Ninja Warriors (Virgin Games)

This is one of those annoying games which, while very slickly executed and presented, is limited by the quality of the original.

Pictionary (Domark)

It's no good anyone trying to pretend that Pictionary is the birth of the cool, and if it's joystick wrist you're after you've come to the wrong place. But it could well surprise you.

Stormlord (Hewson Consultants)

A very challenging, difficult and visually charming game.

Day Of The Viper (Accolade)

It must be difficult to write yet another foraging/scavenging game involving the player travelling around a 3-D building collecting objects and to inject it with a note of excitement, yet that's exactly what Accolade have managed to do.

Snoopy (The Edge)

Snoopy would make a great slideshow but, as a game, it's a completely wet blanket.

Toobin' (Domark)

An enjoyable little game, with an entertaining and refreshing anti-social attitude and some witty ideas.

Axel's Magic Hammer (Gremlin)

Axel's Magic Hammer is one of the best of the current crop of 'cutesy' efforts.

Hawaiian Odyssey (Sublogic)

SubLogic have struck gold with this one... Hawaiian Odyssey will repay your investment by providing you with many hours of enjoyable - if fanciful - flight. See you at the pyramids for drinks.

Batman The Movie (Ocean)

Out of this world...! The game has also remained faithful to the film and dedicated Batfans won't be disappointed.

Hard Drivin' (Domark)

Hard Drivin's main claim to fame is its 3D routines. Similar effects were achieved with MicroProse's hit game Stunt Car Racer, but without the same sleek feel.

Turbo OutRun (U. S. Gold)

The game has captured the spirit and pace of its coin-op parent - but even that was an unoriginal and tiresome game.

Power Drift (Activision)

The originality of the course and vehicle makes this very appealing. There's been so many standard racing games that finding one where you just drive a buggy across a whacky course is positively refreshing.

Galaxy Force (Activision)

If you're into mindless blasting you'll have a whale of a time, but it lacks the challenging gameplay which is rapidly becoming crucial to 16-bit games.

Jumping Jackson (Infogrames)

It's similar to Loriciel's Skweek, but play it for a while and you quickly realise that it requires much more skillful timing.

Safari Guns (New Deal Productions)

Graphically, it's quite an achievement but the wildlife on-screen isn't done any justice by the tame gameplay.

Ghouls 'N Ghosts (U. S. Gold)

Great fun to play... It's a "just-one-more-go" challenge which has you coming back tackling the ghouls and ghosts well into the night.

Super Wonderboy In Monster Land (Activision)

Although Wonderboy is not the most original of concepts and is a very simple game, it is enjoyable.

Super League Soccer (Impressions Ltd)

This is a game that you'll have to devote hours to if you want to play it well, and there will be many angry moments until then. It's still a game accountants will love, but real people can play too without feeling sick as a parrot.