Classic Compendium One contains 5 classic game's from the 'West' these are;

• Chess
• Checkers / Draughts
• Backgammon
• Four in a line
• Reversi / Othello

The game has various in-game options to keep to most avid puzzle fan happy ranging from skill levels to music and colours of playing pieces and backgrounds.

Nothing to write home about, but the boards and pieces are all very 'sharp' and easy to see, nothing blends in with anything to accidentally make a mistake with.

They all have a distinctive look to them, with solid shaded colours being used, each object being boldly outlined.

The only thing lacking is a 3D for some of the games, I remember even the Atari Lynx had a 3D chess game back in 1990! is pretty unforgivable to not have one on a 128bit piece of hardware.

The other minor niggle I would have but again it's probably to be expected, is when the skill level goes up the computer some times takes an age working out his next move, but i as i said its the norm in these kind of games but with a 400mhz processor inside the Giz i would expect it a little faster than it is.

Really nice ambient music on this game, it was a real surprise when turning on the game being greeted with some relaxing music.

The only way I can describe the type of music is by saying it's a cross between something like Enya and pan pipes but without the pipes! But either way it's some very nice and relaxing music that suits the games very well.

It probably sums it up quite nicely when I'm playing along in bed (the Gizmondo that is!) and my girlfriend asks me to turn the music up as she thinks it sounds lovely.

Simple and easy to work out the control's as you would expect in a puzzle game compilation like this, the menu's are easy to navigate through and to change options.

A couple of things I didn't like about the games, for example when playing Reversi, it show all the possible next move places, I for one think it takes away from the thinking aspect slightly, its a minor niggle but some may find it annoying.

The best games of the compilation for me are Chess and Reversi, though 4 in a line can also be taxing.

• Nice Little Tunes
• Very Addictive

Its only for a limited audience, and at first you may wonder why you purchased it, but when you get into the games it so becomes clear its nice playable selection of games that make the hours fly-by.

For £20 it's not great value compared to mobile phone compilations that are under half that price and loses a point for not being a tenner.

There's a couple of niggles with the games but nothing really bad and lack of any 3D modes is pretty poor.

All we need now is a Sudoku word game for £9.99 and I'm happy!

• No 3D Modes
• Limited Appeal