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Here is a totally original game - the kind of game never thought up before and only the crazy software developers at Konami could think it up.

You are the Baker, Joe, in charge of automatic baking machines. Your job starts at 9.00 in the morning by switching the machine on. There are three machines you must look after - the first one moulds the shape, the second ferments and the third bakes the bread. Each machine is joined together on a series of conveyor belts and you see each piece of bread moving along and eventually collected by a van.

You have until five o'clock to finish baking more than four loaves of bread. The baking is quite easy, as I said, as the machines are all automatic. It's the flipping racoons, running all over the bakery and trying their best to screw you up, that are the problem. These racoons are terribly naughty and get everywhere, walking on the floor as well as the ceiling and hiding behind the baking machines. They'll steal your bread and try to bump you off. They also cause havoc by switching off the machines.

Every time the machine gets switched off, the alarm goes off and the indicator above the main screen gives you a warning. You must go and switch it on to resume normal operation. The racoons on the ceiling will try and steal your bread by using their fluffy tails and those on the floor will chase you and do a head stand to switch off the machines.

The graphics are excellent. Joe really looks like a baker and the racoons are animated exceptionally well. The scene scrolls horizontally smoothly and the accompanying background music (Yankie Doodle) is excellent.

I have neither played a game like this on a computer, nor at the arcades and this short description, I fear, might not give you the idea of the game clearly. But believe me, this game is addictive.

It is a challenging game and so far I haven't managed to go beyond level three. I confess that I played this game more than any other. I'm an addict. So will you be.