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Described as a "splendiferous fun game", Bopswizzle is really a set of simple tasks combined into one game and dressed up with some very imaginative instructions.

Looking forward to tangling with the Bobwangles, Smoochers, Yerkles, Gloops and Wiggles, I was disappointed to find that very little skill was required.

The tasks were mostly based on sheer luck, very often resulting in a premature end to the game. If this happens, the program has to be RUN again and the full rigmarole of instructions etc has to be suffered once more.

The game progresses with a tiresome sequence of C to continue followed by M to move (no direction specified). The object is to collect three black pearls. These appear at random as do the imaginary creatures which may cause your demise.

Unfortunately, another creature, a common or garden bug, may rear its ugly head resulting in a DD error (due to an attempt to dimension the same arrays in consecutive lines 780 & 790).

Overall, then, not a good example of commercial software. I wouldn't pay more than a couple of pounds for it, even when it's debugged.

E.C.