Dizzy might be the biggest budget hero those Codemasters fellows have come up with, but he's certainly not alone. The Cartoon Collection offers the chance to meet four other fluffters from the Coders' programming den.

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Seymour At The Movies is the only original game in the package - and it's a goodie. The game is in the usual explore, collect and talk-'em-up style that we've come to expect but this is no bad thing - the Codies seem to do it better than anyone else anyway.

Seymour's due to star in the latest blockbuster movie in Hollywood. But when he turns up to start filming, he finds the studio in chaos. Someone has to fix the studio, find the script and all that kind of stuff.

Seymour's visit to Hollywood is chocked to the gills with detail, humour and playability. Almost worth £9.99 on its own.

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I'm guessing that most of you have tried Dizzy already. Our somersaulting and object-collecting pal may well look like a partially hatched egg, but he moves like a dream and provides hours of entertainment.

Dizzy's on a mission, you see. There's a magic potion that can rid the land of the evil Zaks, and (more importantly) athlete's foot. Dizzy must collect the ingredients for the magic potion and mix them all together in an evil wizard's cauldron. Except, of course that the ingredients are harder to find than a talkative badger (!) and the wizard has to be duffed in before he'll allow Dizzy to use his cauldron. A classic, pure 'n' simple.

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Slightly Magic isn't so hot. Slightly's a wizard who keeps a wistful eye on a beautiful princess. Unfortunately, saucy Slightly can't steam in and get his naughty way because the pair of them have been trapped in a dragon's castle. This has put paid quite comprehensively to Slightly's amorous intentions, so he must now use his wit and cunning to win their freedom.

It's a tried 'n' trusted formula but it doesn't work. The graphics aren't up to the standard you'll find in the rest of this pack, the animation is poor and the puzzle element isn't enough to keep the game happily chugging along on its own. So let's all look the other way, and move swiftly on to...

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Meet Spike the Viking. He's miffed off because all hs pillaging pals have been imprisoned in a castle. He's got an epic night out on the town planned but he's got to rescue his pals first.

When you collect objects, you have to figure out what to do with them. You meet all sorts of strange characters along the way. They'll do you all sorts of favours if you can provide them with the right present.

Add to this nifty animation and some vintage arcade action and it all adds up to a lot of fun.

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Lastly, we have CJ's Elephant Antics. If you're going to tour the world, it's always a good idea to take a trunk. Ha! [Another joke like that and you're out! - Ed]. Ahem. This is a cracking game that was excellent value for money when released as a budget game and is practically now a give-a-way.

There are four levels of arcade platform antics to navigate as CJ the elephant has to puzzle his way across the globe. CJ can fire peanuts and throw bombs at his enemies, as he cuts his swathe through country after country of international baddies. Great graphics, challenging puzzles and a simultaneous two-player option.

What more do you want? Four great games, one mediocre - all for ten quid. That, people, is a barg!

1. One of the games isn't much good.
2. You may already have most of the games, would would affect its value.

1. There's nothing hype-ish about it, at least four of these really are cartoon classics.
2. The best examples of lightweight but fun arcade adventuring you'll find anywhere (except possibly on the review next door).
3. At just two quid per hit, this really is a brilliant bargain.
4. An essential pack for young and older gamers. A good idea for a pressie.
5. Just great, especially for those miserable rainy days when you can't be bothered to do anything too taxing.