"Sports games, to me, are perhaps the most appalling use of computers."
Micro Live's Ian McNaught Davis and Fred Harris take a look at computer games software. What games would they recommend to people looking for a more cerebral alternative to the arcade-style shoot-em-ups that dominate the market?
Fred looks at adventure games, like Magnetic Scrolls' The Pawn for the Atari ST, Amiga and Commodore 64. There are also computer versions of classic board games like chess, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. Finally he looks at the "creative arcade games" - Pinball Construction Set on the Commodore 64, and Marble Madness for the Amiga.
Originally broadcast 24 October, 1986.
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