Number 11 is a game called Sum Fun, an economics simulation of the UK, much along the lines of Great Britain Limited. It's rather simple but has some quirky touches and the price shows that you can at last buy programs for the Amstrad at reasonable prices.

If you're into management games, then you'll be pleased to see that Addictive Games has converted its popular Football Manager.

You take on the role of manager, and try to get your team to the top of the football league by buying and selling players, arranging matches and the like. One of the high pointsof the simulation is watching your team play.

For those wanting to delve deeper into their machines, a copy of ZEN, a book on Z80 machine code and the firmware manual should have you hacking in assembler.

ZEN has its limitations, but apart from Hisoft's Devpac there just isn't much in the way of assembly programming toolkits around. Roll on White Lighting.

An old arcade game of the space invader era, that's how I would class 'Er*Bert. You spend your time jumping around a pyramid colouring squares while avoiding various perils, such as snakes.

Artsystematic allows you to design pictures in any of the Beeb's modes - features include rubber banding, freehand, fill, box, circle/ellipse drawing and much more. The automatic load and display system allows you to chain up to 30 pictures with freeze, backstep and special effects facilities.

Best game of the week looks to be Psi Warrior from Beyond. It was programmed by the duo responsible for Psytron and comes with a five-chapter background story. Your task is to knock out the Source, a psychic powerhouse somewhere in the building.

The hero's animation is superb as he glides about on his power sled, looking from left to right, psy-net gun at the ready. There are ramps, teleporters and shimmer psychic entities which have to be netted and drained before they drain you. It's an original theme, and as you build up your energy there's more to tax your brain.

Fort Apocalypse and Drelbs have been available for some time over here, but at a price. Now US Gold is importing American software, prices have tumbled to just under a tenner, and they're well worth it too.

Bad Taste Software is being distributed by Microdeal, and you can't get much worse that Di's Baby. Can Charles fend off the marauding potties, run the gauntlet of runaway prams, will WHSmith or Boots stock this game? Watch this space.

Underlining the 64's potential as a small business machine are the packages from Landsoft and Audiogenic. Payroll Plus is a scaled-down version of the program by the same name for Commodore's larger machines. Payroll Plus can deal with up to 100 employees, offers password-protection, three overtime rates, five pre- and post-tax adjustments and formatted payslips.

Micro Magpie is the database of Audiogenic's Micro packages and includes mailing list and stock control facilities. Micro Wordcraft is the disk version of the company's Wordcraft 40 cartridge and uses help screens. Micro Swift is another new package. The spreadsheet of the suite, uses pop-up means and comes with four household applications.

Stock Market won't help you predict bulls or bears. It's a simulation of the London Stock Exchange for up to four players. Financial advice is given by the computer, which also acts as banker and will eliminate bad debtors.

Software houses are scrabbling busily for ideas for new games and one effect of this has been the borrowing of ideas and scenarios from films. Taking the idea further, we're now seeing TV characters appear on our monitors, the latest being The Magic Roundabout from CRL.

Dougal's task is to use sugar cubes to build a house. Twelve cubes have to be pushed then loaded on a train, and in the process Dougal has to eat some of the cubes to keep up his strength. He must avoid the other characters, or bark at them to scare them off. Nicely done, but definitely for the younger player.

Historic adventures are gaining in popularity. Jewel Of Babylon's story line goes back to 3000 BC, and is set in the late 19th Century. With over 100 locations and fast graphics you'll need all your wits about you to reclaim the jewels from pirates.

If you want to protect your programs, Padloc 9 is designed for you, but £19.95 for information about how to read the cassette port in machine code seems rather steep. Nor will the program protect programs from tape-to-tape copying - surely the main pirating method!

Word Games With The Mr. Men is Mirrorsoft's latest for early learners. Designed by Widgit Software, it should help five to eight-year-olds learn position words like on, next to or under.