In 1994, vultures have grown to a height of six feet by the novel approach of becoming vegetarians with a weakness for cherries. It is your task as the local cherry baron to protect your valuable crop from the evil birds by "blasting them out of the sky".

This program requires a fairly large memory expansion and I must confess I wondered where it was all used, since the screen display is rather basic.

The graphics and animation of birds and cherries are excellent, with much flapping of wings and swooping of vultures. The player is also very well-drawn especially when a falling or swooping bird knocks him to the ground where he is temporarily stunned.

All in all, however, this game is not outstanding. Although playable, I suspect it could become tedious after a while. Only time will tell.

M.B.