Theme Park (Electronic Arts) (PC (MS-DOS))

The amount of detail crammed into this initially simplistic game is incredible... There's no point at which you can sit back and watch the park tick over on its own, unless you sacrifice a lot of detail (and addictiveness) by opting for the easier sim levels.

Super Sidekicks 2 (SNK) (Neo Geo)

Pretty much perfect... In fact, it's by far the best arcade soccer game on any system, with a simple, intuitive control system that allows you to string several passes together with relative ease. But it comes at a ludicrously high price - £175!

Wildtrax (Nintendo) (Super Famicom)

Not only offers a brilliantly varied menu for one player, it also plays well enough in two-player mode to make it one of the best racing games currently available for any home system.

Doctor Hauzer (Panasonic) (3DO)

A polished and slick game that is well worth a look, but it's a shame Riverhill couldn't have given it a little more depth. Nevertheless, it looks fantastic and it sounds even better.

Out Of This World (Interplay) (3DO)

Interplay could have used the 3DO conversion as an opportunity to expand the game, but they missed their chance. It's still over far too soon, and, apart from the aesthetic improvements, there's nothing new here; it's just the same game in a different package.

Battlecorps (Core Design) (Sega CD (US Version))

A bit boring, really. Core must be commended for attempting to give the flagging shoot-'em-up genre a much-needed boost, but it's a shame they didn't inject some new ideas into the gameplay.

Stunt Car Racer (Firebird) (Spectrum 48K/128K)

What makes this game so enjoyable are the tracks themselves: they're constructed from polygons, and many of them wouldn't look out of place in a fairground boasting the world's biggest and scariest rollercoaster.