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Romik's policy of including a screen picture of the game on the cassette insert is a good one.

In this case, however, the picture is from the Vic-20 version, from which this was adapted, and although the differences are slight, there is not much in either the picture or the game to get excited about.

The tape loaded perfectly to reveal this scenario: a reactor is melting down and you must delay it. Shut down is impossible.

Use your laser cannon to fire at a yellow proton which revolves inside a central neutron.

Every time you hit it a blue electron is released. These move quite quickly and if you hit one with your laser they speed up even more for a short while.

If one of them hits your laser you lose one of your three lives.

In play, the electrons move so quickly that once eight or ten appear you have little hope of avoiding them. There is a joystick option and nine skill levels.

Most games have standardised on the use of the Z, X, : and / keys for movement. Why not this one?

This program may have been lapped up when there was little software available, but I doubt if it will attract many games players now.

I.W.