest football games released for the C64. While others may have surpassed it technically, the gameplay of Commodore’s classic set the benchmark that others were going to be judged by. So right from the start, Supercup Football had a lot to liv...


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