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Big League Soccer (Adam Whitlock)

It's better than Football Manager, and you'll be playing it until the early hours.

3D Grand Prix (Amsoft/Exopal)

Features excellent graphics, particularly the car front wheels. The wing mirrors are a nice touch.

Soul Of A Robot (Mastertronic)

256 colourful rooms, great shooting action and every bit as testing as its predecessor.

Willow Pattern (Firebird)

A tough task calling for economy in the use of swords... There's also excellent oriental music throughout the game.

Caesar's Travels (Mirrorsoft)

Excellent packaging and storybook. But the animation and graphics could have been better.

Dynamite Dan (Mirrorsoft)

Apart from the usual platform-game jokes such as snapping toilets, there was a host of clever and colourful opponents.

3D Boxing (Amsoft/James)

The graphics give this a victory on points over other fistic games, but it loses by a knockout on gameplay.

Argo Navis (Kuma Computers)

The best bits were the shoot-'em-up sequences, where the scrolling out-smoothed anything I've previously seen on the Amstrad.

Hi-Rise (Bubble Bus)

Addictive gameplay that keeps you trying to complete screens.

World Series Baseball (Imagine)

It's easy to thrash the computer after a while and, although the two-player option can be exciting, there's too much inconsistency in where the ball ends up to make a genuinely satisfying contest.

Satellite Warrior (Amsoft/DM Lock)

It's not the tops when it comes to graphics or sound, but it's intriguing enough to be worth investigation.

Spy Vs. Spy (First Star)

Animation is excellent and the potential playing area should satisfy the most demanding of moles.

Marsport (Gargoyle Games)

Fantastic animation, great background graphics and flesh-creeping aliens with devious tasks requiring plenty of puzzling.

Don't Panic (Firebird)

A highly addictive idea that calls for constant attention and thought.

Formula One Simulator (Mastertronic)

The only drawback really was the boring background graphics - I would have liked some pretty scenery to admire as I cornered at 150mph.

Cauldron (Palace)

A Hansel and Gretel-ish world of strange and sinister goings on is created by some exceptionally pretty graphics.

World Cup Soccer (Macmillan)

The arcade sections are very pretty indeed and give some gentle relief from the brainwork.

Herbert's Dummy Run (Mikro-Gen)

Marvellous graphics, animation and colour... Lots of difficult tasks.

Battle Of Britain (PSS)

The map and arcade sequences really give great atmosphere in this battle of wits.

Bounty Bob Strikes Back (US Gold)

Over 20 colourful and well-designed diabolically difficult screens.

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The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole (Mosaic/Level 9)

An impressive variety of addition situations that won't be familiar to Mole fans... There are any unexpected twists, so you won't be able to sail through making the right decision each time, even if you know the books backwards.

Tomb Of Kuslak (Intrigue)

If you like 3D Monster Maze then you'll probably get a kick out of this game, but most true-blooded adventurers will throw up their hands in despair.

Souls Of Darkon (Taskset)

I'm afraid that, after a while, I lost patience with the tortuous input requirements and uninformative responses.

Island Of Riddles (Redbeard)

The game has some serious drawbacks - the parser is for two-word input only and can only reply "You can't" or "Please rephrase that" to your inputs.

Terrormolinos (Melbourne House)

If you fancy a Spanish holiday, this game should satisfy the most masochistic of tourists.

Mindshadow (Activision)

With approximately 80 locations, advanced players may find it slightly too easy, but it exudes programming professionalism and is well worth a look.

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