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We've had some thundering Sega conversions on the old Arnold in our time, and no less than five of them grace this brilliantly put together collection from US Gold.

There can be a few of you who have yet to have a bash at the role of Joe Musashi in Shinobi but, for those few out there who haven't, this is ninja artistry at its level best. Bwah Foo, the evil Ninja magician has kidnapped the rich kids from the Ninja school and, if he doesn't get all the gold in the school coffers by Wednesday evening, it's curtains for the lot of them.

Getting to grips with all the moves and making good use of you shurikens, this is an all out action blast that'll rip you fromyour seats. Keep collecting the kids and make it through to the final showdown with Bwah Foo in this epic blast.

Crackdown is the name of the next offering, and this one is a real buddy-buddy two player blast, which sees you planting and setting off bombs inside the evil Dr K's fortress in a bid to thwart his plotting.

Take on all manner of ugly replicants over four increasingly tough levels in this excellent race against the clock as Ben and Andy, the freedom fighters.

If swashbuckling swordplay is your scene, then you'd better get to grips with the Golden Axe, a desperate battle for the future of Yuria against the evil scourges of Death Adder.

Taking on the role of either Ax-Battler, Gilius Thunderhead or Tyris-Hare, you and a friend must travel through spook and skeleton-infested woods, the Turtle Village, Eagle Island and the Castle, in your bid to wrest the all-powerful Golden Axe from Death Adder's grips.

Certainly not for the fainthearted, this one, with confrontations with death at every corner and all manner of beasts to ride and/or overcome. Excellent stuff.

E-Swat sees you roughing it on the streets as a regular SWAT member, battling to prove your worth as a prospective member of the elite E-Swat wing of the cyberpolice. Take on every baddy you come across, armed to the teeth with your duo-laser cannons and exosuit and bring every punk in the city to his/her knees. Go get 'em folks!

Last up is the excellent race outing Super Monaco GP. Pick your gear ratios and get set for some blistering tarmac spills as you race to beat the qualifying times over three world class tracks, before getting to grips with the real thing at Monaco. Each game is a masterpiece of software development, featuring great graphics and superb playability, coming together to form what must be an absolute necessity for the serious games player. Not to be missed.