720 Degrees (Kixx)

One of those rare conversions that plays as well as the original. Graphics are superb, and movement is beautifully fluid. An absolute ripper, in fact, and still worthy of the ultimate YS award - the coveted Megagame!

Batty (Encore)

It's not quite a megagame, that's because Arkanoid: Revenge Of Doh is even better - but it's still cracking stuff.

Carrier Command (Rainbird)

An action packed solid-filled 3D strategic shoot 'em up that 'they' said could never be successfully converted down to the Spectrum - except that it has!

Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer (Electronic Arts)

For 128K flight sim fans, and people interested in flying, this could be well entertaining. For the remainder - a tad dodgy, overly complex and difficult to master.

Crazy Cars II (Titus)

This is one great rip-roaring cops and robbers type outrageously fast driving game, with scrummy sound on the 128k version.

Deathchase (Zeppelin Games)

Graphics are rubbish, gameplay is jerky, but, to my amazement, I found myself quite unable to tear myself away from this odd little game. Don't expect much and you might be pleasantly surprised.

Diablo! (Mark Cantrell)

A few text and graphics fluffs, but these don't really detract from the pleasure of the game, which starts off reasonably easily but gets trickier as it goes.

Dominator (System 3)

Brilliant graphics, but a bog-standard shoot-'em-up.

Fast Food (Codemasters)

Pac-Man is the inspiration here, which means 30 different-ish mazes in which Dizzy (yup, same one) runs around avoiding nasties and chasing goodies - bits of scoff, in fact - which have to be consumed before you move on to the next level.

Forgotten Worlds (US Gold)

This easily ranks amongst the best blasting games... A fast-moving and complex shoot-'em-up, slightly marred by difficult controls and a lack of real tension.

HardBall! (Kixx)

Fun gaming, different from the rest and extremely addictive. This Speccy conversion does the original proud.

The Paranoia Complex (Gremlin)

A limp maze game with little going for it. Although the basic structure is sound, its naffo graphics, grubby presentation and numerous minor irritations make it a thorough let-down to play.

Plasma Ball (Atlantis)

Nevertheless, the movement of your ball - inertia-based - is satisfyingly smooth, which for hardened pyschotics may make up for the game's other flaws.

3D Pool (Firebird)

Very sophisticated presentation... If you are a fan of pool or snooker, then you won't be disappointed by adding this game to your collection.

Red Heat (Ocean)

Addictive, appealling, quirky and varied... but only a half-sized 'envelope' screen.

Rick Dangerous (Firebird)

Though sound and graphics are pretty basic, with over 80 screens to work your way through and the added shoot-'em-up element, Rick Dangerous should provide you with a good few hours of adventuring.

Silkworm (Virgin)

Phew! What a spanky little shoot-'em-up. Buy it!

Street Gang Football (Codemasters)

It's not a bad game - two may enjoy it more than one - but there's nothing terribly new here other than the timely introduction of violence into the previously rather tame world of the footie sim.

Super Scramble Simulator (Gremlin)

Quite a challenging and fun Trials Riding game with barrels of addictiveness hiding behind its slightly unpolished visual exterior.

Tetris (Mastertronic)

The Spectrum version of Tetris is just about the best one available - don't ask me why, but it's smoother and more playable than even the spanky 16-bit version!

Thunderbirds (Grandslam)

One of the best arcade adventures for a long time. Great graphics, tricky puzzles, and all your fave Thunderbirds characters too.

Times Of Lore (Origin)

Gigantic fantasy role playing extravaganza with a neat control system and sound graphics. Brill.

Total Eclipse 2: The Sphinx Jinx (Incentive)

An excellent Egyptian elaboration on the "Total Eclipse" theme, fab value, and good 'entry-level' for Freescape games.

Wellington at Waterloo (Cases)

An excellent game, and one which should keep the wargames' fans interested for some time. A bit difficult for the uninitiated to pick up - but well worth plugging away at.