Crack Down (US Gold)

The Gauntlet style comes of age in the 1990's.

Space Harrier II (Grandslam)

It all would have been perfectly fine had those sneaky sods at Elite not thoroughly stolen Grandslam's thunder by releasing a virtually identical game for a third of the price.

Mountain Bike Racer (Zeppelin)

On yer bike! I've seen this before somewhere!

World Soccer (Zeppelin)

It's all very entertaining until the novelty of the pretty icons dies away... then you're left with a straightforward and rather repetitive management game which will probably never make you gasp with excitement.

Snoopy (The Edge)

Very dull indeed. I seriously doubt that anyone but the most ardent Snoop-o-phile could find more than a few hours entertainment in this.

P-47 Thunderbolt (Firebird)

A clean conversion of an average coin-op. Low on skill but high on kill.

Stealth Fighter (Microprose)

Sophisticated flight sim, but likely to be a bit heavyweight for the average Spectrum owner.

Pub Trivia Simulator (Codemasters)

Educational and great family fun. What more could you ask for...?

Garfield: Winter's Tail (The Edge)

The basic idea is fine, but it's just too slow and frankly not very interesting. There's more chance of me being knighted than getting addicted to Garfield: Winter's Tale.

Fruit Machine Simulator (Codemasters)

Arcade Trivia Quiz (Zeppelin)

Clever trivia idea, spoiled by silly mistakes.

Arcade Fruit Machine (Zeppelin)

Roll them reels! Punch them buttons! Yawn yawn! Unless you're a Fun City psycho I really can't see any point in bothering with this one.

Buggy Boy (Encore)

One of the most exciting racing games of the lot; big chunky colourful graphics and appropriately poot-poot sound add to the overall impression of polish.

Space Harrier (Encore)

Very fast and frantic, but there doesn't seem to be much skill involved. The end-of-level baddies are rather wonderful, though.