TI owners should take heart that Virgin of the records fame is producing software to support their machines after production has stopped. Each of these two tapes contain three games.

On Fun Pac two you will first find Escape The Mugger, a topical is somewhat inflammatory title for a game in which, as the would-be victim trapped in a locked room, you must avoid being caught. Points are gained by picking up the muggers' spoils, like handbags and wallets, which he drops in pursuit of you. He may also drop the key to the room which you must acquire to release yourself. You can build walls to protect yourself, but after a time you'll find the bricks run out. Once you've discovered how to trap the mugger the game loses much of its appeal. Control of movement is by keyboard or joystick.

Starship Supernova, the second program is a text adventure in which, as captain of a space salvage tug you spy a likely prize in an apparently deserted cruiser heading for destruction in a supernova. After entering the cruiser to shut down the engines you find youself trapped and are doomed if you can't find the flight controls before the clock runs out. Despite occasional misplaced clues and some irritating spelling mistakes, which should have been vetted out, the game provides a tricky challenge.

The final program on this tape, called Gunfighter, is a novel text game for up to six players. The object is to use your wits and guns to out-flight wild west cowboys generated by the computer or created by the other players who are your opponents. Each character has ratings on courage, muscle power, speed, etc. If you wipe out the lot you're the winner. The presentation of this game is probably the most interesting of the three, but since I've always ended up dead immediately, I feel a bit put out at having to endure the instructions all over again before I can seek revenge.

Fun-pac three consists of three graphics games, all of which unfortunately suffer from the limitations of TI Basic. The task in Game one, Nuclear Disaster, is to remove ten unconscious scientists, one at a time, from the research centre where there is a leaky reactor to a decontamination chamber. You must then make it safe by sealing the six exits with blocks from an adjacent room before the radiation level reaches 100% and the earth is destroyed. The robot you use to move the scientists and blocks is not affected by radiation but scientists die if they make contact with it. There are six levels of difficulty. It's o.k. but not exciting.

On game two up to four can play up to 18 holes of golf and, as on any real course, hazards include water, trees, bushes and bunkers. After keying in the direction and strength of strike and club selection (which confusingly has the reverse weighting to real golf) the shot is taken by pressing the space bar. There's a chance you might miss or slice the ball though, if you hit it full strength. A score card for each player appears at the end of every round. Most enjoyment is derived if playing against opponents.

In game three, Sea Wolf, as commander of a submarine, your job is to torpedo somewhat disjointed tankers and supply ships as they jerk their way across the screen. You up and down periscope to get this view of them and at the same time by using your radar screen you must steer clear of an enemy destroyer which is tracking you down. Points scored depend on where you hit the ships with your torpedoes. It's not a game of addictive qualities.

Part of the blurb on both Fun-Pac tapes is given over to a rather contrived biography of the author of the programs, when perhaps more complete instructions would have been appreciated. A good point in Virgin's favour is the offer of free membership to its 'Games Gang' for one year, with free quarterly newspapers and special offers in return for some details about you and your computer. If the information is used properly, it should help Virgin to produce quality software to satisfy the demands of TI owners. These present offerings are reasonable value for money, but are not awe inspiring.