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Bull Run has nothing to do with the American Civil War battle of that name but is an amusing little game based on the quaint Spanish custom of releasing bulls into the streets for the braver or dafter locals to play with.

The screen nicely represents an aerial view of the town and you have to try and trap the bull - graded on three levels of bovine nastiness - in the arena. You chase around the town erecting fences and acting as live bait. Of course, the bull wants to gore you and often knocks over your fences. It stalks you in an exciting way and the action, while rather jerky, is quite fast. Success is rewarded by the townsfolk with muchos pesetas and a commendable feature is that the bull has a rather better chance than in real life.

The game is one of those that keep you "wanting just one more go" until you have mastered it but this is quite quickly done and then there is little more on offer. Compared with the many multi-staged games on current release Bull Run is, I feel, rather over-priced.

D.J.