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Clogger is Impact Software's third game and carries with it a strange and mysterious storyline. The curious Clogger is a type of creature with three feet and no head, as depicted on the flag of the Isle of Man.

The Cloggers have a great love for art, and juvenile cloggers must prove their artistic appreciation by undertaking a series of tests. The rests come in the form of levels not at all dissimilar to the Repton series - 18 landscapes in three files of six. Each level has a map like Repton and in each the Clogger much collect pieces of a painting, which it uses at the end to build up a picture.

The bad news is that there's a time limit, and the good news is that pneumatic drills are on offer - useful for a stubborn brick wall. There are also springs, lawnmowers and 'rebounding gyroscopes' to deal with. I know the games scene is getting conventional, but this is ridiculous!

Compatibility was a problem, and I only got the game working on the third Beeb I tried it on - removing most of the ROMs. In play the game is virtually identical to Repton. Cloggin' along and pushing around puzzle pieces is the long and short of it, but nibbling at cakes and fruit and mowing the deadly grass go liven things up slightly.

The characters are of only average graphical quality, but the animation passes without fault. Maps are available, and there is also an enlarged picture of the painting your Clogger has to produce.

Despite an amusing scenario, Clogger is just a three-legged Repton. Although it's less than £10, I can't recommend this very strongly.

Sam Greenhill