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At last, a game that lives up to all the pre-release publicity! Brian Bloodaxe, latest from The Edge, is simply terrific!

Bloodaxe takes the Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy style of game one and a half steps further with an array of 100 screens and 300 nasties plus a feature called "primary imbalance". I've still to work out quite what that is!

Brian Bloodaxe is a cute-looking Viking, complete with a horned helmet which he uses to dispatch attacking nasties. The helmet comes in useful in tight corners too - he can use the horns to stick himself to the roof and avoid his enemies!

Our hero has to travel through a "Miner"-style world where each screen represents somewhere in the British Isles. For example, a pool table = Poole, geddit?

Each screen also represents a considerable challenge - even to the seasoned member of the Jet Set Willy fan club. There are objects to be found and puzzles to be solved - but watch out for hidden traps. And rampaging rhinos!

Graphics are great, especially Brian - and the rampaging rhinos! The soundtrack, a version of the famous Monty Python TV show theme tune, is fun and the game will demand all your computer time for the next few weeks - or months.

Brian Bloodaxe, just as the blurb says, takes Jet Set Willy one stage further. Don't fail to check this one out! But what is "primary imbalance"? Answers on a postcard please... And Professor Video can't wait to get his hands on a map!