Arkanoid 2 (The Hit Squad)

Arkanoid 2 really is rather addictive - you keep on playing it if only to see all the screens, of which there are approximately loads.

Australian Rules Football (Alternative)

It's not a total disaster (it's undoubtedly the best rugby type game to date) but it just goes to prove that, until someone else proves otherwise, these sorts of game just don't seem to work half as well as footie ones.

CJ's Elephant Antics (Codemasters)

Simple, cute, clean and cliched fun, and certainly worth its bob or two.

Coin-Op Hits II (US Gold)

A compilation of five generally alright (and very violent) games. Just teeters above average.

Dragon Ninja (The Hit Squad)

Thrills? Excitement? Innovation? Whatever happened to them? Dragon Ninja is quite breathtakingly average.

Five On A Treasure Island (Enigma Variations)

Easy to understand, plenty of action, and good for beginners.

Gauntlet III: The Final Quest (US Gold)

Very nice 'tweaked-up' 3D version of the legendary old arcade shooter. A mapper's delight and brill in 2-player.

Gilbert: Escape From Drill (Alternative)

A nice line in wacky humour and the graphics have that 'cartoony' feel to them that works so well on the Speccy.

Gryzor (The Hit Squad)

Don't worry - it's still pretty good, just ever-so-slightly dated.

The Hunt For Red October: Movie (Grandslam)

The bits don't hang together as well as they should. The shoot-'em-up parts are fun though.

It's TV Showtime (Domark)

If you like triv then you'll have some fun. Surprisingly good TV quiz compilation. Fun.

Kamikaze (Codemasters)

A bit hard in that frustrating sort of way which deters you from wanting to play it for very long.

Licence To Kill (The Hit Squad)

All the other Bond licences before this one have been rubbish, but not so here.

Panic Dizzy (Codemasters)

Simple, eh? Yep. Boring, eh? Yep. In fact, completely tedious, eh? Yep, 'fraid so. Anything to do with Dizzy? Nope.

Power Up (Ocean)

An absolutely truly scrumptious compilation. Three incredibly good Megagames and a couple of nice other things.

Predator 2 (Image Works)

A big film licence carrying an otherwise unspectacular Op Wolf-ish shoot-'em-up.

R.B.I. 2 Baseball (Domark)

Good representation of baseball, and a lot of fun. Domark have managed a pretty spiffy job here.

Shadow Dancer (US Gold)

Strong beat/shoot-'em-up conversion with a good gimmick (a fighting dog). It works.

Slightly Magic (Codemasters)

Absolutely magic... The graphics and presentation are excellent - full of colour and some nice bits of animation (such as the way you can sink into your cloak to duck) and some absolutely brilliant 128K soundtracks.

Spitting Image (The Hit Squad)

The sprites are smooth and there are some very nice graphic touches (like the large, animated caricatures) but unfortunately the game designers forgot one thing - the game.

Tarzan Goes Ape (Codemasters)

This is just one of those games that's slickly programmed, but at the end of the day ever so slightly too simple and repetitive.

The Winning Team (Domark)

A not terribly inspiring compilation, with just one brilliant and one above-average game to its merit.