If you've ever played the oldie Laser Squad or the more recent Space Crusade then you'll probably feel right at home with Act Of War. It doesn't boast any fancy isometric 3D graphics like the Gremlin game, but the basic theme is the same - control a team of crack space commando types as they engage in all manner of strategy-heavy missions (well, just three missions, actually, although more will be sent to you if you pay your Shareware fee).

Having selected a mission, a difficulty setting and the number of players (one or two can take part), you have the option o tool up 'your boys' from the variety of futuristic firepower on offer, each carefully designed to deal death on the unsuspecting enemy in a particularly loud and messy way.

During play you're presented with a number of control icons allowing you to move your troops, make them fire and so forth, and the results of your orders are shown in a large top-down-viewed 'action' window. There's an overall mission map which is handy for co-ordinating your team's movements, with each man's position shown by a tiny flashing pixel.

Act Of War isn't going to be everybody's cup of tea, but it's nicely done and quite enjoyable. If strategy games are your bag then you should get your money's worth out of this.