In 1985, budget-software house Mastertronic stood at a crossroads. Its early titles, priced at just £1.99 and available across a broad spectrum of retailers, had sold healthily but were, in the main, of low quality. If Mastertronic was to continue, its founders knew they had to improve the standard of its games.
Earlier the same year, a young freelance coder named David Jones had submitted to Mastertronic one of its finest titles to date. begins the story of Magic Knight, sent on a crucial crusade by their master, the King Of Ibsisima, to find his daughter, Princess Germintrude, a nice present for her birthday. proved a.
