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The Trivial Pursuit boys, Domark, have done it again on the quiz front with Blockbusters on their new TV Games label. All that's missing from the game are the fabulous prizes that are given away on television.

I must admit I had my doubts about this and the other games in the series: The Krypton Factor, Treasure Hunt, Countdown and Bullseye. But if the others are as good as Blockbusters, then they all should be worth checking out.

The game faithfully follows the format of the programme. Even presenter Bob Holness has been digitised and nods enthusiastically if you get an answer right, shakes his head if you were wrong.

The playing area is a hexagon matrix. Player One must form a chain of linked hexagon from, say, left to right, while player two tries to link top to bottom. Each player selects letters which are in the hexagons.

For example, a V question might be "What V is a raptorial bird with a naked head and neck?" The first player to hit their button gets to answer. Get it wrong and your opponent has a chance. (The answer is Vulture.) The person who gets the answer when captures the hexagon.

The computer decides who presses their button first, so it's all fair and square. There's no cheating.

You play the best of three games and the winner gets to go for the Gold Run, in which you are given 45 seconds to answer enough questions to cross the board.

There are various skill levels and enough questions to stop the game becoming repetitious.

If you like the programme, and quiz games in general, you'll find this one of the best. Right, back to the game "Can I have a V, please, Bob..."