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In the run up to Christmas, Hewson have released City Slicker for the Amstrad. This is an arcade adventure set in London. You control our daring hero in this cops and robbers type of game.

Abru Cadabbra has planted bombs in the Houses of Parliament which are set to go off at midnight. You start at 8.00am and the object is to defuse all of the bombs.

Sounds easy? I am afraid not. In order to defuse the bombs you need a bomb disassembly unit, or BDU for short, which has to be put together by you in order to save Parliament. The BDU parts are scattered all over London. You don't know how many parts there are, or where they are. You must seek out all the parts and take them to your hideaway.

When the BDU has been completed you will be able to carry it around, so that you can use it in the Houses of Parliament to defuse the bombs. To make your task more difficult there are other characters in the game with different characteristics, some may pick up objects, others may throw objects, some follow or run from you. In other words they are a general nuisance to you.

At some point in the game one of the characters could pick up something that you want. The only way to get it from him is to grab him and drop him from a great height or drop a heavy weight on him. I know that this is a bit drastic but he may be carrying a part of the BDU or something else that you may need, so you must be quick enough to snatch it off him before he tries to pick it up again. A word of warning, Abru is on your trail, so look out for him because if he catches you it's instant death.

Overall, the game is quite good. The graphics somehow remind me of Jet Set Willy. I suppose it's because it is in that style but on the whole it is a fairly average game.