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What a month for all you budget fans! When you think that you can pick up this, Future Wars and Alien Breed '92: Special Edition for only slightly more than one full-price game, you can appreciate the way that the budget scene has improved recently.

Prince Of Persia was originally released in 1990 (although you wouldn't be able to tell) and is, quite simply, a truly stunning game. It was one of the first games to use Rotoscoped animation on the sprites (where computer images are drawn over film footage) and it's rumoured that the hero is based on the author's brother, who spent hours leaping about all over the place in front of a camera. The result is some of the most fluid and lifelike movement yet seen in a computer game.

The game itself involves rescuing a Princess from the clutches of a mad Sultan. The one-hour time limit is by no means generous and helps maintain a tense feeling throughout the adventure. It's not very often that you actually feel nervous when playing a computer game but you'll get a vast amount of butterflies in your stomach when playing through Persia's many exciting set pieces.

Prince Of Persia can be compared to Another World although this budget release is larger and far harder. It's a game that has got everything in it - sword-fighting, platforms, puzzles, gorgeous visuals and an unrivalled atmosphere and at £7.99 you'd be bloody stupid not to have it. Buy it now!