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Cheapsoft is the name of the game in the high street, as a number of manufacturers are bombarding the software racks with a selection of cheap tapes.

Several companies have jumped on the cheap games bandwagon, though the first to make any impact on the C&VG Top Thirty is Mastertronics.

Mastertronic have more than 20 games on offer at £1.99 each for all the popular micros. We decided to sample the games on offer.

First out of the bag was BMX Bike Rider for the Commodore 64. Great, I thought, not being averse to the odd wheelie whenever I can get my brother to play with my computer lon enough for me to borrow his bike.

Now we all know that BMX bikes are great fun, right? And computer games are great fun too, right? Wrong - this game has got to rate as the biggest flop with the C&VG review team since hedgehog-flavoured crisps.

All it is is a very third rate race game showing an aerial view of a bike with a front wheel that wiggles.

The only thing BMX-ish about it is the title. All you have to do is dodge the other rider, a car and the looney who fires his gun at you. You could do it with your eyes shut - not that you'd want to.

If you've got £1.99 to spare, just think for a moment about all the other things you could buy with it - two C&VGs, an ice lolly a day for a fortnight or half a Culture Club LP.