Ghouls (Micro Power)

An original idea beautifully implemented and an absolute must for any games shelf!

Jet Power Jack (Micro Power)

This is a toughie. I spent hours smashing the unfortunate Jack into walls until I finally gave up.

Troopa Truck (Rabbit)

Never has a game infuriated so much by so few attempts to play it.

Crazy Tracer (Acornsoft)

Crazy Tracer has all the addictive qualities of games like Pac-Man. Basically simple and yet totally absorbing.

Cuthbert In The Mines (Microdeal)

A thoroughly addictive fun game.

Flying Feathers (Bubble Bus)

Very attractive graphics... Well worth a thrash.

Baron (Temptation)

Reminds me of Lothlorien's old strategy games on the ZX81. In this advanced age, that won't do.

Jet Set Willy (Software Projects)

The graphics, animation and sound are as good as, if not better than, the original Manic Miner.

Rocky And Baseball (CBS)

Both Rocky and Baseball - used with the special Controller - represent the very pinnacle of the dedicated videogame art so far. Pricey but well worth it.

Pac-Man (Atarisoft)

A high score table, attract mode, keyboard/joystick options and a cute 'interlude' after each two screens round off a generally high quality presentation.

Vampire Castle (Micrograf)

The program is very long, but I can't help feeling had it contained less rooms and more graphics/sound, it would have been tons better. Perhaps next time, Micrograf.

Trafalgar (Squirrel)

This is fun for the first twenty shots, but then terminal monotony sets in.

Woodland Terror (MP)

A tight and neat adventure... well worth checking out.

Cybotron (Anirog)

As you can only fire in the direction of travel, it is impossible to survive for very long.

Cylon Attack (A 'n F)

The animation is pretty good, except on the title sequence.

Vortex (Software Invasion)

Graphically stunning and fast, but not enough work on the game-plan.

Space Shuttle (Activision)

As a computer flight simulator, Space Shuttle is excellent; as a VCS flight simulator it is truly outstanding.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Phoenix)

The design is drab, the graphics are dull and indistinct, sound is partly naff - the same few notes from the film-music repeated ad wotsit. Its incentive rating is zilch.

Zigzag (DK'Tronics)

Unfortunately, despite the sharp visuals, the gameplay is a trifle monotonous.

Buck Rogers And The Planet Of Zoom (CBS)

A turkey and then some... The trench itself flicks by like one of those optical devices supposed to make you travel-sick, while the objects, planets, towers and so on also jet through the grid as if written in BASIC.

Invincible (Mr. Micro)

Three speed levels add a bit of variety and the graphics are neat 'n tidy.

I-Ching (Virgin)

I find it hard to believe that anyone might take this at all seriously, but for unrelenting oddness it's hard to beat.

Dungeons Of Doom (Temptation)

Not especially simple, I guess, but there's no thrill of escape, no tease in tracking out the solution.

Outback (Paramount)

The graphics were very cutesy, and the squeals uttered by the young kangaroos when bagged were almost heart-rending. However, this game did not turn my crank.

Space Fighter (Microdeal)

There's a lot to consider and much patience is required. Personally I couldn't cope at all.

Megawarz (Paramount)

It takes a lot of skill to manoeuvre the sensitive spacecraft, without sending it flying into collision with a Baddie.

Megawarz (Paramount)

Pure addiction - I love it!

Digger (Visions)

Ridiculous. The graphics were slow and jerky with nasty glitches left on the screen when the beasts explode and the program crashed twice for no reason and had to be re-loaded.

Them (Virgin)

In short, it's a horribly difficult game. Good job, then, that it's got a sense of humour.

Ultima Zone (Tansoft)