Altered Beast (The Hit Squad)

The programmer of this should have been shot at birth! The colour scheme is horrendous, but the real problem is that the scrolling rarely keeps up with your movements... When you advance it often takes a few seconds for the screen to catch up!

April 7th (Zenobi)

A game with an identity crisis... One minute it's a sci-fi thriller, giving graphic descriptions of mutilated corpses, the next it's a "cutesy" game, and some puzzles rely on fairy-tale logic!

Bubble Dizzy (Codemasters)

I won't beat around the bush - this is the worst Dizzy game ever. It makes eating soup with a fork look easy!

Cisco Heat (Mirrorsoft)

One type of game the Spectrum's never been short of is racers... and all of them a lot better than Cisco Heat! There's some sort of game in there, but simplistic graphics and terrible colour clash hide it.

Hard Drivin' (The Hit Squad)

If you're a fan of car racing games or addicted to the coin-op, give this a whirl - you won't be disappointed.

Microfair Madness (Delbert The Hamster)

A great game... This is one for the experienced adventurer; Microfair Madness is very tricky.

Neighbours (Impulze)

The type of terribly simple game where you just rush round avoiding obstacles. Not impressive.

Pit-Fighter

You've got to be joking. Come on, Domark, what are you playing at? I know the Spectrum doesn't have the graphic capabilities of 16-bit machines but its games don't have to be this bad.

Power Drift (The Hit Squad)

The game's good... It's worthy of purchase... but don't expect too much. The similarity between levels becomes tedious.

Road Runner And Wile E. Coyote (Hi-Tec)

Graphically great, there are two main stages which repeat with different backgrounds and a slightly harder difficulty level. I want a bit more variety in a game.

Rod Land (Storm)

Sickeningly cute... Fantastically playable... I just can't get enough!

Round The Bend (Impulze)

A very aptly named game - it's a totally potty race through sewers filled with creatures with the worst anchovy pizza-induced nightmare imaginable.

Super Heroes (Domark)

A pleasant surprise for a compilation. All titles bar Indy are very playable and individually would still be worthy of full price status.

Super Space Invaders (Domark)

A cleverly updated version of an arcade classic, but not quite up to Nineties' standards.

Titanic Blinky (Zeppelin Games)

Buy this game now... Graphically, it's little short of brilliant... Move over Dizzy, Titanic Blinky is on your tail and gunning for your crown.

WWF Wrestlemania (Ocean)

An excellent game packed with all the action and excitement of the sport. It also gives lots more freedom of control than most beat-'em-ups.

Impatience (FREDSoft)

A good purchase for any SAM puzzle freak.