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Good news has been pretty thin on the ground for TI owners these days, what with the US company ceasing production of the machine and compatible software.

Now we can bring you the good news that there may be life in the old micro yet, thanks to the splendid new range from Atarisoft. Atari's most successful titles have been converted to run on the TI - games with famous names like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Centipede.

I plugged in the ape game and was delighted to find an excellent version of Donkey Kong - better in my opinion than Atari's version for their own machine.

The graphics are pretty, colourful and the animation of moving objects is extremely smooth. The game has the full four screens as per the Nintendo arcade original, and includes a two player option.

Just in case you've been in hiding for the last two years, the basic idea is to get Mario up to the top of the scaffolding to rescue his girlfriend being held captive by the Donkey Kong.

Atarisoft are asking £29.99 for this cartridge - a lot of money, but then it's head and shoulders above anything in TI's own range for playability, quality of graphics and lasting appeal. A definite must for TI owners.