Marble Madness (Ariolasoft) (Commodore 64)

Marble Madness is frustrating, compelling, gripping and most of all, addictive. There's no excuse, you simply must buy it.

Fist II: The Legend Continues (Melbourne House) (Commodore 64/128)

As surely as Way Of The Exploding Fist was the martial arts game of 1985, Fist II is set to take its place as the definitive Kung-Fu classic for this year.

Miami Dice (Bug-Byte) (Commodore 64)

I think Miami Dice is great. The graphics are good - very reminiscent of US Gold's Tapper, and you could play for hours without tiring of it.

Fungus (Players) (Commodore 64/128)

A light-hearted game with plenty of pace, neat graphics and smooth scrolling... Enough of a challenge to sustain interest.

Ninja (Mastertronic) (Commodore 64/128)

It is neither a really substantial beat-'em-up, nor is it much of an arcade adventure. Personally, I'm getting decidedly bored of martial arts games.

Strike Force Harrier (Mirrorsoft) (Commodore 64/128)

The graphics are good, sound quality is excellent and I defy anyone to successfully destroy the enemy HQ before they've had hours of challenge and enjoyment from this exciting new simulation.

Uchi Mata (Martech) (Commodore 64)

A hell of a beat-'em-up...! Graphics and sound effects are of a very high standard. If you like judo you need have no hesitation in buying this one.

Thai Boxing (Anco) (Commodore 64)

It seems a bit too easy, but it has some lovely touches, particularly when, at the end of each bout, the fighters face each other, crouch down, and then somersault over to their respective corners.

The Sacred Armour Of Antiriad (Palace) (Commodore 64/128)

A good plot, and beautiful graphics. The backgrounds are bare but for a few trees, which have twisted faces on them.

Jack The Nipper (Gremlin) (Commodore 64)

Somehow I can't seem to place what separates Jack The Nipper from most of the games we receive; it's a bit of everything, and yet it has a touch of originality. The graphics are excellent too.

Asterix And The Magic Cauldron (Melbourne House) (Commodore 64/128)

Graphics are colourful and the music is good but we're let down again by rotten gameplay and a painfully slow way of moving around the screens.

Deactivators (Ariolasoft) (Commodore 64/128)

One of the most challenging games I've played in a long time.

1942 (Elite) (Commodore 64/128)

An unreserved screen star. Never in the Commodore User offices has a game been played so often by so many.

Dante's Inferno (Beyond) (Commodore 64)

Beyond seem to have another winner here, a highly original theme, good graphics with plenty of variety and excellent music.

Europe Ablaze: The War Over England And Germany 1939-1945 (SSG) (Commodore 64)

The attention to detail is incredible and I can't imagine anyone becoming so familiar with it that they would lose interest.

Sanxion (Thalamus) (Commodore 64/128)

For a first effort, Sanxion isn't bad. However, it's not that much better than Warhawk that you'd prefer to spend eight more quid on it.

Warhawk (Firebird) (Commodore 64/128)

A good shoot-'em-up is always in demand and, at the price, I don't see why it shouldn't go straight into the top five.

Snodgits (Sparklers) (Commodore 64)

A pretty old-fashioned program. I suppose somebody somewhere will it apart from the authors. But who?

Hopeless (Radarsoft) (Commodore 64)

This is very aptly-named. Actually, it's more like Useless - a boring, unoriginal, poor excuse for an arcade adventure.

Black Hawk (Creative Sparks) (Commodore 64)

Creative Sparks can't get away with this sort of average stuff any more, no matter what the price.

Go For Gold (Americana) (Commodore 64/128)

An essential purchase... Go out and get it. Whilst it's not quite in the Epyx league, there's nothing to compare it with for the price.

Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers (Activision) (Commodore 64/128)

However long it takes you, it's an experience you'll enjoy. I know from bitter experience that, just when you think you've got it cracked, something happens that puts you back on square one.

The Trap Door (Piranha) (Commodore 64/128)

The castle looks reasonable enough, dark and dingy as it should be. The monsters look colourful and really weird, and the slimeys and worms wriggle around as they should.

Vietnam (US Gold/SSI) (Commodore 64)

An essential purchase for any wargame player and playable enough for even novices to attempt.

Finders Keepers (Mastertronic) (Commodore 64)

A definite must for platform and puzzle freaks.

Auriga (Players) (Commodore 16/Plus 4)

Buy it if you want to relive those days of blasting in the chippy, while your fish went stone cold. At a couple of quid I suppose it's all worthwhile.

Project Nova (Gremlin) (Commodore 16)

If you think that your nerves and reflexes can cope with the strain of such an awesome game, then check out Project Nova... you will not be disappointed.

Ghosts 'N Goblins (Elite) (Commodore 16)

There are quite a few omissions in this game. It only has two levels, there's a distinct lack of demons and venus fly traps and worst of all, there's no dragon. But it's a lot better than its flaws suggest.

Football Manager (Addictive Games) (Commodore 16/Plus 4)

Overall a fair conversion of what is, by now, a very dated title.

The Pawn (Magnetic Scrolls) (Commodore 64)

This has got to be The Adventure Of The Year for the C64 - it's as complex and texty as an Infocom game, with the bonus of graphics, the like of which have not been seen before in any C64 Adventure.

Colour Of Magic (Piranha) (Commodore 64)

With skilful use of The Quill, Fergus, along with his Delta 4 colleagues Judith Child and Colin Buckett, have created a superb interactive adaptation of the book, in which the original mood and humour, and much of the detail, come through unscathed.

Red Boxes (General Information Systems)