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G-LOC/US Gold (YS74, 90)    As fast as you like and as tough as they come. That's me. Oh, and G-LOC is very similar. Bye bye. GAC - Graphic Adventure Creator/Incentive (YS8, 9) Galactic Games/Activision (YS26, 8)    A damn good Hypersports parody, with enough decent programming to make it better than Decathlon! Galaxians arcade screenshots Galaxy Force/Activision (YS50, 78)    A competent conversion of the coin-op hit of the same name. Basically Afterburner in space (but not quite as hot), with multiloads, average sound and nice new graphics. Galletron/Bulldog (YS21, 5)    Far-from-addictive arcade adventure that's not up to the Bulldog label's usual standards. Galvan/Imagine (YS12, 6) Game Over/Ocean (YS21, 9) Game Over II/Dinamic (YS36, 8)    A good ol' scrolly blasterama, done to a turn. Game Set And Match II/Ocean (YS38, 8)    Birrova mixed bag, really. Two great games, six slightly iffy games and two totally crap ones. Worth getting for the good ones. Games: Summer Edition, The/Epyx (YS42, 71)    Professional, but not spectacular sports sim. Games: Winter Edition, The/Epyx (YS34, 7)    A varied compilation: good effects, varying gameplay - for sports addicts only. Garfield/The Edge (YS27, 7)    A good licence deal, mounds of dosh for The Edge, and a playable adventure for us lot. Everybody wins, really. Garfield: A Winter's Tail/The Edge (YS51, 50)    A rather crap follow-up to the first Garfield. Nice graphics, shame about the gameplay. Gary Lineker's Hot Shot/Gremlin (YS41, 68)    An enjoyable game, which despite having little new to offer to the seasoned Speccy football player, compares favourably with its rivals. Gary Lineker's Hot Shot (YS55, 73)    As part of the World Cup Year '90 Compilation compilation. Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer/Gremlin (YS26, 6)    In the Footballer Of The Year mould, but not really original or playable enough for most footie sim fans. Gauntlet/US Gold (YS13, PRE) Gauntlet/US Gold (YS14, 9) Gauntlet/Kixx (YS38, 9) Gauntlet (YS38, UNR)    As part of the History In The Making compilation. Gauntlet II/US Gold (YS26, 8)    A super sequel to the much loved dungeon based shoot'em up. As much of a blast as the first, and about twice as addictive. Metaskillo. Gauntlet II (YS38, UNR)    As part of the World Beaters Giants compilation. Gauntlet II arcade screenshots Gauntlet III/US Gold (YS66, 89)    Very nice 'tweaked-up' 3D version of the legendary old arcade shooter. A mapper's delight and brill in 2-player. Gauntlet arcade screenshots Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons/US Gold (YS18, 7) Gazza II/Empire (YS62, 87)    At last a really fast soccer sim for the Speccy. Brilliant as a two-player, a let-down if you're on your own. Gazza II (YS75, 79)    As part of the Soccer Stars compilation. Gazza's Super Soccer/Empire (YS51, 64)    A fairly sound footie sim with the dubious benefit of Gazza's seal of approval. Gee Bee Air Rally/Activision (YS30, 4)    A nice idea which just doesn't get off the ground. Steer well clear, this one's for the birds. Gemini Wing (YS59, 55)    As part of the Edition 1 compilation. Gemini Wing arcade screenshots Geoff Capes Strong Man/Martech (YS2, 7) Geoff Capes Strongman/Ricochet (YS22, 6) Gerbil Riot Of '67, The/The Guild (YS86, 80) Ghost Hunters/Codemasters (YS18, 7) Ghost Hunters (YS58, UNR)    As part of the Quattro Adventure compilation. Ghostbusters/Activision (YS10, 8) Ghostbusters (YS48, 60)    As part of the The Story So Far Volume IV compilation. Ghostbusters II/Activision (YS49, 62)    Stilted, repetitive gameplay and the world's most ridiculous multiload conspire to scupper an exceptionally faithful and pretty film conversion. Ghostbusters II (YS60, 70)    As part of the Hollywood Collection compilation. Ghosts'n'Goblins/Elite (YS9, 9) Ghosts'n'Goblins arcade screenshots Ghouls And Ghosts/US Gold (YS48, 91)    Simple but pleasing graphics plus bags of playability equals the best US Gold release this year (possibly). It is a bit hard though. Ghouls And Ghosts (YS62, 91)    As part of the Platinum compilation. Ghouls And Ghosts (YS66, 82)    As part of the Coin-Op Hits II compilation. Ghouls And Ghosts (YS73, 92)    As part of the Chart Attack compilation. Ghouls And Ghosts arcade screenshots Gilbert: Escape From Drill/Again Again (YS46, 78)    Gilbert hits the Speccy with a suitably snot-packed epic which will keep all but the most hardened gamesters satisfied. "Interesting... VERY interesting!" Gladiator/Domark (YS2, 7) Glider Rider/Quicksilva (YS11, 5) Gnome Ranger/Level 9 (YS26, 9) Gold Silver And Bronze/Epyx (YS35, 8)    Fiddly sports package more dependent on good timing than joystick waggling, which works on some events, but not on others. Golden Axe/Virgin (YS61, 91)    Brilliant beat-'em-up with loads of characters, colour and nice little touches. The best of its kind all year. Golden Axe (YS77, 70)    As part of the 2 Hot 2 Handle compilation. Golden Axe/Tronix (YS77, 30) Golden Axe arcade screenshots Golden Locket, The/Zenobi (YS87, 30) Golden Mask, The/Compass (YS19, 8) Goonies/US Gold (YS13, 8) Goonies (YS38, UNR)    As part of the History In The Making compilation. Gordello Incident, The/Tartan (YS48, 80) Gordello's Demise/Tartan (YS65, 70)    Recommended for... Beginners and fans of the Tartan Gothik/Firebird (YS30, 9)    Gauntlet with knobs on. A big, bulging, throbbing, zappabout maze game with bonus wibbly bits bunged on - it's great! Graeme Souness Soccer Manager/Zeppelin (YS82, 24)    Graeme Souness Soccer Manager has absolutely nothing going for it. It's a load of old crap. Basically. Grafix Bank One (PD)/Vision (YS84, 15) Graham Gooch's Test Cricket/Audiogenic (YS3, 3) Grand Prix/D&H (YS52, 85)    A tad primitive to look at of course, but the management stuff is spot-on. Worth your readies. Grand Prix Challenge/Challenge (YS72, 51)    Bit too boring to be any fun. Stick to optomotry instead. (Look it up!) Grand Prix Circuit/Accolade (YS58, 73)    A perfectly respectable game. One to get if you like that sort of thing. Grand Prix Master/Dinamic (YS48, 43)    An impossibly difficult viewed-from-above racing game. Only for die-hard addicts. Grand Prix Simulator/Codemasters (YS24, 7)    The game that tries hard NOT to look like Super Sprint. Good racey fun but a bit too much like BMX Simulator for comfort. Grand Prix Simulator (YS58, UNR)    As part of the Quattro Sports compilation. Grange Hill/Argus (YS17, 6) Great Escape, The/Ocean (YS13, 9) Great Giana Sisters, The/Rainbow Arts (YS34, 8)    Side view monochrome avoid and collect 'em-up scrolling platform game. It's in the same vein as Wonderboy, but much more addictive. Great stuff. Great Gurianos (YS20, UNR)    As part of the Trio compilation. Green Beret/Imagine (YS6, 9) Green Beret arcade screenshots Green Door (YS19, UNR)    As part of the Six-In-One compilation. Gregory Loses His Clock/Mastertronic (YS50, 93) Grell And Falla/Codemasters (YS79, 85)    Amazingly cute scrolly/platform action that just misses being one of the best things ever. Gremlins II - The New Batch/Elite (YS63, 72)    Platform that's too difficult and glitchy to make you really want to stick with it. Greyfell/Starlight (YS16, 8) Grid Iron/Top Ten (YS26, 2)    Sadly only a cheapie. Otherwise you'd be able to congratulate yourself on the savings you'd make from not buying this. GryZor/Ocean (YS27, 9)    Nothing new, but this is one coin-op conversion that really works on the Spectrum. GryZor (YS40, UNR)    As part of the The In Crowd compilation. GryZor arcade screenshots Guadalcanal/Activision (YS28, 7) Guardian Angel (YS75, 77)    As part of the Quattro Fighters compilation. Guerilla War/Imagine (YS37, 8)    A good ol' romping blasterama through tropical forests, let down slightly by awkward control. Guerilla War arcade screenshots Guild Of Thieves, The/Rainbird (YS29, 9) Gun Boat (YS63, UNR)    As part of the 4-Most Action compilation. Gun Runner/Hewson (YS18, 8) Gunfright/Ultimate (YS3, 7) Gunfright (YS33, UNR)    As part of the Ultimate: The Collected Works compilation. Gunship/Microprose (YS25, 9)    The ultimate flight simulator. It'll take a lot of practice, but puts the rest to shame. Gunsmoke arcade screenshots Gunstar/Firebird (YS15, 7) Gutz/Special FX (YS32, 7)    Competent kill, grab and map game which should keep you burying around your innards for a while. Gyron Arena/Firebird (YS12, 7) Gyroscope/Melbourne House (YS1, 8)