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This is another version of the arcade game Q*Bert. The game involves two pyramids of multicoloured blocks. The player controls a rabbit which must jump onto each block in the pyramid, to change its colour.

Unfortunately, life is made difficult for our little friend - balls bouncing down the pyramid get in his way, and the black ball will change onto a sly fox when it reaches the bottom of the screen. This fox can be destroyed by jumping into a "teleport" disc, which moves you to the top of the pyramid, and causes the fox to jump off the edge. It is also important to keep a lookout for the bird which will kill you with its "toxic guano" (?!) and another small monster who puts dirty footprints all over the blocks which have to be cleared up and their colour changed before proceeding to the next level.

You are given three men and these can be lost in a variety of ways; by colliding with a ball, being eaten by a fox, dying from guano poisoning, or accidentally jumping off the edge of the pyramid!

The graphics are colourful and reasonably smooth, although I have seen better. Sound effects are slightly above average. The instructions (on the cassette insert) are concise but adequate. This is a good version of an arcade favourite and good value for money.

Alan Supple