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Disappointment. That was my main feeling when the long-awaited Adam expansion unit finally arrived complete with Buck Rogers And The Planet Of Zoom.

Unfortunately for Buck Rogers fans, the same levels of excellence have not been reached in this game.

The game is the first title to come up before the Jury which works in conjunction with the expansion module - a collection of boxes which can be connected to your Coleco to provide computer keyboard, tape drive and printer.

Despite this extra capacity, Buck Rogers does not measure up to some of the conventional cartridges available for the machine.

It is fed into the Coleco via the tape feed and loads extra screens of action as the game is being played - making a distracting rattling sound in the process.

The graphics are not a patch on the arcade version - none of those long sweeping sorties across the planet's surface.

Buck Rogers And The Planet Of Zoom are the hottest titles in the range of so-called Super Games for the Adam - which does not bode too well for the rest.

The Adam expansion unit will be in the shops around May at between £600 and £700 - so start saving. The price of the cassette games is unconfirmed.

A disappointing arcade conversion.