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ESCAPE TO BOREDOM

ALCATRAZ Harry, from Mastertronic, captures the essence of prison life brilliantly - intense boredom. It is a maze game in which you must find secret files and amass equipment before escaping.

The maze is a grid containing a scattered selection of revolvers, ladders, wirecutters and similar objects. There are also guards to complicate the route.

The graphics are flickery, and although there are a great number of screens, there is very little detail in each one; a few simple buildings or a watchtower at best. Movement is slow, and although the scenario seems promising at first, it rapidly pails through lack of variety.

For the low price, the game is adequate. But in terms of quality, the game falls way short of what is possible.

Chris Bourne

Memory: 48K Price: £1.99