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Bewitched didn't cast a spell over this reviewer I'm afraid.

I don't really want to put the game down because it has a lot of very good points, but I'm afraid I've had my fill of maze games populated with monsters.

The game, as I have said, is set in a maze. You are represented by a black key controlled either by keyboard or joystick. The joystick option is a much better bet because the game is nigh well impossible using the keyboard.

The aim of the game is to open coloured doors in the maze using your key. One small problem here the key must be the same colour as the door. Changing the colour of the key involves rushing to the top of the screen and passing through one of the four keys hanging there.

Even this doesn't guarantee success because doors often change into bricks in the maze wall.

Once you've opened the door at the bottom of the maze the screen scrolls upwards and you are faced with another expanse of maze to negotiate. There are twenty screens in all.

Considering the limitations of the unexpanded Vic 20 Bewitched, from Imagine, is quite a feat of programming. Maze games don't appeal to me but if you are a Pac-Man fan then Bewitched could be just your cup of tea.