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Achtung! Achtung! It's the Bismark and it's sailing right on back to either death or glory as it enters the budget fight.

And you can elect to either blow her out of the water or try to command her to victory by escaping the British Admiralty Atlantic blockade.

This is well-balanced strategy game, with the British/German options adding variety. Apart from the overall strategy game, there is a fast set-up option that has you put straight into the action.

Your mission is to get the Bismark through the British fleet and off the southern edge of the map to safety or if you choose the British Navy, to sink the sucker before it escapes into the Atlantic and wreaks havoc with the ships there.

The game features firing the big guns, using radar to pinpoint targets, torpedoes and even using planes as spotter and/or attack aircraft. A damage control section is used to put fires out before they spread to engine rooms or magazines with even an option to use anti-aircraft in defence.

Play is icon driven and whilst simplistic, is straight-forward and easy to use - graphics too are simplistic but functional making Bismark not the prettiest of games, but if you scratch the veneer you'll find game with thought and depth.

Label: Summit Memory: 48K Price: £3.99 Tape Reviewer: Garth Sumpter

Bismark will be a joy for strategists, and a nightmare for anyone who wants joystick-pumpin' action. Poor sound and graphics are a thin disguise for what is an excellent game.