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You are a prospector, moving around squares on the screen trying to enclose them to stake your claim. When one is enclolsed, points are awarded proportional to the size of the claim that has been enclosed and the level that you are on.

While this is going on, there are two Indians trying their best to kill you by running into you or, on the higher levels, shooting arrows at you. They also erase the track you leave behind to encircle the claims.

You can stop them by leaving behind a stick of dynamite as you move along. This will blow up and leave a pile of debris to obstruct them. It obstructs you, too, but the effect wears off in time.

Good graphics, with excellent representations of the prospector and injuns. Sound effects are reasonable.

There are options for a two-player game, and you can start at any of the 24 levels of play. A joystick must be used - there is no keyboard option.

The game is simple to learn and play, and is amusing - at first. The problem is that after a few plays it gets boring. There are no new surprises (apart from the arrows) as the game progresses.

M.R.