A bit of Ruff

With Ruff ready and Reddy naturally prepared by default, the Hanna-Barbera chalk and cheese duo must round up the Lilli-Punies' compatriots in order to fulfil their conditions of release. Did I mention that Ruff and Reddy have been accidentally jettisoned into space whilst testing looney Professor Flipnoodles' Pocket Rocket? Then held hostage by mallet-wielding, mini blue aliens? No? I really should start at the beginning, but then I don't suppose you've got time to revisit 1957 to familiarise yourself with all 156 episodes of the animated TV show. All you really need to know at this stage is that an upturned fishbowl will keep the oxygen supply flowing to your brain. Basic space physics, innit.

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Stiggy wiggy woo, where are you?

Licensed computer games have a mostly warranted reputation for not representing the pinnacle of pixelated pleasure. A refreshingly welcome surprise then to discover that Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - PAL Development's puppy-powered platformer - breaks the mould! Vaunting reliable, responsive controls, faithfully reverent, meticulous graphics, a satisfying boxing glove attack mechanic, and even the opportunity to out-hover Marty McFly, it's no wonder it reached no. 4 in the sales charts and lingered in respectable slots for nearly a year.

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You can take the cat out of the alley

A wealthy old lady bequeaths her fortune to Benny the Ball in the absence of Amy, the true heir to her luxurious Beverly Hills estate. What better excuse for Top Cat and crew to descend on her posh mansion to live the high life at Madam Van Der Gelt's expense? With Snerdly the butler next in line to inherit her fortune, we're honour-bound to protect Benny from premature expiry, then locate Amy before a financial miscarriage of justice prevails.

What this cartoon-inspired prelude amounts to is a top-down explore-a-thon embellished with simple puzzle-solving elements. These are geared towards corralling our posse, cleaning up the streets of carelessly strewn litter and distracting Crusher long enough to shimmy around the bothersome, bullying bulldog en route to rescuing Benny.

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Shambo

Rambo's problem is that he takes all that survival-affiliated death-dealing murder and mayhem merriment far too seriously. Luckily, in 1990 PAL Developments waded in to show Sly the error of his misguided ways, injecting a vital touch of humour to all those Commando-style junkets to far-flung regions of the world in desperate need of obliteration and human limb dissemination. In Blazing Thunder, our rectified Rambo channels the nearest Ikari Warrior to engage a barrage of bazooka-wielding Zimmerad rebels, enormous Panzers and whirlygigs and, and, wait for it, a really unfriendly satellite dish with a shifty glint in its eye!

Once our dainty tootsies grow weary it's possible to hop aboard a one-man tank army to continue treading the malevolent menaces into submission. If you're going to embark on a treacherous mission to wipe the scourge of depravity off the face of the planet, why not do it with a smile and a spritely spring in your step? It takes more muscles to frown, don't you know.

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