At the budget end of the software business there's a kind of levelling going on, as the pioneers of pocket-money games raise their sights.

Atlantis (01-354 1437) is the latest to take the sticky backing off a new label, Atlantis Gold. This will go on to games that cost a princely £2.99. Like Mastertronic and Firebird, Atlantis now has two distinct ranges of games where the cheap and cheerful sub-£2 titles are supplemented by higher quality specimens at only slightly higher prices.

The first three Atlantis Gold titles are Velnor's Lair for the Commodore 64, Self-Destruct for the 48K Spectrum, and the topical Nicotine Nightmare - today (Wednesday) is national no smoking day - also for the Spectrum.

Back at the £1.99 level, Atlantis also has El Dorado for the Spectrum and Death Race and Super Break-out for the Vic 20.

This last title runs on the unexpanded Vic.