The gaming equivalent of a Reliant Robin, except with none of the character or entertainment value - just a grand tour of everything you could possibly get wrong in a driving game.

A very good update of the venerable arcade game and only a few niggles away from being a great game in its own right.

Even being paid to play it we felt we were being ripped off...Awful in almost every possible aspect, this hugely disappointing download is not just a failure as a survival horror but as a video game.

Impressively original, if still fairly abstruse, platform puzzler that challenges you to think as differently as it does.

It might look like Portal but it certainly doesn't play like it, which is a good thing in terms of the puzzles but not the dour presentation and story.

Almost unplayable shooter elements, with particularly poor movement and melee controls. Non-existent artificial intelligence, endless loading, frequent crashes, repetitive missions, and a general air of obnoxious self-satisfaction.

Punishingly hard for no good reason, turning what could have been a fun reaction-based platform game into a painful memory test.

Despite a few interesting innovations it's not only the enemies that are passed their sell by date in this bland downloadable shooter.

Mario turns property tycoon in a relatively successful alternative to Monopoly, but a very disappointing crossover.

Excellent platform/shooter hybrid, whose engrossing narrative and well-realised game world deserves to be appreciated by a much wider audience.

Almost the perfect portable download, with a great gimmick exploited with skilful level design and gorgeous visuals and 3D effects.

One of the best story-based games of 2011 and proof that big budgets and famous voiceovers are no match for clever design and a good script.

A perfect example of the sort of game only the PSP can provide and a surprisingly progressive Japanese role-player to boot.

Thank goodness Rayman is back because his would-be usurpers have never seemed more inanely un-entertaining than in this vapid mini-game collection.

One of the worst Pokémon spin-offs ever, as well as one of the most unwarranted sequels. Simplistic, boring and terrible value for money.

A cheerier, more versatile alternative to Trials HD, whose Special Edition manages to make trial-and-error and constant repetition even more fun.

An inspired and genuinely original puzzle game that offers plenty of value for money and one of the best reason so far to get your 3DS online.

The same great Lost Vikings-inspired action platforming as the first game, but now with some of the most amazing 2D graphics ever seen.

Inessential but entertaining prequel campaign that offers a medley of enemies, weapons and set pieces from throughout the trilogy.

An odd mixture of the classic and the inessential, but there's no arguing over the quality of at least three of the maps in this relatively content rich download.

A loving update of what is still a genuinely fun and innovative genre mash-up, as well as a fascinating glimpse at the glory days of British gaming.

A good script and fun characters can't save an otherwise workmanlike Japanese role-player, in this unconvincing 3D remake.

It may look like Zombies but it certainly doesn't play like it, in a portable conversion that copies all the features but delivers none of the fun.

An excellent portable flight sim that will please both series fans and newcomers - until they realise how short and underdeveloped it is.

An interesting attempt at a Professor Layton clone, but one that has neither the charm nor the variety of its more scholarly inspiration.

Going green has never been so entertaining, with the only game this Christmas where brain not brawn will save the world.

Considerably more depth and variety than the original, and with even more stunning visuals - this is as good as smartphone and tablet gaming gets.

There's change at last for the WWE games but relatively little of it is for the better, in a game that is frustrating in terms of both action and wasted potential.