Team Yankee (Empire)

Tank controls are easy to use and quick to master. Give it a go: you won't regret it.

BSS Jane Seymour (Gremlin)

A challenge Dungeon fans will enjoy... The style may be a little hackneyed but the game is lively and addictive.

Fireball (Microprose)

Graphically excellent, Fireball fails to grab. It's a game that's been polished so hard you just slide off.

Mean Streets (U. S. Gold)

A well-programmed cocktail of flight simulator, adventure game and shoot-'em-up that'll appeal to most people.

Captive (Mindscape International Inc)

A fantastic piece of work. It's bound to appeal to a huge audience, though it's not for those with a nervous disposition.

Plotting (Ocean)

The idea might be old-fashioned, but it's addictive and demanding enough to keep you coming back again and again.

Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie (Ocean)

Little more than a few animated sections from the film. Save your money and go to the cinema instead.

Loopz (Audiogenic)

There isn't very much to the whole concept, but it's surprisingly addictive mainly because it eases the player into the game rather than frustrating him from the outset.

International 3D Tennis (Palace)

An accurate and demanding tennis sim, and it succeeds brilliantly. In fact, it makes all the other tennis games look like amateurs.

Loom (Lucasfilm)

An excellent introduction to the world of adventures on the ST.

Ancient Battles (Cases Computer Simulations) (Cases Computer Simulations)

A fine idea for a wargame, with quite enough solid historic detail in both manual and game to satisfy the most ardent historian. But the chesspiece graphics and uninspiring combat and movement rob the game of atmosphere.

The Gold Of The Aztecs (U. S. Gold)

Early levels are frustrating, joystick-throwing travesties of the idea of gameplay. But stay with it long enough and it comes close to being good fun.

Skate Wars (Ubi Soft)

Simple ideas are often the best - but not this time. Skate Wars is pitched at just about the right level of difficulty, but it urgently needs something to spice it up.

Days Of Thunder (Mindscape)

Fast enough to entertain and difficult enough to entice you on.

Space Rogue (Origin Systems)

This is unforgiveable. Slick packaging that tries to camouflage that the game is almost unplayable. Origin literally plead with you to 'get engrossed in the greater scheme of things'. No. You should have to work at a game to beat it, not just play it.

Future Basketball (Hewson Consultants)

Slam-bang-thank-you-ma-am. Smooth scrolling and chunky sprites who charge about at a fair old zip. The management element's pretty groovy too!

Saint Dragon (Storm)

A very well designed shoot-'em-up. The most important element of any game of this genre is its playability and on this score the game can't be faulted.

The Immortal (Electronic Arts)

Extremely playable and eminently watchable. The problems are pitched at just the right level of difficulty - there's always light at the end of the tunnel - and they crop up in twos or threes, so you can go off and solve something else and then come back to any deferred puzzles.

Time Machine (Activision)

A game that defeats players with its complexity, not how many levels it has. Packed with playability and originality, it will have you madly plugging holes in the temporal stream.

Wings Of Death (Thalion/Active)

There's absolutely nothing original about this joystick challenge, but if you're missing some mindless, manic action you'd be hard pressed to find anything to beat it.

Hoyle's Book Of Games (Sierra)

A collection of six well-known card games, all well programmed. Opponents include characters from other Sierra games, such as Leisure Suit Larry or King's Quest as well as the programmer's daughter. Easy to learn too.

Heroes (Domark)

This ain't no showstopper, but if you don't already have, say, three of the four, it's a cheap way to bulk out your collection somewhat.

Web Of Terror (Impressions)

Dull. Initial graphics screens are cheery, but the game screens are bland and badly created and the gameplay would annoy even an 8-bit computer owner. Steer well clear.

Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz (Encore)

One to play with the mates after the pub, if you're into that kind of thing.

A Question Of Sport (Encore)

Um, questions on specialised subjects and sports you know bugger all about. One to play with the mates before the pub, if you're into that kind of thing.