A.P.B. (Tengen/Domark)

Quickly understood and easily played. But on tape, a real bad multi-load nightmare.

Shinobi (Virgin)

With over 30 people to croak in three minutes if you're to get through the first level, the pace is fast and furious, with difficult terrain thrown in for good measure.

Continental Circus (Virgin)

The graphics don't break any new ground, but the cars' shapes are solid and easy to judge when overtaking.

Operation Gunship (Codemasters)

What could have been a fast, tricky bout of blasting has become a slow and fiddly exercise. All the other aspects of the game are irreparably harmed and much good work is squandered.

Christmas Collection (Hewson)

If you want some slamming space (and sub aqua) fun, Christmas Collection is an opportunity not to be missed.

The Story So Far Volume 4 (Elite)

As a history lesson this is fine, but as contemporary entertainment forget it. Aliens is still brilliant but the others just don't support it.

Paperboy (Encore)

There's only one route to follow but the variation of people and obstacles you can meet make this more than a challenge.

Thundercats (Encore)

A highly playable yet essentially simple game that will have you coming back time and time again.

Monty On The Run (Kixx)

This sucks! The graphics are laughably dated and only the music helps pull it out of the mire of complete farce.

Vigilante (US Gold)

Too easy by far. A game needs to test you, not relax you. I finished it the first time I played.

The New Zealand Story (Ocean)

Nice game, shame about the graphics.

The Unknown Treasure (David Gibbon)

This has a lack of decent text - all the memory has been used on the graphics and multiple room descriptions and not enough on parser and messages.