Web Wars (GCE) (Vectrex)

The best game yet for the ever improving Vectrex system.

Donkey Kong Jnr. (CBS Electronics) (Coleco Vision Games System)

A challenging new addition to the Coleco range. Worth taking a look at.

Keystone Kapers (Activision) (Atari 2600)

An easy game to get into... but will the magic last?

Battle Zone (Atarisoft) (Atari 2600)

An excellent reproduction of the arcade original, considering the limitations of the Atari VCS.

Q*Bert (Parker Brothers) (Coleco Vision Games System)

Plenty of horrors, masses of addiction and lashings of good er... clean fun.

Happy Trails (Activision) (Intellivision)

A splendid game incorporating speed of reaction with a large degree of strategy and planning.

City Patrol (Sinclair Research) (Sinclair ZX81)

Despite some very nice graphics and realistic simulation, I thought that the game could have been incorporated more interesting characteristics though it did possess a surprisingly addictive quality.

Multitron (Sumlock) (Commodore Vic 20)

A very ordinary game to play in its initial stages but it is redeemed by the space corridor and the fast action waiting for you on the other side.

Tranz Am (Ultimate) (Spectrum 16K)

Not a bad game, this. Control is quite easy and uses only four keys. Two to rotate and two more as accelerator and brake.

Astro Chase (Atarisoft) (Atari 400/800)

One of the best games I've seen for the Atari home computers, Astro Chase sets new standards for space shoot-'em-ups.

Dinky Kong (Severn) (Oric 48K)

The game gets rather monotonous as only one variation screen is used which is repeated, although fireballs are introduced at higher levels.

Airbrush (Soft Hits) (Spectrum 16K/48K/BBC A/BBC B/Electron)

This game only uses normal character resolution graphics with user defined characters, although it's very cheap and sound effects are included and are quite effective.

Death Mines Of Sirus (Phoenix) (Dragon 32)

The action game proper is little more than a lunar lander whilst the adventure is fairly standard and uninteresting, I'm afraid.

Frogger (Microdeal) (Dragon 32)

Frogger is written in machine code and the graphics and speed are among the best I've seen on the Dragon.

Splat (Incentive) (Spectrum 48K)

Ape Escape (Spectravision) (Commodore Vic 20)

The game has several levels - making for a progressively difficult challenge.

Star Jammer (Salamander) (Dragon 32)

The game is not helped by the impractical Dragon joystick. This doesn't have the usual self-centering feature and makes for very erratic manoeuvrability.

Word Feud (Audiogenic) (Commodore 64)

One of those games that take you about twenty seconds to learn but which you can end up playing for hours.

Chequered Flag (Sinclair Research) (Spectrum 48K)

I found the game a very real simulation of driving round a track. But steering is quite tricky and you certainly notice the lack of other cars.