The Golden Sword Of Bhakhor (Zenobi)

Bhakhor is a decent adventure but never really excites. Bottom line? Better than average.

Gryzor (The Hit Squad)

Be prepared to apply for your Spectrum's pilot's licence: the enemy hordes are pretty vicious and take a lot of practice to get past and will have you chucking your Speccy out the window in frustration.

Hobgoblin (Atlantis)

All the game consists of is running along, shooting a few enemy soldiers, running along a bit further and shooting someone else. Repeat until you fall asleep.

Insector Hecti In The Interchange (Hi-Tec)

You'll get hours of brain-blending fun with this one, and no mistake!

Into The Mystic (River)

Programmer Jack Lockerby is not known for his technical achievements. Instead, he has a well deserved reputation for producing well designed, very playable adventures that guarantee hours of enjoyment. This is a very good example.

L.E.D. Storm (Kixx)

This is one of the best racing games around and although it takes a lot of practice to reach the end, it's well worth the effort.

The Lamberley Mystery (Zenobi)

The Lamberley Mystery is a fairly simple game, very linear, but it gives you the impression there's more to it. It proves very disheartening to find this gloss is only skin deep.

Mountain Bike Simulator (Codemasters)

Despite reservations, Mountain Bike Simulator is a fun title and should provide entertainment for a while.

One Of Our Wombats Is Missing (Zenobi)

I found the majority of the adventure was just a mapping exercise, with too little to do in many places.

Sharkey's Moll (Zeppelin Games)

If a good, cheap blaster is what you're after, Sharkey's Moll is the one for you; if you own Op Wolf, it's hardly worth bothering about.

Sky High Stuntman (Codemasters)

The object is simply to blow away all the nasty-looking things that come on screen and fire at you. Simplistic fun? I think not, it's all too repetitive, really.

Spike In Transylvania (Codemasters)

A really, really good arcade adventure.

Thunder Jaws (Domark)

Looks good, plays well, the difficulty level's just about right and it's probably the best thing from Tengen since Robot Monsters.

Virtual Worlds (Domark/Incentive)

Freescape fans are urged to purchase this compilation.