4-Star (J. K. Greye)

A total waste of time and money.

Ad Astra (Gargoyle Games)

Exceptionally addictive at first, but after a couple of hours play this wears off.

Adder Attack (Mogul)

Quite an addictive game where lively reactions are needed.

Adventures Of Saint Bernard (Carnell)

It takes ages to get through a stage considering what's happening in each one, and so soon becomes uninteresting.

Africa Gardens (Gilsoft)

The descriptions are excellent, detailed and dripping with atmosphere.

Brad Blasts The Galactic Barbarians (Express)

The games are all very jolly and well worth playing if you like shoot 'em ups.

Chuckman (CCI)

The scrolling action of the maze works very smoothly, and Chuckman is animated very well.

Codename Mat (Micromega)

The depth of the game will ensure that it is played for a long time to come.

Crash (Mogul)

The game offers nothing in the way of graphic delights and less than nothing in the playing (it can even give you a minus score). Less said the better.

Defenda (Interstella)

I was disappointed with the sound which is non-existent during play, the only explosion sound being when your ship is destroyed.

The Devil Rides In (Carnell)

Not a game I could recommend because of its lack of content.

Di-Lithium Lift (Hewson)

There are probably players who will find this game a challenge worth taking just because it is a tough one.

Dragonsbane (Quicksilva)

The computer doesn't say much throughout the game, making the adventure quite boring after a short while.

Ed-On (CCI)

A simple idea and quite hard to play but it doesn't get very far and palls quite quickly.

Encounter (Severn)

I found myself whizzing down alleys into forests, past abandoned cars, into gardens, into a multi-roomed mansion - where I suppose the kidnapped girl was hidden - and all without much sense of purpose.

Eskimo Eddie (Ocean)

Very good graphics with neat detailed touches.

G-Force (Euro-Byte)

I enjoyed it, and with 32 levels I think I will be playing and enjoying it for quite a while too.

Glug-Glug (CRL)

With each screen it gets progressively more difficult and with 32 levels to get through it should take some time to master.

Grid-Bug (CCI)

An original game, perhaps for the younger players, although all the same, it's not worth buying.

Handicap Golf (CRL)

Wonderful, and satisfying to play. This game is so well thought out and displayed that it looks like a television golf championship right down to the editing of the scenes.

Jet Set Willy (Software Projects)

A highpoint in the development of Spectrum games. I hope there will be others, maybe ones of a different kind, but I'm sure nothing will top this game for addictivity, fluent graphics, responsivenes and sheer imagination.

Knight Driver (Hewson)

The graphics are drawn very nicely and the streets move across the screen wonderfully. But steering your car is a disappointment and it's quite unrealistic due to the fact that 45° increments are used.

3D Lunattack (Hewson)

It's highly addictive and I think it will take a long time to get tired of.

Magic Castle (Gilsoft)

A good standard adventure that nevertheless has some oblique solutions to problems keeps you busy and is well worth the money.

Millionaire (Incentive)

Millionaire may not have quite the depth of options open to a player that some other strategy games have, but I found it all quite compulsive.

Mission 1: Project Volcano (Mission)

I couldn't help liking it and feeling friendly towards it despite its shortcomings.

Moon Buggy (Visions)

Fails to be completely addictive and remains a good, original sort of shoot-'em-up.

Olympimania (Automata)

It's great fun to play, but I don't really know whether it's to be recommended as a serious game.

Orc Attack (Creative Sparks)

Excellent graphics and use of colour. I can guarantee you'll get some laughs out of this game.

Orion (Software Projects)

The graphics are detailed and reasonably smooth and I enjoyed playing it.

Rembrandt & Co.

Provides a screen magnification facility, which can display a portion of the screen four or 16 times enlarged.

Pedro (Imagine)

Movement is hit-and-miss and sound poor, despite some good tunes.

Pinball Wizard (CP Software)

I missed the opportunity to "tilt", but otherwise I was very impressed with this game.

Pogo (Ocean)

Good control helps to make Pogo very playable and addictive and, all round, this is the best version I have seen.

Potty Planter (Mogul)

Some form of data corruption must have occurred on loading because the shapes of the moving characters did not seem right: a mess in fact.

The Quest For The Holy Grail (Dream)

My overall reaction is that, as an adventure it's above average, but in truth the insert booklet is funnier than the program.

The Quill (Gilsoft)

At £14.95 it is almost ludicrously underpriced for what it does and, more importantly, what it allows others to do.

Rapedes (Visions)

The graphics are very fast block movement and detailed, and there is good sound.

Sam Spade (Silversoft)

A typical "Panic" game with nice big graphics... This is a good version of a game which is rather old now.

Sheer Panic (Visions)

A very active game... The best 'Panic' for the Spectrum with all the features of the arcade original.

Sorcery (Virgin Games)

Playable and nicely implemented with large, colourful graphics.

Space Shuttle (Microdeal)

The graphics throughout are disappointing and simple with the drawing of the bay doors and the satellite looking as though they come from a game two years old.

Space Station Zebra (Beyond)

Good looking graphics, though poor 3D but a rather unplayable and uninteresting game.

Spyplane (Gilsoft)

Overall, a very undemanding adventure. The documentation is very good with the help list of the available vocabulary.

Star Warrior (Visions)

A quite original game, tough and addictive to play.

They Say The World Will Die In Fire And Ice (Electric)

A tough game that managed to be quite addictive.

Thunderhawk (Lyversoft)

Graphics are nice and smooth, but not overfast. Sadly, no useful information whatever has been put on the inlay or on the screen, so it's left to the player to figure out how to play.

The Time Machine (Digital Fantasia)

A great plot with a real sense of purpose which involves getting useful objects from one time zone which may well be needed in another.

Tower Of Evil (Creative Sparks)

A highly addictive, fast game.

Trashman (New Generation)

Oddly, it isn't a very fast game in the playing, but you soon realise that you must move with accuracy or you won't complete before the bonus score reaches zero.

Two Gun Turtle (Lothlorien)

I suppose the idea of a flying turtle is novel, but the game is quite simple in itself.