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Chuck Rock was well received and regarded as probably the best of the numerous caveman platformers when it first appeared on the Amiga many months ago. It revolved around Chuck Rock himself tracking down the nasty Gary Gritter, who'd kidnapped his girlfriend, Ophelia.

After his victory Chuck's confidence soared, he began to feel better about himself - he even learned to ignore his own pungent odours - his confidence soared, and we now find him as the President of one of a car manufacturing company - making cars that he himself designed. Oh yes, and he managed to find time to have a kid with Ophelia, who is now his wife.

Another dubious rock star soundalike - Brick Jagger - owns Datstone, rivals to Chuck's car plant. Jagger and his heavies Brian Clay and Rabid Rowie (not) kidnap Chuck, informing Ophelia that he will be unceremoniously hacked to bits unless she signs over Chuck's business to them.

Chuck Junior overhears this conversation (unlikely though it may seem for a six-month-old child), and promptly breaks out of his playpen to set about rescuing his dear old dad.

Armed with his handy child-sized club, junior bashes his way through five levels of prehistoric mayhem, riding on dinosaurs and generally platforming around. Beginning in the suburbs, you thrash through the jungle, past volcanoes and across cliffs before winding up at the Datstone Car Plant, where Chuck Sr is being held.

The graphics look great, and with the addition of loads of bonus levels and new characters, Son Of Chuck is looking like a very worthy successor to the title of King of the Cavemen.