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To describe this in simple terms, it's a sort of cross between Ghosts 'N Goblins, and Wonder Boy, in knickers!

Now recently, Ocean/Imagine have produced some damn good games, such as Wizball, Slap Fight, Army Moves, and Head Over Heels, so I was quite looking forward to them releasing this. Unfortunately, it was rather a let down. Please don't get me wrong, it's rather a good game, but for some reason, it's just not as playable as I was expecting.

For once in a computer game, you play the role of a woman, Athena, who has been transported to a strange land. Now, being a rather brave princess, you travel for many days, avoiding innumerable nasties, to reach the Dark Overlord, who brought her there in the first place, to try and splatter is intestines to the four corners of the galaxy.

The graphics are above average for the Commodore 64, as is the sound, but the nasties come so thick and fast, it's rather unplayable. You tend to find yourself being bombarded by nine or ten baddies at once, and to choose a Lancashire saying, "You don't have a cat in hell's chance" of surviving. Perhaps if Imagine had spent a little more time making the game playable, it would have received a better review.

One nice point, is the way you can continue from where you last died for three games, but then you must start again. It could have been one of the best of its genre, but as it stands, it's just very good.