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As expected from this software offshoot of record industry giants Virgin, this and all the other Virgin Games' BBC software titles are well packaged and attractively presented.

The nice thing is that the programs inside live up to expectation. Bug Bomb has you chasing frenetically around a block of electric grids trying desperately to avoid deadly fast moving and brightly coloured bugs. These resemble flourescent IC chips as they shoot around the grid. As you are pursued, you can fire energy blasts at the bugs to destroy them but if you miss the blasts remain active and bounce about destroying everything they hit - and that includes you.

Just to liven things up a bit more there are also some nasty green bullets flying about which prove just as destructive. Often it is best to keep well out of the way and let the nasties self-destruct but it's easier said than done, especially when you have progressed to the more advanced and very fast stages.

The use of sound is excellent, especially the percussive "bounce" of the energy blasts. The graphics are attractive but not spectacular and there are the usual hall of fame facilities to record the scores.