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Imagine yourself looking down upon a Ben Hur chariot race. If you have never seen the film it doesn't matter - playing this is far more exciting. If two players decide to play then you play against each other and the computer, otherwise it's just one player against the computer.

Racing around a circuit, you control the speed and sideways movement of your chariot, within limits. For instance, if you go too slow you invoke the wrath dodging fireballs! While you are trying to force your opponent off the track the computer is trying to do the same to you, and usually succeeds. One ploy is to race ahead and then slow down, or back into your opponent, but this is not easy to master. Scoring is a wee bit complicated. One of the factors taken into account is the number of laps completed, and if you can complete the 20 laps you have indeed had an epic battle.

Graphics movement is smooth, response to the key press quite positive and sound reasonable. All in all, very playable, and might become addictive.

B.B.