Artura (Gremlin)

There's a large playing area to explore and plenty of foes to kill, though it's a pity they're so thick.

Operation Wolf (Ocean)

A brilliant arcade conversion... Operation Wolf is manic action all the way: your brain cells won't get taxed but your joystick arm certainly will.

Barbarian (Psygnosis)

There's not really any great depth to the game, which is just a series of problems with basically only one solution to them... It's also like an arcade game: you die a hundred deaths before you start to recoup your investment.

Total Eclipse (Incentive)

The best of the three Freescape games. More puzzling and things to do.

Guerrilla War (Imagine)

A poor person's Ikari Warriors... As a shoot-'em-up, it's not that bad, but then again it's not a wonderful game either.

Victory Road (Imagine)

Not mind-blowingly original, but plenty of fun to be had in slaying things.

Gary Lineker's Super Skills (Gremlin)

It would have been much better to introduce the player gradually to the game rather than throw him in at the deep end immediately.

The Pepsi Challenge (US Gold)

Bright and colourful with cute sprites... I enjoyed it, and so will anyone who doesn't demand lots of ketchup and vigilante violence with their games.

How To Be A Complete Bastard (Ricochet)

Don't like yuppies? Love to drink? Enjoy making rude noises with various parts of your anatomy? Then you can do far worse than buy this game.

Trivial Pursuit: A New Beginning (Domark)

Fine if you don't have a trivia game already... but not original enough if you do.

Classic Games 4: Special Edition (CP Software)

Anyone who wants a game of something mentally stimulating... should find this a cheap and worthwhile purchase.

Megaplay 1 (Mastertronic)

A mixed bag ranging from the straight shoot-em-up of Destructo to the arcade adventure style of Curse Of Sherwood.

History In The Making: The First Three Years (US Gold)

Enough games to keep you going until the spring... If you've only just got your CPC then you'll get plenty of entertainment from this pack.

Thunder Blade (US Gold)

Those who really thrill to 8-bit conversions of coin-op arcade games will need no further recommendation.

4 Soccer Simulators (Codemasters)

A good start to the Codemasters Gold range.

Corruption (Magnetic Scrolls)

A worthy, rather than a classic, release from Magnetic Scrolls.