Dragon Ball Z (Bandai) (Sega Mega Drive (EU Version))

Like your beat-'em-ups unusual? Dragonball Z is intriguing, quirky, enjoyable and off-beat.

The Jungle Book (Virgin) (Sega Mega Drive (EU Version))

This game's rather like a Ming vase - beautiful to look at, but empty, too easily cracked and not worth the money.

World Cup USA '94 (US Gold) (Sega Mega Drive (EU Version))

A tactician's delight, World Cup '94 is the Cameroon of footy games: it tries hard but ultimately can't cut the mustard.

Archer Maclean's Drop Zone (Codemasters) (Sega Game Gear (EU Version))

A welcome and very close conversion of the C64 classic. This is the best blaster available for the 'Gear.

The Incredible Hulk (US Gold) (Sega Mega Drive (EU Version))

Yet another dull platformer with crap beat-'em-up bits thrown in for good measure... In this day and age, unforgiveable.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Virgin) (Sega Mega Drive (EU Version))

The perfect beat-'em-up licence is wasted in a game which is just like a Bruce Lee film: impressive to look at but no real contact.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Virgin) (Sega Game Gear (EU Version))

Simplistic but playable stuff. By no means a classic, but one of the most original Game Gear platformers for quite a while.

Star Trek: The Next Generation (Spectrum Holobyte) (Sega Genesis)

Full marks in the ingenuity stakes, and not a bad little effort for the role-playing minded amongst us.

Tomcat Alley (Sega) (Sega CD (US Version))

The Mega-CD surprises with a technically impressive showpiece.

Sensible Soccer (Sony Imagesoft) (Sega CD (US Version))

Still the most instantly playable football game... Also reveals itself to have surprising long term appeal.

Ecco The Dolphin (Sega) (Sega Master System (EU Version))

Just as stunning on the Master System as it was on the Megadrive. A sweet song of the sea.

Championship Pool (Mindscape) (Sega Genesis)

There's nothing spectacular about this conversion at all. The options extend game life, but it isn't an attention holder.