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10th Frame/US Gold (YS16, 7)
180/Mastertronic (YS13, 9)
1985 The Day After/Mastertronic (YS3, 7)
3-2-1/Micro-Computer (YS2, 2)
A Ticket To Ride/Mastertronic (YS7, 5)
ATV Simulator/Codemasters (YS24, 8)
    Bone jarring simulation of the cunning stunts of quad (dune buggy) racing. High action, low cost thrills and plenty of spills.
Action Force/Virgin (YS25, 5)
   Second-hand shoot 'em up masquerading as exciting toy'n'comic licence. Not bad, but hardly gripping.
Ballblazer/Activision (YS6, 8)
Barry McGuigan's World Championship Boxing/Activision (YS2, 8)
Beach Head II/US Gold (YS2, 9)
Benny Hill's Madcap Chase/DKTronics (YS4, 6)
Big Four/Durell (YS13, 9)
Buccaneer/Insight (YS1, 4)
Caverns Of Kontonia/Atlantis (YS9, 4)
Chicken Chase/Firebird (YS2, 7)
Countdown/Macsen (YS7, 8)
Draughts Genius/Rack-it (YS23, 8)
    Proving that 'budget' doesn't have to mean 'dross', a playable cheapie, but perhaps a little on the easy side.
Dungeon Dare + Classroom Chaos/Central Solutions (YS3, 4)
Endurance/CRL (YS1, 8)
Evening Star/Hewson (YS23, 8)
    A red hot and steamy train sim that's on the right track. Challenging and tricky, though less than startling graphically.
FA Cup Football/Virgin (YS5, 7)
Flash Gordon/MAD (YS20, 7)
   A three-in-one arcade game based on the comic strip hero. It may be a cheapie, but it's a bundle of fun.
Force, The/Mind Games (YS8, 8)
Goonies/US Gold (YS13, 8)
Graham Gooch's Test Cricket/Audiogenic (YS3, 3)
Great Escape, The/Ocean (YS13, 9)
Greyfell/Starlight (YS16, 8)
Gunstar/Firebird (YS15, 7)
Head Coach/Addictive (YS11, 8)
ID/CRL (YS4, 6)
Incredible Shrinking Fireman, The/Mastertronic (YS5, 7)
Jupiter Mission/Codemasters (YS22, 5)
   There are loads of great shoot 'em ups about these days - pity this isn't one of them!
Kat Trap/Streetwise (YS15, 6)
Kidnap/Creative Sparks (YS8, 7)
Mailstrom/Ocean (YS14, 8)
Martianoids/Ultimate (YS17, 6)
Napoleon At War/CCS (YS14, 8)
Nebulus/Hewson (YS25, 9)
   Cunningly complex and well programmed, John Phillip's latest is the neatest and nattiest platform variant yet.
Ocean Racer/Alternative (YS21, 6)
   Not a bad little seaside sailing simulation, especially at the price.
Octagon/Rino (YS17, 7)
Oriental Hero/Firebird (YS22, 6)
Ping Pong/Imagine (YS6, 8)
Podder/Central Solutions (YS8, 5)
Pro Golf/Atlantis (YS14, 7)
Professional Snooker Simulation/Codemasters (YS15, 7)
Pub Games/Alligata (YS12, 9)
Rebel Star/Firebird (YS9, 7)
Rothmans Football Quiz/Cassell (YS1, 7)
Screen Play/Macmillan (YS3, 7)
Silent Service/Microprose (YS15, 8)
Sir Fred/Mikro-Gen (YS2, 7)
Snodgits/Creative Sparks (YS8, 7)
Sodov The Sorcerer/BugByte (YS5, 7)
Space Hunter/Mastertronic (YS5, 8)
Speed King 2/Mastertronic (YS14, 7)
Spike/Firebird (YS8, 6)
Super Robin Hood/Codemasters (YS19, 6)
Surfchamp/New Concept (YS2, 7)
Terra Cognita/Codemasters (YS14, 7)
Thunderbirds/Firebird (YS1, 6)
Treasure Hunt/Macsen (YS7, 7)
Tujad/Ariolasoft (YS10, 7)
Twister/System 3 (YS4, 7)
Ultima Ratio/Firebird (YS21, 4)
   A nine stage battle platform which you alone must kerpow! To save Earth. A docile cosmic arcader from Firebird.
Voidrunner/MAD (YS20, 8)
   A simple but sensational shoot 'em up of awesome speed and multiple levels. Not for the faint-hearted or weak-wristed.
West Bank/Gremlin (YS3, 8)
Wiz/Melbourne House (YS20, 7)
   More Gauntlet-like wizardry, but neither graphics or gameplay match the high standards of its rivals.
World Cup Soccer/Macmillan (YS3, 8)

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