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Mirrorsoft was a British video game publisher founded by Jim Mackonochie as a division of Mirror Group Newspapers. The company was active between 1983 and 1991, and shut down completely in early 1992.

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Unaware of his fate, Mirrorsoft continued operations as usual, including the publishing of ''[[First Samurai]]'', ''[[Mega-Lo-Mania]]'' and ''[[Teenage Mutant N
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