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A simple game, or so it seems. You have sole charge of the company helicopter and all you have to do is lift building bricks from supply barges in the middle of the North Sea and use them to construct a building. But beware of the hazards awaiting you!

Low-flying aeroplanes frequently appear intent on crashing into your helicopter, and nature is determined to stop you. Hurricanes, electric storms, earthquakes and floods all appear with startling regularity to undo your good work. It would be a wonder if they ever managed to find any North Sea oil, let alone get it ashore, if the real world was like this.

The graphics are excellent. Day changes into night. Jagged lightning snakes down the screen before damaging your carefully constructed building. The sound effects are good and add to the atmosphere.

The program starts by letting you choose the level - amateur or professional, and setting your daily target. The professional level has higher targets but runs faster. On the screen there are two mini-buildings and two helicopters. The one on the left runs in demo mode while you can use either cursor keys or preferably joystick to operate the helicopter on the right. Your score depends on how many bricks you use. There are various bonuses, and you lose score for every brick lost due to the catastrophes that befall you.

Sadly it proved rather predictable after a while. I found myself trying to destroy the aeroplanes by bombing them with bricks rather than bother to construct buildings to be inevitably blown down. Which is all rather a pity because, as I said, the graphics are very good.

A.W.