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If you have been down to the arcades recently you may have seen a game called Q-Bert that is becoming very popular. Bloc Head is Dragon Data's version. In the arcade game, you jump around a three-dimensional pyramid changing the colour of the blocks you land on. In Bloc Head, the pyramid has reverted into a rectangle but the idea of the game remains the same.

Jumping around a load of cubes doesn't sound too bad, it's when you realise that there are number of 'things' around that the trouble starts. Jumping onto the Blue Egg or a monster called Oops! will score extra points, but I found that they jumped on me first.

'Spring' also lives on the blocks and he doesn't seem to take too kindly to you jumping around changing the colour scheme, Spring is very smart and takes the shortest route to your position killing you whenever the opportunity arises.

You are given a couple of 'Bus stops' to aid you in your cube colouring. Jumping onto one of these will transport you back up to the top of the screen. And if you can trick Spring into following you, a 500 point bonus is scored.

Bloc Head has a very simple scenario but is a challenging game to play. It appears to be so easy that you blame yourself for being killed which leads to a severe case of "I'll do it next time!" Buy it and drive yourself nuts.