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"Oh no, not again," I hear you cry. You've had Booty on the Spectrum, Booty on the C64 and even Booty on the Amstrad. Now hail the newest Booty on the C16.

Well, what can I say about Booty. It's been reviewed so many times I think the computers are getting bored loading it! Booty, for those who have had their heads buried in the sand for the past three years, is about cabin boy Jim and his quest to nick all the pirates' treasure and get away.

Yes, I told you you'd heard about it. Jim must walk around the ship collecting various keys, treasures and dodge the pirates that are out to make him walk the plank!

Anyway, what are the differences between the C16 and the original? Well, I don't know where to start. Jim is so microscopic, I wonder how the pirates can see him, and the music is terrible.

In short and simple terms, Booty on the C16 is terrible. Good old John F. Cain, who wrote the original version which was brilliant, should have got someone good to convert it. While I'm saying all this, let me add that I thought the C64 version was terrible as well, the only good version being the one written on the Spectrum.

Booty was a good game, still is, but not on any of the Commodores.

Don't buy it, it's not even worth £1.99.