Ocean have tapped into our heads are read our dreams. What they found there was a hotchpotch of pile drives, sequinned briefs, minor acts of juvenile delinquency, skateboarding, helicopter shooting, men made of liquid metal and explosions. [You should get your mind looked at, you strange girl - Ed]

They've mixed up all these ingredients and come up with three games to satisfy some primeval urge in each of us. Or have they? [I knew you were going to say that - Ed] What they've come up with is in fact a fairly good package. WWF Wrestlemania is actually also on the Super Fighter compilation reviewed this issue. It's quite a cheeky thing to put the same game on two compilations simultaneously...!

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This is an arcade conversion, horizontally scrolling beat and collect-'em-up. It's simply animated in clear, bright colours and it looks great

It's your job, as Bart Simpson, to rid Springfield of a bunch of nasty purple-loving aliens who are intent on taking over the bodies of respectable citizens. The idea is to collect cans of spray paint and spray anything purple, then it'll be worthless to the aliens, see. Bart's also got to collect coins so he can buy things, and round things with letters on. If these letters can be joined together to make up the name of one of Bart's family then you're onto a good thing. Y'see, other Simpsons come in very handy later on. Oh, I almost forgot - you've got to jump on the aliens. Make sure you don't kick any harmless grannies or you'll lose a life or two. With five levels, there's enough here to keep any joov occupied for hours. And that Bart, eh? What a sweetie!

Adam and Rod both objected to Bart Vs. The Space Mutants on the grounds that it was old-fashioned. The graphics may be bright and blocky, but they really work. The simplicity of the game is perfect, after all - it is a cartoon character that we're dealing with here. The Simpsons cartoon is very basic, which is part of its appeal. It seems obvious that any programmer would choose to animate a game in the same way. It's called consistency. [Yeah, all right, all right - Ed] It's a great game to play with a good helping of that addictive ingredient that nine out of ten games players prefer.

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When WWF Wrestlemania first appeared, this was one of the best wrestling games that had been seen in a while. Since that time we've had Zeppelin's Tag Team Wrestling which was actually a bit better.

Just as in the previous two games, there are three characters to choose from, each with their own special move - Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and British Bulldog. Whichever tightly-corseted hero you choose, you'll have to face five very nasty and incredibly evil opponents. The idea is to pin the nasties to the floor, and to make sure that they really suffer. The graphics are nice and clear with little colour clash and the gameplay is easy to get into - for a while. Unfortunately, WWF Wrestlemania hasn't proved as enduring as was first hoped, but it's a nice little wrestling game and sprints into second place in the Dream Team pack.

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The game of the movie is a strange thing. No matter how beaut the film is, the game is often a real let down. Terminator 2 is no exception to this, admittedly very general, rule. It's not a bad game exactly; it just isn't as good as it could be.

Terminator 2 is really three games in one: there's your basic beat-'em-up, a car chase bit and a puzzle bit. The beat-the-T1000 bit is the least entertaining and the control system loses it points. Y'see, you can't simply move forwards or backwards, you have to wiggle the joystick and move very gradually, say a millimetre at a time. It's so blimmin' frustrating!

The road bits are far more exciting, there's the bit where you and John try to escape on a motorbike from the T1000 in his lorry. Oh, and then there's the bit where you, John and Sarah are in a van and the T1000's trying to gun you down in his helicopter. Agh! The puzzle bits are pretty straight-forward, but there's a pretty tough time limit.

In fact, Terminator 2 is a pretty tough game, and it looks good too. What really lets it down though is the control system; you'll need a pretty good joystick or three if you want to play this one for any length of time. Oh, and a 128K CPC, for that matter.

Overall 71%
Dream Team is a much better buy than Super Fighter, mainly because all three of the games included are quite good. If you're looking for something to buy with all that Chrimbo cash, you needn't look much further than this. Ah, but remember the old days, when compilations had five or six games?