Line up 4, connect 4, or any other name you care to call it, is a simple strategy game for two players. Getting four counters in a row, with the computer as your opponent, is not an easy task, although it is possible to win, occasionally. The computer response time is quite fast and, to emphasise that point, both your time and the computer's are displayed at the end of each game.

I know there are some people who take this type of game quite seriously. If you are one of them, you will find this a challenge.

Much less of a challenge is the version of Reversi. The programmer seems to have got it wrong, I'm afraid. Quite easy to beat, the computer seems bent on self-destruction, making the most obvious mistakes. Without trying too hard, I won the first game, leaving the computer with just six pieces to its credit.

If the programmer produces a better version of Reversi, then both games on one tape would represent better value for money. As it is, with only the one worthwhile game, Reversi detracts from the value.

B.B.