Ah, summer. I remember that. Sometime back in May, wasn't it? Domark's latest compilation features all those summary pursuits that always clog up the telly for hours on end in the sunny months - tennis, golf, motor racing and football. (Well, all right, football and motor racing don't - but, er, who'd be indoors watching telly all through the summer anyway?)

Motor racing is ably represented by Continental Circus, a no-frills racing proggie. Sat in your Williams Very Fast Cast you've simply got to come in first place or thereabouts. The other cars are, as usual, bloody perfect, so you need to be damn good to win. Pit stops are essential when you bash another car or the scenery, 'cos otherwise you end up in flames with your car falling apart.

There are no fiddly controls (you only have two gears), the graphics are reasonable, though perhaps a little basic, and there's the sound to match. Continental Circus is dead simple and heaps of fun.

However, that isn't how you would describe Gazza's Super Soccer. Unlike European Superleague, this is a footy sim that concentrates on the action rather than the management.

And what action! Watching a small sprite wibbling around the screen in a vague response to your joystick movement, and occasionally attracting what must be a magnetic ball with his metal shoes. It must be very difficult running about with a football banging against your feet all the time. The Gazza sprite (assuming it is him, that is) certainly makes it look difficult anyway. Give this one a miss.

Surprisingly, Pro Tennis Tour 2 did exceptionally well in the charts earlier this year despite its distinct lack of - well, anything at all really. Pro Tennis is a virtual clone. Unless you've played both games thoroughly you're not likely to notice any difference between them.

As a tennis simulator, it does its job well enough, and includes enough of a variety of shots to make it challenging - perhaps too challenging until you've put in some practice. The player sprites are well drawn and nicely animated and the ball moves realistically, but the game just seems to lack charisma. As a result, you'll probably only keep at it if you're a serious Wimbledon junkie.

Up until the release of MicroProse Golf, World Class Leaderboard was the best golf game available on the ST. It offered more realism and more variety than any of its competitors and was a fairly complete recreation of golf -down to giving you a choice of clubs, manageable but not too easy power/swing system, plenty of course variety and extras such as a two player mode. Its graphics are its only weak point: the trees look decidedly amateurish and the courses are a uniform green shade.

So Grandstand is an odd mixture of three goodish games and one terrible one. The lack of any one title that stands out is a little disappointing. The inclusion of Kick Off or Stunt Car Racer would have lifted the pack several notches in the respectability ratings. As it stands, asking someone to pay £30 for a collection of ropey has-beens and never-wares is a bit of a cheek.