3D Pool (Kixx)

3D Pool is an incredible achievement and how they squeezed it into 48K of memory is beyond me.

The Addams Family (Ocean)

Rumoured to be Ocean's last release for the Spectrum, it's a long, long time since we've seen a winner like this. A must for anyone's collection.

Balls, Boots And Brains (Incentive)

Despite the measly price, I doubt even the footy-maddest will wet their panties in excitement. The 'brainy' sims are fantastically dull and the other two are just crap.

Best Of The Indies Volume 1 (Zenobi)

Six splendiferous games for £3.99... This is the adventure bargain of the century.

Biff (Beyond Belief)

The presentation is pretty spiffing, with spectacular pre-game effects and a neat, efficiently laid out control panel.

Danny Duster's Dirty Deeds (Flashsoft)

If you don't buy Dirty Deeds, you're more of a fool than I am!

Ghouls 'N Ghosts (Kixx)

A compelling, bloomin' frustrating and addictive platform romp.

Jimmy's Super League (Beyond Belief)

Dodgy graphics, dull gameplay and hellishly slow running speed make this a real stinker. And who the hell's Jimmy, anyway?!

Last Ninja 2 (The Hit Squad)

The vast map of scenery is detailed and realistic and there are nifty sounds and tune into the bargain.

Multimixx 4 (Kixx)

Three games for four quid is good value if you missed them first time around.

Rainbow Islands (The Hit Squad)

Voted the best game ever by our readers... You've never played anything like it.

Rick Dangerous (Kixx)

Great fun to play, if a little on the tricky side, with a rainbow of colours and atmospheric bleeps to get you into the swing of things.

Robocop 3 (Ocean)

The difficulty's set a touch too high - I only just made it through the first level after umpteen games and a good dose of cheating!

Shadow Of The Beast (GBH)

Gremlin deserve a huge pat on the back for cramming a 16-bit game into the Speccy.

Staff Of Power (Zenobi)

This game benefits from a more modern approach to commands (no awkward inputs here!)... It won't appeal to everybody but should soon find its niche in adventuredom.

Stunt Car Racer (Kixx)

The car is capable of a skull-mangling 300mph, but driving like a lunatic damages the car - as does pranging it into the ground at warp speeds.

TNT 2: Double Dynamite (Domark)

TNT 2: Double Dynamite comes highly recommended - to programmers who want an example of how not to write computer games!