Xybots (Tengen) (Amiga 500)

Involving and challenging, Xybots is a game every Amiga owner should consider having.

Dominator (System 3) (Commodore 64/128)

Perhaps if it had turned up sixteen months ago when the Nemesis season arrived, it would have been a whole lot letter. To impress, a new shoot-'em-up has to be very, very good these days.

Dominator (System 3) (Amiga 500)

Much as I hate to say it, Dominator is a disappointment. It promises a great deal but ultimately fails to deliver.

Targhan (Silmarils) (Amiga 500)

The game is big, and there is a lot of variety. Only attack if being attacked is usually a good philosophy.

Datastorm (Visionary Design Technologies Inc) (Amiga 500)

Highly addictive - I'd recommend this even to my worst enemy!

Red Heat (Ocean) (Commodore 64)

A very enjoyable, playable arcade game, marred slightly by a lack of variety on the main levels.

Thunderbirds (Grandslam) (Amiga 500)

A 'fab' game and one which will have you tugging at your purse - if not your puppet strings.

Gunship (Microprose) (Amiga 500)

The design of the game is identical in every detail to the brilliant C64 version, right down to the loading sequence. But it's also adapted to suit an Amiga, with better sound, graphics and playability.

Kick Off (Anco) (Amiga 500)

You can play the computer, but the game really comes into its own in two player mode.

American Club Sports (Mindscape International Inc) (Commodore 64/128)

Unfortunately, the games all become repetitious very quickly and monotony sets in.

Dragon Ninja (Imagine) (Amiga 500)

A fair enough game which could do with just a little more pep.

Wicked (Electric Dreams) (Amiga 500)

Original, fast and visually and aurally addictive.

Rampage (Activision) (Amiga 500)

A cute little number, a rare old treat. Just buy it!

Vigilante (U. S. Gold) (Amiga 500)

A poor game. A frustratingly slow game isn't one of the purchases I go looking for when I go shopping for software.

Wayne Gretzky's Ice Hockey (Bethesda) (Amiga 500)

Federation Of Free Traders (Gremlin) (Amiga 500)

FOFT scores over Elite with the inclusion of terrestrial flight, whereby you fly low over the surface of some poor unsuspecting planet, blow the hell out of the landscape, and trade with what's left.

Knight Games (Ricochet) (Commodore 64/128)

Good clanking sounds and varied, pretty graphics make it a worthy addition to any courtly software collection.

Daley Thompson's Decathlon (The Hit Squad) (Commodore 64/128)

Six arm-breaking, wrist-busting, joystick-waggling events including sprinting, high jump and long jump should remind you what sports sims used to be like quick enough.

Ninja Commando (Zeppelin Games) (Commodore 64/128)

Colourful backdrops but a colourless game.

Enduro Racer (The Hit Squad) (Commodore 64/128)

Buggy Boy on two wheels.

Encounter (Novagen) (Commodore 64)

There's eight levels, but don't expect too much variety.

Arcade Flight Simulator (Codemasters) (Commodore 64/128)

This is a bitch to play with difficult steering and an altitude element which means your plane has to be the right height before it can shoot down anything.

Jack The Nipper (Kixx) (Commodore 64/128)

Well worth having.

Rambo (The Hit Squad) (Commodore 64/128)

An amazing arcade adventure with the emphasis on the arcade.

Super Scramble Simulator (Kixx) (Commodore 64/128)

First impressions are promising, with a couple of nice blue digitised stills on the options screen, but once the game is loaded you rapidly realise that the conversion is less than inspired.

Spherical (Rainbow Arts) (Amiga 500)

Despite being small, the graphics are quite neat and colourful and the game is certainly playable in a throwaway kind of sense.

Test Drive II: The Duel (Accolade) (Commodore 64/128)

The update on the road is terrible, as is the update on all the sprites.

MicroProse Soccer (MicroProse) (Amiga 500)

You're not going to get excited about this, just steamed up by its limitations. The major problem is that it's too slow and lacks the playability of Kick Off.

Zork Zero (Infocom) (Amiga 500)

An essential addition to the collection of any serious adventure player, and equally recommended as a first time adventure to those who wonder what all the fuss is about.

Personal Nightmare (HorrorSoft) (Amiga 500)

A major new adventure system for 16-bit machines; it's a bit like Sierra's, a bit like Mindcape's, but it has an identity all of its own. Oh, and it's a gory game that's not for children.

Gold Rush (Sierra) (Amiga 500)

A game that's educational as well as entertaining. The 88-page paperback which accompanies the game is an informative read and a lovely little extra.