The Unit Trust Program (Michael Slatford) (Spectrum 48K)

A very useful package for an investor wishing to keep track of the family fortune.

Frantic Fingers (Power) (BBC Model B)

A product worth buying, but mainly for the games enthusiast.

Panorama (H) (Talent) (Commodore 64)

A highly professional product which is both simple to use and extremely versatile.

Plus 80 Address Manager (Oxford Computer Publishing) (Spectrum 48K)

Replacing an address book with a home computer is a dubious application, since you could buy several books for the price.

Screen Machine (Print 'n Plotter) (Spectrum 48K)

Hobbit-style adventurers and graphic programmers will find Screen Machine a boon.

Moonsweeper (Cheetah) (Spectrum 48K)

Compatible with the Cheetah RAT, Kempston and Interface 2 joysticks... Cheetah has a winner!

Elite (Acornsoft) (BBC Model B)

So addictive, it could wreck relationships of every kind; beware!

Galaxia (Kuma Computers) (Amstrad CPC464)

Superb colour graphics... Extensive use of the Amstrad's powerful sound facilities... A game set apart from all others... Highly recommended.

Space Ace 2101 (Ozi Soft) (Commodore 64)

The graphics and sound are not all that outstanding - not of the normal quality found on CBM 64 games.

Jet Power Jack (Micro Power) (Acorn Electron)

The levels, with five different screens, are excellent and progress from the difficult to the utterly impossible.

Shopper (Mastertronic) (Commodore Vic 20)

Graphically the game is above average but the animation and movement were jerky and, particularly on screen 1, flickery.

Mr. Mephisto (Euro-Byte) (Commodore 64)

A good game, for which a joystick is required.

Mr. Men Hi-Bouncer (Mirrorsoft) (BBC Model B)

It has nicely animated graphics, good use of sound and colour and clear child-like drawings of houses... A humorous pleasing game.

Laser Reflex (Talent) (BBC Model B)

I found the whole thing a complete muddle... The screen was the main problem, being in a four-colour mode, the artist has used complex pixel graphics and there are a great number of shading effects used.

Tornado Low Level (Vortex) (Spectrum 48K)

Flying over little crosses is not rivetingly exciting! Still, its pretty to look at.

Orc Attack (Creative Sparks) (Commodore 64)

Fast, furious and exhausting... The graphics are excellent and the sound very satisfying.

Orc Slayer (Gamma) (Spectrum 48K/128K)

Poorly written, totally boring, untested and commercially unacceptable.

Lone Wolf 2 - Fire On The Water (Five Ways/Hutchinson) (Spectrum 48K)

From every point a fascinating, well-designed game.

Frog Face (Positive Image) (Spectrum 48K/128K)

I enjoy solving adventure games and found this one sufficiently challenging to get me back to the keyboard.

Lone Wolf 1 - Flight From The Dark (Five Ways/Hutchinson) (Spectrum 48K)

The locations are instantly drawn hi-res pictures with tolerable animation.