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There are times when you realise you've just wasted precious time. It felt like this after playing Bigtop Barney.

It's simplistic, boring and graphically crude. But enough of the compliments, let's get down to the action.

You control Barney, a circus clown, who must perform four "death-defying" acts. Those foolish enough to undertake the acts could well face death - through boredom.

Act one sees the clown walking along a tightrope, leaping through hoops and jumping some really talented highwire walking canines.

Act two sees Barney indulging in a spot of platform fun (boring), collecting balloons.

Act three has Barney riding a unicycle over an assault course of wooden platforms. And finally, act four has Barney on a trampoline, bouncing from one platform to another, swinging on ropes.

It's all very basic stuff that probably won't have looked much good four years ago.

It's all very mundane and gives budget software a bad name. Bigtop Barney? Bigflop Barney more like.