Killer Gorilla (Micro Power) (Acorn Electron)

This really is excellent, and full credit must go to the person who wrote it.

The Kingdom Of Klein (Epic) (Acorn Electron)

Not all objects appear to be useful at first. There is a bible, a safe not too far away, and a little hut by a lake.

Pool Hall (Dynabyte) (Acorn Electron)

Chuckie Egg (A 'n F) (Acorn Electron)

At first it appears to be old territory revisited but... it grows on you and establishes itself as quite a good program in its own right.

Dare Devil Dennis (Visions) (Acorn Electron)

The sounds for bikes, boats and skis are also very attractive if not wholly realistic.

Kamakazi (A 'n F) (Acorn Electron)

Castle Frankenstein (Epic) (Acorn Electron)

The game is good fun to play and quite entertaining.

Map Rally (Acornsoft/Bourne) (Acorn Electron)

It is not acceptable as an educational program as the child is learning a concept which then has to be unlearned later.

Corn Cropper (Cases) (Acorn Electron)

The colours of the machine are used to good effect, and the program is well recommended.

Pengwyn (Postern) (Acorn Electron)

A little more work and effort and Pengwyn would have captured the hearts of BBC owners in much the same way as the hero of Psion's Hungry Horace enraptured Spectrum games' players.

Airline (Cases) (Acorn Electron)

I commend this tape to anyone wishing to exercise their brain rather than fingers, or indeed to anyone wishing to show the power of the Electron for rapid and accurate use of data.

Abyss (Cases) (BBC/Electron)

There are a couple of errors in spelling and grammar, and the whole gives the impression of a pretty poor package.

Asteroid Miner (Optima) (BBC Model B)

A nice game with some new ideas and good use of sound and graphics.

Atomic Protector (Optima) (BBC Model B)

Despite the lack of high scores and joystick option, I had quite a lot of fun playing this game.

Birds Of Prey (Romik) (BBC Model A & B)

A fast and enjoyable game... One of the few improved by the use of joysticks.

Plankwalk (Virgin) (BBC Model B)

A welcome change from the usual, and quite good fun to play.

Noc-A-Bloc (Virgin Games) (BBC Model B)

Noc-A-Bloc is written in machine code, and so the quality of the graphics is very good.

Transistors Revenge (Softspot) (BBC Model B)

The game itself is well thought out but unfortunately there's not much skill involved in massacring the meanies and after a short time it becomes dull and boring.

Simonsoft Sprites (Simonsoft) (BBC Model B)

The manual is excellently clear giving many examples, and taking one easily and slowly through the possibilities of the program.

Vocab Tester (Beebugsoft) (BBC Model B)

Its all-purpose nature does not allow for any human weakness in the actual language being tested and this could be discouraging for children.

Laser Command (Micro Power) (BBC Model B)

The graphics are fairly good, but then again there are not opportunities to show off the good graphics of the Beeb in this sort of game.

Five Mind Bending Programs For The BBC Model B (Ganymede Systems) (BBC Model B)

This package seems to provide a 'thinking' game for the whole spectrum of ages. For this alone it must be worth it if your BBC is a family item.

3 Deep Space (Postern) (BBC Model B)

A conventional alien-blasting game. It's a personal choice whether the 3D is a sufficiently exciting novelty.

Utilities (Salamander) (BBC Model B)

The Disassembler is standard but quick. It allows examination of the complete memory address range, either using full 6502 mnemonics or in hexadecimal and ASCII format.

Mr. T Tells The Time (Ebury) (BBC Model B)

The individual programs show a number of good features. Sound and graphics, though basic, are used effectively.

Ollie Octopus' Sketchpad (Storm) (BBC Model B)

Hmmm... this is a little unusual. It's aimed at children and it's meant for them to use. But it's not easy to use!

Eye (Longman) (BBC B/B+/Master 128)

I feel that overall the package is adequate but disappointing.

Alphabet (J. B.) (BBC Model B)

I am not fully convinced that this program is educationally sound but I am impressed by the standard of the graphics and my 5 year old liked them enormously despite finding the program boring.

Geography Of France (Corona) (BBC/Electron)

A few children whom I asked to have a go of it, found it most enjoyable, and stimulated some rivalry into who knew the most.

Angle Turner (Arnold Wheaton) (BBC Model B)

A good example of a structured-environment-type program offering flexibility, which means that it would make a useful addition to any school's collection of mathematics programs.

Alpha Graph (Arnold Wheaton) (BBC Model B)

This program certainly enables more time to be spent on the discussion of the completed bar-chart and is a useful introduction to simple statistics.

Microbug (Arnold Wheaton) (BBC Model B)

While teachers not used to this type of database program may find Microbug a useful introduction, I believe most will prefer to spend the money on a good database program, which will enable them (and the children) to make many datafiles.

Tense French (Sulis) (BBC Model B)

A flexible and friendly introduction to French verbs and their tense forms.

Time Traveller (Sulis) (BBC Model B)

A very successful attempt to make the learning of some basic historical facts a lot of fun.

Options/Blockfit (System) (BBC Model B)

The pair of programs seem to be very useful and efficient, and should be welcome additions to the software in general use in schools.

Easywrite (System) (BBC Model B)

In use, Easywrite is quickly mastered and enjoyed by young children. Using the program could not be more simple.

U.S.A. (Corona) (BBC Model B)

Basically this is a memory test, with questions about what you have just seen on the screen.