"Sword and sorcery again", I said as I got out my wizard's costume and a big sword and prepared to do battle with the minions of darkness. "Don't be so ridiculous", said Tina as she got out her broom handle and hit me with it. Another day passed by uneventfully in SU Towers.

Gauntlet is quite an old game and it shows, but don't be fooled by appearances, it's still a fun bash. The basic idea is to wade into armies of nasties including ghosts, demons, grunts (big club wielding nasties), stone throwing lobbers and various sorcerers, picking up food, magic potions and treasure and surviving as long as possible. You can play as any of four characters and the game has a two player option which is by far the best way to play it.

The other games are, The Deeper Dungeons, a gauntlet add-on, giving even more exciting levels and Gauntlet II, basically the same as the first but with updated enemies and dungeons.

The game is played from an almost vertical viewpoint and you can see quite a lot of the dungeon and the enemies around your character. Graphics are very basic, the bad guys can only be identified by their vague shapes, colours and their fighting characteristics, make no mistake though they are identifiable. Sound is also basic but to be honest when you have a game with over one thousand different playing screens you can't go wrong. Multimixx Four is worth a look.

Label: Kixx Memory: 48K/128K Price: £3.99 Tape Reviewer: Big Al Dykes

Kixx's Multimixx series usually provide good value for money, giving the punter three games for the price of one budget and this collection continues the tradition with all of the Gauntlet series on one cassette (except for the most recent and different one, Gauntlet 3D). Good games that are worth a look even if they are ageing a bit at this stage.