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Winter Olympics is another of the several-games-in-one variety. Six winter sports are covered and the aim is to beat your best score in a snow-bound hexathlon.

The first event to flash up on the screen is speed skating. In this you take your competitor along a 200 metre course as quickly as possible, while the computer operates a pace-making opponent above you. You move your player by rapidly hammering the Z and X keys, while a clock ticks away at the base of the screen.

The second event is the ski jump which works like the first event in that the faster you hammer the further you jump.

Event three is the ski slalom. You have to guide your skier down a slope, zig-zagging through the gates as quickly as possible.

Then comes downhill skiing. No gates this time, just a full pelt down the slope, trying to avoid the fir trees that are scattered about. This is extremely tough and I still haven't completed the course.

Event five is the bobsled, and the formidable Cresta Run. The course is mapped out on the right of the screen and in a box on the left is your view from the sled. Gravity provides the acceleration here, and the Z and X keys are used as brakes.

Lastly comes the Curling, which is probably the most disappointing event. The aim is to get your four stones as close as possible to the centre pin, while your opponent does the same.

Unfortunately, there is no allowance for colliding. This it is impossible to knock a stone out of your way - you just stop short of it.

Overall this is a nice little package and fun to play. The graphics are quite good, sound is used well and the Electron's clock has never been so useful.

James Bibby