There goes my hero, he's ordinary...

In Delphine's inaugural Cinematique point-and-click adventure game we learn that even an unassuming workaday window cleaner can become an alien-invasion-quashing, time-travelling saviour of the universe. Also, that Lucasarts didn't have the monopoly on producing entertaining, finely-crafted graphical adventures.

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Like a phoenix from the Escom inferno

With ten training missions under our belt, we're fast-tracked to UN fighter pilot status, coaxed into covert action by the promise of several snazzy supersonic toys and the rare opportunity to spread peace and joy to the world's mankiest cesspits. In Digital Image Design's ambitious TFX (Tactical Fighter eXperiment) flight simulator, a Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter, Eurofighter 2000 or Lockheed F-22 are at our disposal, rammed to the rafters with state of the art, air to air artillery. We're primed for lift-off, but has our creaky old Amiga got the requisite gumption to ignite our dreams?

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Hydra and seek

An abundance of glowing praise was heaped upon Gods from day one, though over the years a more dichotomous spread of opinion appears to have emerged, slathering it in Marmitey confusion. Gods no doubt nails the desired emblematic Greek mythological ambience through its masterfully illustrated environments and sprites, and certainly has fans and detractors alike nodding along to its physiologically unforgettable 'Into the Wonderful' intro screen track. That title is a literal statement of fact. Where the delirious dream rips apart at the seams begins with the sluggish, unresponsive controls, plodding pace and insane difficulty curve. If you can manage to tame the lumbering beast despite these incumbrances it's absolutely fantastic... and you're likely a pro-gamer with a gleaming trophy cabinet to prove it.

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