You know, people often do silly things around Christmas. When else could you get away with placing a feeble crown on your bonce without receiving a smack in the chops for being stupid? When else would you actually sit through endless Only Fools And Horses repeats? Never, that's when.

And so we come to The Grandslam Collection. This, too, seems to have been hit on the silly season, not because it contains ten games - blimey, that's roughly £2.59 each! - but because each and every one of these games is... completely crap. Yes, £2.59 a game may seem a snip but when you consider that whilst I was sorting through this collection, Rob Carter (our bone-idle Art Editor) walked into the Games Room (probably desperate to play Sensisoccer) and remarked in his soft Devon accent, "Is this PD?" you can gather what sort of standard we're talking about.

I know you're all wondering what delights are actually in this Christmas package so, for your information, I shall tell you. For hard hard-earned cash you receive the horrible Hunt For Red October, the embarrassing England European Championship, the frustrating Flintstones, the shoddy Scramble Spirit, the laughable Leavin' Terramis, the terrible Trivia, the rubbish Running Man, the tacky Terry's Big Adventure, the (oh damn, I'm fast running out of 't' words), um, teaspoon-like Terramex and, finally, the eggy Espionage. Phew!

I, and I suspect you as well, would never ever play any of these games more than once and surely that is reason enough to steer well clear of this dire compilation.