WHEN MIRRORSOFT SANK

hen, on the 5 November 1991, Mirror Group owner Robert Maxwell died after falling from his yacht near the Canary Islands, it incited had just shipped, and an estimated 80,000 copies had been sent to distributors for its first run on the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST. “With bated breath, we were just waiting to see what would happen, as there were so many rumours,” recounts Mev in his book, . “Suddenly, we heard the terrible news that the whole group, including Mirrorsoft had gone into receivership.”