Thrill Time Gold 1

Sinclair User

Overall 63%

THRILL TIME GOLD 1 Elite £9.99 CONTENTS: PAPERBOY: Decent conversion of the wild n' wacky hit newspaper delivery coin-op. GHOSTS N' GOBLINS: Superb scrolling platform game/shoot 'em up - still one of the best. BOMBJACK: Another great conversion - very addictive. TURBO ESPRIT: Brilliant whizz-about-the-streets-and-smash-cars game. BATTY: Ordinary Breakout game.

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)

Overall 63%

Julian Rignall 63%

COMPILATION CRAZZZY Christmas is just around the corner, and just like every other year, that means it's time for software companies to start wheeling out compilations by the ton. Julian Rignal has been sorting out the bargains... THRILL TIME GOLD I CONTENTS: Paperboy, Ghosts 'n' Goblins, Bombjack, Turbo Esprit, Batty Spectrum/Amstrad/C64 £9.99 All the titles on this compilation are available on budget. If you like all the games - and BombJack, Turbo Esprit and Ghosts 'n' Goblins are particularly good - it might be worth buying this. Otherwise buy your favourites separately.

AMSTRAD SCORES Overall: 63% Exactly the same criticisms as the Spectrum version. If you like 'em all, you could save three pounds by picking up this package. If you don't, pick up your favourites on budget for two quid (Turbo Esprit, Bombjack) and three quid (Batty, Paperboy, Ghosts 'n' Goblins).

C64 SCORES Overall: 60% Surprise, surprise! The same criticisms again. This time, though, Batty and Ghosts 'n' Goblins are definitely worth buying separately. The rest aren't much cop - and don't bother with Turbo Esprit - it's complete rubbish.