Mastertronic: The Inside Story - The Retro Hour EP183

Episode 183, Jul 26, 2019, 01:25 AM

Mastertronic ruled the UK's budget game scene in the 1980s, we get the inside story on their spectacular rise and fall with former employee Anthony Guter.

Anthony Guter website: http://guter.org/mastertronic/index.htm

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