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If you have a spare 99p in the back pocket of your jeans, and are getting desperate for a new adventurer, then these games from Pocket Money Software may be worth a look.

This was meant to be a combined review of two titles in the series, but Crystal Quest - which looked the more interesting - refused to load, so I was left with A Tangled Tale.

The cassette inlay explains that you can use commands such as N, SE, U and D. The slight snag is that the compass directions aren't actually recognised and you have to use Left and Right to move around. There isn't even a FORWARD!

The game is based on Lewis Carroll characters and is written on the Quill, with some large block graphics. The total number of locations looks to be about 30, which makes the game seem pretty simple. The idea is to untie all the knots in a piece of string by answering various puzzles of the sort you would find on the back of a comic anhual.

Each person: Humpty Dumptyu, The Man Hatter, White Rabbit, Caterpillar and the White Knight needs to be given a password before you can move to the next stage. After each password has been found you progress to two more riddles, each untying one knot.

Depending on your train of thought, you will either find the riddles very easy or nearly impossible!

Many people will probably say: "What do you expect for 99p?" But no matter how cheap a game is, it must hold some interest. This really isn't an adventure.