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Some software houses show an annoying tendency to produce programs for children of a far lower standard than those aimed at adults, but with a similar (or in this case, higher) price-tag.

This is a prime example of the phenomenon - a fairly short and unsophisticated Basic program which I feel should have been developed much further before being unleashed onto the public.

It is an adventure-type game with a few short distractions thrown in.

A map of the school is shown at intervals, but movements within the program are not always as the map would lead you to expect.

At some points you use the cursor keys to move an arrow on the map - it is an upward pointing arrow regardless of the direction in which you are going, and the keys used do not auto-repeat.

In the school gym you are invited to play basketball; the previous position of the ball is not blanked out as it moves so you get a trail of black squares across the screen!

The options offered in the Music and Art rooms are similarly crudely done.

To be fair, though, I must add that my children and their friends liked it.

M.N.