Cricket, from Cambridge Microcomuter Centre, comes complete with a B side, Darts (computing really is getting like showbiz!). Both games are Basic, in language and in playing.

The screen is set up with two wickets and 13 men on display. Each man takes up a single character square, hence the graphic definition is far from wonderful. Before each ball is bowled, the speed must be entered as slow, medium or fast. The ball is shown travelling towards the batsman and then away again. You may control the man nearest the ball to try and stop or catch it. This I found to be a lot hader than expected. A full scorecard and information board is continuously updated and available. Sound effects are existant but rather basic, and not surprisingly for the Spectrum, unrealistic.

Unfortunately, there is little skill required on the part of the player and little incentive from a novel but rather unexciting game.

Darts is very much a B side. You pick a target, the computer throws and hits randomly at that area. Hence, no skill is required. No more needs to be said about this or the game cassette as a whole.