Fun And Games (Shards)

A series of well thought-out programs made better by professional presentation and full use of the Dragon's facilities.

Games Pack One (Gem Software)

Seems rather expensive, but we noted that the individual authors are credited and suspect that the royalties have to stretch a long way.

Dragon Games One (J C Morrison)

Four old favourites (Othello, Breakout, Awari and Moonlander) and the best game, Raffles, in which you must find objects in a dark room without being detected.

Cassette One (Video Productions)

This is a cheap compilation, but to be honest you'd do better looking at readers' programs in computer magazines than buy it.

Dragon Games Two (J C Morrison)

All of these programs are in machine code. They are all of arcade standard, very fast, with excellent graphics and sound, and very addictive. A real bargain compilation.

Taipan (Jaysoft)

The basis of the program is OK, and even has some educational value, but it suffers greatly by comparison with many other games, as it is text only.

Goblin Caves (Apex)

Pretty disappointing stuff, this. All of the caves look much the same, except that the colour changes sometimes, and your nasty end is signalled only by a text message and some noise.

Dragon Trek (Salamander)

A first-class package, highly recommended. The game is rapid, with excellent use of two alternative hi-res displays. It also offers many different skill levels, with a range of possible decisions at each point in the game.

Demon (Compusense)

A very useful tool for those who have conquered Basic and want to move on to the heights (or is it depths?) of machine-language programming.