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Cosmic Debris is a version of Asteroids. I have always enjoyed this arcade classic more than Space Invaders and Artic's version lives up to my expectations. The graphics are excellent and smooth and the sound effects have true arcade tone.

If you get in the way of an asteroid, which happens quite frequently, your spacecraft explodes and a series of radial lines expand outwards and bounce off the sides of the screen. This striking visual effect is coupled with a lot of noise and the overall effect is quite spectacular.

An occasional alien craft appears shooting haphazardly, to make life more difficult for you. When you have managed to write off three spaceships, your overall score is displayed and gets into the "Hall of Fame" if it's one of the highest since play commenced.

The only disappointing feature of this program is that you are not asked to input name or initials along with your score. But that does not seriously detract from the game as a whole. My family found it so addictive that I had a struggle to get a turn at the keyboard.

M.B.