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For those who frequent the arcades, this a little like Q-Bert, involving a little man with a large nose jumping about a pyramid. Here the pyramid is missing. Instead there is simply a rectangle of the familiar hexagonal prisms for Bloc Head to jump on.

As usual, however, the shapes change colour and the aim is to colour them all in before you are squashed by bouncing balls or caught by springs. There are also Bus Stops which, if jumped upon, transport you to the top of the screen. As this is rectangular the effect can be unpredictable.

The screen is fairly attractive, though I found the figures shapes indistinct on TV. The spring was almost invisible. Control was not all it might have been, either. The joysticks were very slow to respond, spoiling many of my best moves! The other features were all fairly standard.

Originality is very hard to come by but should be encouraged. Here, Dragon has done the opposite.

D.C.