Percy Penguin (Superior) (BBC Model B)

Major problem is the increase in difficulty... The first few Snobees are easily killed, but the last one is nearly impossible.

Music Box (Dragon Data) (Dragon 32)

After several hours of using the program, you start to get reasonable tunes.

Cosmic Bounce (Cable) (Commodore 64)

A well produced product which offers great value and will keep your attention for many hours.

Video Titles (Stainless) (TI99/4A)

The documentation is quite good, and must generally be referred to when using the mnemonic instructions.

Cowboy/Barricade (Computer Games) (Sord M5)

Both games are well written and the little instruction booklet is very informative, explaining how load and play them.

Typing Tutor (Warwick) (TI99/4A)

Considering these programs are meant to encourage accurate typing, there are several spelling mistakes littered throughout all the programs!

Clever Dick (Simply) (Spectrum 48K)

Include some nice touches, such as words coming from left or right, a pretty tune playing when correct, levels of difficulty and randomised scores with 'alright', 'good' or 'excellent' after a section finishes.

Maths Invaders (Stell) (Commodore 64)

The game is not up to the standard of many of the arcade games, but then again, they don't try to teach you anything!

The Grunberg Linkword Language System - Spanish (Dragon Data) (Dragon 32/64)

Certainly worth buying if you want to know a little Spanish before you take your holiday there.

'O'-ACES Physics 1 (Sunland) (BBC/Electron)

It's sad to see science reduced to this. You cannot even enter your own questions.

Colditz Adventure (Phipps Associates) (Spectrum 48K)

Good fun. I've seen the solution and the guy who wrote this is a sadist!

Fighter Pilot (Stainless) (TI99/4A)

The first few games are usually wasted in trying to find the requirements for a perfect take off.

The Ring Of Darkness (Wintersoft) (Spectrum 48K)

Although the graphics and language interpreter are not beyond criticism, well worth looking at.

Real Tennis (Computer Games) (Sord M5)

Meticulous attention to detail... makes this one of the best, if not the best tennis game on the market.

Heavy Boxing (Computer Games) (Sord M5)

Animation is excellent and the tension as you helplessly watch your player on the floor being counted is excruciating.

Ghostman (Severn) (Oric 48K/Atmos)

If you still like pacman, this is probably the definitive version for the Oric.

Khe Sahn (Stainless) (TI99/4A)

Although I feel that pleasure should not be gained from the subject of war, Khe Sahn may hold the interest of a wargames enthusiast.

Timebomb (CDS) (Spectrum 16K)

Not among the best game of its type.

Word Maze (Computer Games) (Sord M5)

All this boils down to is a souped up game of Hangman with some graphics at an inflated price.

Super Cobra (Computer Games) (Sord M5)

Virtually impossible to play on the keyboard - you are required to manipulate no less than nine keys at once - a must for all scramble-type game addicts.