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Another bloodthirsty game imported into the UK by US Gold - remember Raid Over Moscow and Nato Commander? This one, from Access Software, is more innocuously titled and is set on and around a safely fictitious island.

Your task is, eventually, to capture the fortress of Kuhn-Lin, but first, there is an aerial reconnaissance, an attack by enemy aircraft, a naval battle and a tank battle to be got through. This is the sort of game you can be playing for weeks.

Right from screen one, you have to make strategic decisions - whether to take your fleet straight into attack, or navigate the hazardous hidden passage and take the enemy by surprise.

The enemy air attack and ensuing naval battle are superbly depicted. There is a lot of skill involved in elevating your guns to just the right angle in order to hit a plane or enemy ship. You can choose one of three skill levels.

If you win the naval battle, you next have to manoeuvre your fleet - probably sadly depleted! - into the enemy harbour. Each ship carries two tanks, and these must be landed before you fight your way through to the fortress.

It's carnage all the way, and in real life the beach-head would by the end be littered with bodies. But if that doesn't bother you, you'll find a skilful and challenging outlet here for all that pent-up aggression.