Klar, daß die Budgetschmiede Alternative Software Kinder an der Macht sehen will – Erwachsene würden für diese drei Schrottspiele mit Sicherheit keine 39 Steine lockermachen!

Ob das Teil nun Popeye 2, Postman Pat 3 oder Sooty & Sweep heißt, stets bekommt man nur Plattformen der plattesten Art vorgesetzt.

Zwar rücken auch die Billigheimer mit einer deutschen Anleitung für ihre popeligen Hüpfer heraus, doch wer braucht die schon? Und wer nun meint, er brauche unbedingt diese Sammlung, der kann zumindest nicht sagen, daß wir ihn nicht gewarnt hätten...

There are three games in this bargain priced and nicely presented box. Easily the best of the three is Dinosaur Detective Agency which has some great graphics and is good fun to play, but ultimately it’s just a standard platform romp that most kids will get bored of fairly quickly. For a kids game it is pretty tough too.

Next best is Bully’s Sporting Darts, a very old game that has had its day, there is just as good, and some better, in the PD nowadays. You know the score? Point the wandering hand at the board and shoot. The only skill required is the ability to contain your frustration. The confusing player/control setup doesn’t help much either.

Last and most definitely the least is Popeye Wrestle Crazy. It is well known that every compilation must have its dud and in this compilation Popeye is sadly it. Awful gameplay, awful graphics and limited control makes for a diabolical game with very little or not educational value.

This compilation stands on DDA as its star which isn’t exactly the bees knees any more and basically that’s the game you are paying £9 for.