War on Want was founded thirty years ago with the aims of campaigning against war and poverty especially with respect to the third world. WOW Games is a compilation of fourteen titles with all proceeds going to this worthwhile cause. At just over 70p per title, it is an excellent way of building up your games collection at the same time knowing that your money is really going to do some good - WOW have some of the lowest administrative costs of any charity.

Hellfire from Melbourne House sees you as Ulysses trying to complete three taks set you by the gods. These include a 3D maze, PSS's Xaviour is a 4,000 location arcade adventure in which you are trying to assemble a DNA module. Hunchback II from Ocean sees our hero in more antics as he tries to rescue Esmerelda.

Wizard's Warrior by Mastertronic is a maze game in which you try to defeat the minions of the Wizard of Wilye whilst from Artic comes the highly-rated Spectrum Chess II. Winged Warlords from CDS is a version of the arcade game Joust and Headbanger's Heaven is a Jeff Minter game where you try to collect money whilst simultaneously nutting falling hammers. Well, I suppose it makes sense to Jeff!

Side two opens with Rupert and the Ice Palace from Quicksilva, in which Rupert Bear tries to rescue his frozen friends in a platform game variant. Audiogenic's Bugeyes has you trying to make your way through ten levels of a spaceship, avoiding the bugs as you try to disable a generator. Horace and the Spiders from Psion sees Horace trying to overcome his arachnophobia by stamping on him!

Firebird's Mr Freeze is a ladders and platforms game with the unusual task of trying to defrost some fridges. Another platform game is Dr Franky and the monster in which you collect chemicals in order to animate the creature. Pedro from Beau-jolly is a 3D game where you have to stop creepy crawlies from eating your crops. Finally, Cybertanks from Star Dreams is, as its name suggests, a tank battle.

There is enough in WOW Games to satisfy most players and even if you already own one or two titles, it is still a good buy, especially when you consider where the proceeds are going.