Action In Arcadia

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This colourful shoot-them-out-of-the skies game, can be played with either keyboard or joysticks.

There aren't any bases for you to hide behind, so your only hope of sur vival is to get out there and attack.

There are four different kinds of Arcadians and none of them want to make friends. If you can hit them when they're flying down you get bonus points, and once you've cleared the first screenful they all come back again. The speed of attack and the number of Arcadians in flight at any time in creases as you get further into the game.

The keyboard controls actually seem better than the joystick, and with just a little practice you should easily be able to murder several screenfuls of Arcadians before your three chances are up. A nice feature is the one or two player option, and the sound effects are also good.

If you get to 7,000 points you are awarded an extra laser base, and no doubt addicted Invaders addicts will be up until the early hours with this game, reaching high levels of skill and ingenuity.

Perhaps for the rest of us though, it lacks the sophistication which the BBC Micro really deserves - not through any fault of design, just because it's all been done before, and probably better.

Jane Jackson