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Micro Machines has always been a classic and no matter what games console you happen to own a copy of,this little gem should be lurking in there somewhere. Now, with the re-release of Micro Machines on the Game Boy it loos just as good as before - only in colour!

Choosing from a selection of characters you then race around tiny circuits against equally small rivals. The courses range from a kitchen sink with deadly plug holes, to a school desk with sticky glue patches and ink slicks. The Game Boy Color doesn't quite utilise its full potential with this one though. Although Micro Machines hasn't been released in full colour you would expect it to use a few more shades than the bright red and yellow it has turned everything. The sand pit circuit is acceptable, but when you reach the kitchen sink circuit and the water isn't blue, you begin wondering what it was they were washing up in there!

Luckily the re-release plays as well as you may remember. The vehicles are beautifully animated and handle incredibly well, which is a bonus because the last thing you need is a car that handles badly as well as being difficult to see! Each individual vehicle acts slightly differently from the next, so learning to handle them becomes part of the fun. Also the multiplayer link-up ensures that Micro Machines offers the greatest playing potential.

If you don't have a link-up (or any friends) Micro Machines still offers bags of fun for the single player. With a huge range of tiny vehicles, tiny opponents and tiny tracks the appeal is far from tiny. This game will have you screaming like a loony when you beat the others across the finishing post. Just make sure you're not on a crowded bus when you do it though!