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Mastertronic

History

Mastertronic, one of the first budget publishers, was launched on 2nd April 1984. Many of their earliest games were created by Richard and David Darling, who would later sell their 50% stake in the company to create their own rival company, Codemasters. Mastertronic had several sub-labels; Bulldog (1987-88) and Entertainment USA (1986-88) carried original titles, Mastertronic Added Dimension (1985-89) was used for games at the higher than usual price of £2.99, and Ricochet (1987-89) was a dedicated re-release label. In 1987, the company also became involved in running budget labels for other companies, with Americana Software for US Gold and Rack-It/Rebound for Hewson, while also acquiring Melbourne House as a full price label and becoming the UK distributor for Sega. Virgin merged with Mastertronic in 1988 creating Virgin Mastertronic. While it continued to use Virgin Games and Melbourne House for full price releases, the numerous budget sub-labels were gradually phased out with Mastertronic Plus being introduced in 1989 for all budget releases. In 1991, Sega Europe bought the Mastertronic part of the company forcing Virgin to re-christen the budget label as Tronix.

Note

The figures for Months in the Top 10 and Months at No. 1 are based on the All Formats chart only.
Columns are sortable, sorting by the cover column will sort by chart appearance date.

TitleTop 10No. 1Rank
Cover(s)Ghostbusters

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

927
Cover(s)Kikstart 2

MASTERTRONIC

3036
Cover(s)Formula 1 Simulator

MASTERTRONIC / 199

8038
Cover(s)Double Dragon

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / AMERICAN TECHNOS

6 < 1 46
Cover(s)180

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

5353
Cover(s)Speed King

MASTERTRONIC

4273
Cover(s)Kikstart

MASTERTRONIC / 199

4086
Cover(s)Feud

MASTERTRONIC / BULLDOG

2 < 1 88
Cover(s)Milk Race

MASTERTRONIC

31100
Cover(s)Double Dragon

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / AMERICAN TECHNOS

3 < 1 122
Cover(s)Finders Keepers

MASTERTRONIC / 199

30126
Cover(s)Shinobi

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / SEGA

3 < 1 154
Cover(s)Viz - The Computer Game

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

20166
Cover(s)Kane

MASTERTRONIC / 199

30172
Cover(s)Ninja

MASTERTRONIC / ENTERTAINMENT USA

30173
Cover(s)The Way of the Exploding Fist

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

20197
Cover(s)Action Biker

MASTERTRONIC / 199

60212
Cover(s)BMX Racers

MASTERTRONIC / 199

20225
Cover(s)Golden Axe

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / SEGA

< 1 0226
Cover(s)Supremacy

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE

< 1 0228
Cover(s)Knightmare

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

20248
Cover(s)Molecule Man

MASTERTRONIC

20259
Cover(s)Werewolves of London

MASTERTRONIC

10274
Cover(s)Italia '90 - World Cup Soccer

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

20298
Cover(s)The Last V8

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

< 1 0299
Cover(s)Chiller

MASTERTRONIC / 199

10310
Cover(s)Spellbound

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

10316
Cover(s)Knight Tyme

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

< 1 0358
Cover(s)Silkworm

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TECMO

10366
Cover(s)Speed King 2

MASTERTRONIC

< 1 0369
Cover(s)Los Angeles SWAT

MASTERTRONIC / ENTERTAINMENT USA

00372
Cover(s)Vegas Jackpot

MASTERTRONIC / 199

< 1 0393
Cover(s)Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

10409
Cover(s)Continental Circus

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TAITO

10412
Cover(s)One Man and His Droid

MASTERTRONIC / 199

30415
Cover(s)Stormbringer

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

< 1 0416
Cover(s)Continental Circus

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / TAITO

20418
Cover(s)Storm

MASTERTRONIC

< 1 0427
Cover(s)Flash Gordon

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

< 1 0442
Cover(s)War in Middle Earth

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE

20444
Cover(s)Video Olympics

MASTERTRONIC / DINAMIC

< 1 0447
Cover(s)Incredible Shrinking Fireman

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00449
Cover(s)The Curse of Sherwood

MASTERTRONIC

< 1 0468
Cover(s)Destructo

MASTERTRONIC / BULLDOG

10477
Cover(s)Hektik

MASTERTRONIC / 199

10494
Cover(s)Gun Law

MASTERTRONIC

00508
Cover(s)Space Walk

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00541
Cover(s)Rockman

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00561
Cover(s)Duck Shoot

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00577
Cover(s)Street Olympics

MASTERTRONIC

10592
Cover(s)Shinobi

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / SEGA

00607
Cover(s)Hole In One

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

10613
Cover(s)Agent X

MASTERTRONIC

< 1 0614
Cover(s)Nonterraqueous

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00667
Cover(s)Squirm

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00668
Cover(s)Galactic Patrol

MASTERTRONIC

00676
Cover(s)Soul of a Robot

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00678
Cover(s)Double Dragon II: The Revenge

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / AMERICAN TECHNOS

10719
Cover(s)Bump, Set, Spike!

MASTERTRONIC / ENTERTAINMENT USA

< 1 0726
Cover(s)Devil's Crown

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00734
Cover(s)Big Mac

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00748
Cover(s)Caves of Doom

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00750
Cover(s)R.I.P. The Game

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00753
Cover(s)Fingers Malone

MASTERTRONIC

< 1 0755
Cover(s)Mr Puniverse

MASTERTRONIC / 199

< 1 0809
Cover(s)Henry’s House

MASTERTRONIC

00831
Cover(s)Psycho Shopper

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00834
Cover(s)Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

< 1 0840
Cover(s)Colony

MASTERTRONIC / BULLDOG

00861
Cover(s)Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / LELAND

00865
Cover(s)The Apprentice

MASTERTRONIC

00870
Cover(s)The Election Game

MASTERTRONIC

00876
Cover(s)Five-A-Side Soccer

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

00887
Cover(s)Billy the Kid

MASTERTRONIC

00892
Cover(s)Sub Hunt

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00908
Cover(s)Aliens

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

00921
Cover(s)Panther

MASTERTRONIC / ENTERTAINMENT USA

00926
Cover(s)Video Poker

MASTERTRONIC / ENTERTAINMENT USA

< 1 0936
Cover(s)Into Oblivion

MASTERTRONIC

00948
Cover(s)Bandits At Zero

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

00955
Cover(s)Tutti Frutti

MASTERTRONIC / 199

00983
Cover(s)Walk the Plank

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001004
Cover(s)Micro Mouse

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

001022
Cover(s)On Cue

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

001030
Cover(s)Doodle Bug

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001045
Cover(s)Phantom of the Asteroids

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001052
Cover(s)Motorbike Madness

MASTERTRONIC

< 1 01068
Cover(s)Dan Dare III: The Escape

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

001069
Cover(s)Advanced Soccer Simulator

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

001098
Cover(s)Con-Quest

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

001101
Cover(s)Bullet

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001124
Cover(s)Attack Of The Mutant Camels

MASTERTRONIC

001151
Cover(s)Radzone

MASTERTRONIC

001157
Cover(s)Spectipede

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001174
Cover(s)Jet Set Willy II

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

001179
Cover(s)Hover Bover

MASTERTRONIC

001193
Cover(s)Xadium

MASTERTRONIC

001224
Cover(s)Tetris

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

001233
Cover(s)Universal Hero

MASTERTRONIC

< 1 01236
Cover(s)The Return of Rockman

MASTERTRONIC

001251
Cover(s)Master Chess

MASTERTRONIC

001253
Cover(s)Phantom Attack

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001258
Cover(s)Locomotion

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001260
Cover(s)Master of Magic

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

< 1 01262
Cover(s)Undermine

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001270
Cover(s)King Tut

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001271
Cover(s)3D Maze

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001281
Cover(s)Oblido

MASTERTRONIC

001285
Cover(s)Battle

MASTERTRONIC

001289
Cover(s)Gwnn

MASTERTRONIC

001328
Cover(s)Amaurote

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

001340
Cover(s)Fists of Fury

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

001345
Cover(s)Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

001384
Cover(s)Revenge II

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

001385
Cover(s)Rockford

MASTERTRONIC / MAD X

001420
Cover(s)Gnasher

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001440
Cover(s)Bug Diver

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001461
Cover(s)Despatch Rider

MASTERTRONIC

001482
Cover(s)Sport of Kings

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

001507
Cover(s)Space Scramble

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001562
Cover(s)Obliterator

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / PSYGNOSIS

001564
Cover(s)Jungle Warfare

MASTERTRONIC

001565
Cover(s)Crystal Raider

MASTERTRONIC

001594
Cover(s)Frenesis

MASTERTRONIC

001596
Cover(s)Strike

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

001597
Cover(s)Skate Rock Simulator

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

001601
Cover(s)Bronx Street Cop

MASTERTRONIC

001608
Cover(s)Silkworm

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / TECMO

001615
Cover(s)Video Meanies

MASTERTRONIC

001649
Cover(s)Orbitron

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001677
Cover(s)1985 - The Day After

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001679
Cover(s)Invasion

MASTERTRONIC / BULLDOG

001687
Cover(s)Geoff Capes Strongman

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

001695
Cover(s)New York Blitz

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001700
Cover(s)Wolfan

MASTERTRONIC / BULLDOG

001719
Cover(s)Agent X 2

MASTERTRONIC

001737
Cover(s)Munch Mania

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001758
Cover(s)Bionic Granny

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001759
Cover(s)Gridrunner

MASTERTRONIC

001770
Cover(s)Starforce Nova

MASTERTRONIC

001772
Cover(s)Bullseye

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001790
Cover(s)The Ninja Warriors

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TAITO

001820
Cover(s)Wing Commander

MASTERTRONIC

001862
Cover(s)Megabolts

MASTERTRONIC

001868
Cover(s)Hero of the Golden Talisman

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

001901
Cover(s)Crazy Cavey

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001933
Cover(s)Octagon Squad

MASTERTRONIC

001937
Cover(s)Night Racer

MASTERTRONIC

001938
Cover(s)Challenger

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001954
Cover(s)Starmaze 2

MASTERTRONIC / 199

001995
Cover(s)Jackle and Wide

MASTERTRONIC / BULLDOG

001999
Cover(s)Starace

MASTERTRONIC / 199

002134
Cover(s)BMX Trials

MASTERTRONIC / 199

002142
Cover(s)Countdown to Meltdown

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

002147
Cover(s)Power Down

MASTERTRONIC

002154
Cover(s)Monty Python's Flying Circus

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

002197
Cover(s)Alcatraz Harry

MASTERTRONIC / 199

002431
Cover(s)Spooks

MASTERTRONIC / 199

002452
Cover(s)The Empire Fights Back

MASTERTRONIC / 199

002464
Cover(s)Hunter Patrol

MASTERTRONIC / 199

002473
Cover(s)A Ticket to Ride

MASTERTRONIC

002485
Cover(s)Sky Ranger

MASTERTRONIC

002486
Cover(s)Hollywood or Bust

MASTERTRONIC

002501
Cover(s)Hyperbowl

MASTERTRONIC

002524
Cover(s)Xcel

MASTERTRONIC

002527
Cover(s)Chronos

MASTERTRONIC

002549
Cover(s)Ball Crazy

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC ADDED DIMENSION

002559
Cover(s)Rigel’s Revenge

MASTERTRONIC / BULLDOG

002583
Cover(s)F.A. Cup Football

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

002600
Cover(s)Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

002606
Cover(s)Kane 2

MASTERTRONIC

002611
Cover(s)Camelot Warriors

MASTERTRONIC / DINAMIC

002642
Cover(s)Hacker

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

002645
Cover(s)Tempest

MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET

002646
Cover(s)Sweep!

MASTERTRONIC

002647
Cover(s)Judge Dredd – I Am The Law

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

002755
Cover(s)Wonderland

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

002767