Titus The Fox (Titus)

The graphics are great and the gameplay is fun... But it's hardly original and, overall, it feels a bit like an amalgamation of the best bits of most other platformers.

Robocop 3 (Ocean)

I'd buy this for a dollar!! Plenty of variety and the chance to play any section you like means you're not going to get bored or frustrated with an impossible section.

Elvira: The Arcade Game (Flair)

If you want to see what a platform game should look like in the '90s, why not make an appointment with Elvira? It's tacky, it's a tired format, but hey! - this game can kick ass.

Brides Of Dracula (Gonzo Games)

There are some good touches and characters, but they don't drag the game about the level of being pretty dull. Get Horror Zombies From The Crypt instead.

Race Drivin' (Domark)

Don't even consider getting Race Drivin' if you've got either of the Hard Drivin' games. Stupid display glitches and almost uncontrollable cars still ruin what could be a very good idea.

Unreal (Ubi Soft)

Unreal's a bit of a mishmash, with no real redeeming features to speak of.

Rick Dangerous (Kixx)

The game is tough - very, very tough, but immensely enjoyable, with cutesy cartoony graphics, spot-on samples and all the gameplay you can eat. Superb stuff.

James Pond: Underwater Agent (GBH)

Doesn't pretend to be more than a fun arcade platformy affair... It's great if you treat it as such.

Sir Fred (Action Sixteen)

A pleasant surprise, French in origin. The sound effects are excellent and -the graphics are quite nifty too, with colourful backgrounds and good animation that bring every character to life.

Mind Bender (GBH)

They weren't joking when they called it Mind Bender - it's not easy. It's a good little game though, with primitive graphics and all rightish sound.

Voodoo Nightmare (GBH)

The graphics are bright and very colourful, the game's fast, the sound's bleuuchh and there's always the splendidly-titled Mysterious Part Two to reach.

Thunderstrike (GBH)

Good, solid blasting, but nothing to keep you up nights.

Toyota Celica GT Rally (GBH)

The driving is too awkward and unrealistic to make you want to try very much. The corners all seem to be right angles, and the car control is very iffy. Shame really - but hey! That's life.

Combo Racer (GBH)

Passable, but forgettable. Graphically, the game's got nothing to boast about and, for the brief moment you have the volume up, it sounds something like a Kenwood kitchen blender about to expire.

Venus The Flytrap (GBH)

Yet another of those platform games which can safely be consigned to the 'seen it, done it' pile after playing once.

Knights Of The Sky (Microprose)

A spiffing jaunt into and out of the wide blue yonder.

First Division Manager (Codemasters)

There's nothing particularly startling here, but nothing that's really laughably awful either.

Gem'X (Global)

Definitely only for puzzle-heads - it's relentless thinking all the way through.

Crime City (Global)

If you like games where you need to think, observe and have fun, Crime City will have to do until such a game comes along.

Mystical (Action 16)

A groovy little game that offers you sampled sound, cartoony graphics and a not-too-challenging task, though there are twelve levels to battle through. Definitely worth a look for discerning magic users everywhere.

Fantasy World Dizzy (Codemasters)

Dizzy games are great for a quick bash now and again, but if you've played one you've really played them all.

Jupiter's Masterdrive (Action 16)

Like something from 1982... The graphics and sound are unremarkable, as is the whole game, really.

Rotox (Action 16)

It's all good fun for a while, but hardly original and not likely to induce heavy addiction.

Champions (Krisalis)

Jahangir Khan is a lot of fun, and Manchester United might collectively tickle your fancy, but Boxing certainly won't knock you out.

TNT 2 (Domark)

There are many better compilations around. Actually, they're all better than this one - just get anything but this and you're laughing!

The Dizzy Collection (Codemasters)

The three arcade adventures in The Dizzy Collection are all pretty much the same, gameplay-wise, so the two puzzle games, while being simple, offer a bit of variety.

Space Gun (Ocean)

Dull, dull, dull, dull, dull. Not very exciting. Dull.

Ultimate Golf (Gremlin)

Even if you think you have no interest in golf at all, you could do worse than trying this for some exercise.

Ghouls 'N Ghosts (Kixx)

The problem with this is that the Atari ST conversion of the coin-op isn't very good. So it's not really worth a first glance, let alone a second one.