Thrust (Firebird)

The graphics are very basic and the sound isn't amazing, but who really cares when the game is as good as this?

Ark Pandora (Rino Marketing)

Nice icon system, "animationally" above average... It's not an exceptional release but it could cause pleasure to fans of this genre.

Psi-5 Trading Company (US Gold/Accolade)

A great variation on the trading game theme. Enough variety and depth to keep traders happy for a long while.

Elektra Glide (English)

There's nothing racey about this race game. Gaudy colours, ineffective perspective and 3D.

Alter Ego (Activision)

This is incredible! The author's a genius! Original, unusual, compelling, varied... When you're bored of life, you'll be bored of Alter Ego.

Doctor Who And The Mines Of Terror (Micro Power)

I really liked this game... Sprites are adequate, backgrounds equally so and could be better, but excellent scrolling.

Captain Kidd (Bug-Byte)

Just an ordinary conversion of a dated arcade game.

Mr. Mephisto (Bug-Byte)

The boring gameplay and difficulty of the game soon gives way to frustration.

Mugsy's Revenge (Melbourne House)

Easy to get into, but not particularly interesting. Don't play it again, Sam.

Super Bowl (Ocean)

It's cheaper than travelling to the Superbowl, and just as much fun as the real thing.

Hocus Focus (Quicksilva)

A jolly arcade adventure, which is fun to play and offers a fair bit of challenge.

Geoff Capes Strongman (Martech)

Dull backgrounds and equally rancid sprites... The sound effects are just as bad.

Ultima IV: Quest Of The Avatar (Origin)

A great challenge and I would recommend the game to avid adventurers, even at the imported price of £49.

Mission Asteroid (US Gold)

Lack-lustre graphics, a small vocabulary, and good ol' American two-word input.

Lucifer's Realm (US Gold)

Despite its shortcomings, I had quite a few laughs over this program. If you're not being vapourised by Adolph Eichmann, you're nattering away to John Wilkes Booth (who assassinated Lincoln), or flushing yourself down Stygian drains.

The Odyssey (Duckworth)

Not a bad game... I mean, after I played Mountain Palace Adventure I really thought I'd never pick up a Duckworth game again!

Troll Bound (Questline)

The disk version has some nice added features, including an optional fast loader and the ability to load the title screen and music separately, or not at all if you want to get down to the game quicker.

Tigers In The Snow (US Gold/SSI)

An old but good game at a fair price. Shame about the screen redrawing instead of scrolling.

Iwo Jima (PSS)

Cheap, but even a beginner would master the game before long.

Silent Service (US Gold/Microprose)

May have limited appeal but otherwise excellent in every respect.