Thirty six games on a budget compilation. Super bargain of the year - yowee! Er, hang on a minute, that Kixx (budget house) logo is a bit misleading. Fifteen and twenty quid is a darned sight more than traditional budget prices. And hang on another minute, there aren't 36 full games on here at all; just five Epyx things with a handful of sporting mini-games on each. What a con! [Er, figuratively speaking - Ed]

So what sports do you get for your mullah then? You get 36 of them (32 excluding the 'swaps'):

4 x 400 Metre Relay; 100 Metre Dash; 100 Metre Freestyle; Archery; Biathlon; Bobsled; Cross Country Skiing; Cycling; Diving; Diving (again); Downhill Skiing; Equestrian; Fencing; Figure Skating; Figure Skating (again); Free Skating; Freestyle Relay; Gymnastics; Hammer; Throw; High Jump; Hot Dog Aerials; Hurdles; Javelin; Kayaking; Pole Vault; Pole Vault (again); Rings; Rowing; Skeet Shooting; Ski Jump; Ski Jump (again); Slalom; Speed Skating; Speed Skating (again); The Luge; Triple Jump; Uneven Parallel Bars; Velodrome Cycling.

These five Epyx mini-compilations vary from the dire (The Games: Winter Edition: some very sad ice-based shenanigans) to the reasonable (The Games: Summer Edition: groovy gymnastics in the gym and off the diving board).

Very few of these games (the biathlon and that's about it) involve the joystick-destroying waggle-back-and-forth control technique. The control methods differ for each game, and most of the time you haven't got a clue what you're doing. The Luge, for instance, seems to run just the same whether you have your hands on the joystick or not!

There are a few reasonable games in here (you have to hunt around for them!) but the majority are pretty crap. Put them all together in one big bundle though and it can be quite fun, as you dip from one game to another. That's if you've got the disk version of course. Tape owners will be taking a trip to the most hellish vision of multi-load that the human race has yet experienced. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrgg... (pause for breath) ...gggghhhhh!

Summer Games 38%
Summer Games II 50%
The Games: Summer Edition 63%
The Games: Winter Edition 24%
Winter Games 56%
Overall 55%