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Complex strategy games like Codename Mat are becoming even more popular by the minute - and they are becoming ever more difficult to master.

Codename Mat is reminiscent of Atari's Star Raiders, combining the shoot-'em-up action of Galaxians and the strategy decision-making of chess.

The game begins by asking whether you wish to be a pilot or a commander and which of three levels of difficulty you want to play. Actually starting to play the game is daunting experience - over ten keys are used to control your spaceship during the game.

You have been chosen to control the Earth's most fearsome spacecraft in a last ditch effort to win the war against the invading Rigilans. Equipped with long range scanners, warp engines and photon torpedoes, you must eliminate the aliens from each of the solar system's sectors.

To do the game justice, this review would have to run for some pages and involve several weeks' reviewing on my part. One thing I have discovered about the game is that it would probably be the best £5.50 you could spend on your Spectrum.