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Here they come, in glorious flickering white, yellow, and red, tumbling down across the screen. It's the fearsome Swoopers, the Kamikaze Birds, it's...oh it's Galaxians. Yes, by kind invitation of Romik Software, the Galaxian tribe are preparing to invade your Electron. They give notice of their arrival with some rather scruffy looking title screens, and give a quick demonstration of aerobatics before making their exit.

Of course they do their best to destroy you before they go, dropping bombs and attempting to ram your laser base. Unless you want to finish the game with a score of zero you have to fight back, moving left and right with the 'z' and 'x' keys, and firing with 'shift'.

There are four levels of destruction and at the highest level the action is very fast, if a bit flickery. You have three lives, a pause control, and the option of a silent game if granny can't stand it.

Every now and then a 'Death Bomb' bleeps its way earthwards, dropping smaller bombs which make shooting it a risky affair. You don't have much choice though, because if it reaches the bottom of the screen you lose a life.

Nothing new in this game, but if you don't mind rather small aliens, it looks like a good buy.