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Ballblazer the smash hit on the Atari and the C64, has jumped onto the Spectrum, but I think some of it got messed up on the way. Oh well, I suppose it's just one of those things.

Basically, the game goes like this: You are in the future and taking part in a sport that is so popular, that being champion is the greatest honour you could ever get, I means this sport is big, man!

All you do is control a special craft which can glide along at incredible speeds, pick up the ball and shoot it into the opponent's goal. Apart from the obvious distractions like your opponent, the goal posts move so you can't hang about to long on a shot.

The maximum you can score is ten points, but as your opponent scores, so your score decreases. You win by getting more points than he does.

The graphics seem to have gone a little off balance. There are screen glitches (lines which cut across the screen), and the sound is also nowhere near as good as the original.

In my opinion, unless you really loved the original, steer clear of it.