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Dennis the Menace, the famous movie stuntman revs up his trials bike as he gets ready for the most difficult stunts of his short life.

Unfortunately for Dare Devil Dennis, the film directory won't tolerate failure, so if he fails more than three times at any stunt he's fired - which is probably just as well as poor old Dennis lands on his head each time he falls off and is probably suffering from severe brain damage!

There are six screens altogether, Dennis starts off by leaping houses and trees on the first screen and moves quickly onto water where he rides a wet-bike. The snow slopes are next - slightly more difficult as they are very slippery - with the remaining three featuring low-flying helicopters and gaps in the road. Your jumps have to be well timed if you want to save Dennis from going up in flames.

The first three screens are easily mastered on the first difficulty level, while the remaining five levels range from Experienced to Ace where you'll really have to struggle to keep Dennis on his bike. I had several nasty encounters with bouncing policemen and decided to stay on the novice level!

A lively tune is played which livens up the dreary few minutes while the game is loading and the graphics are very detailed and colourful. However, I felt the game lacked that elusive addictive quality which would make it a winner.

The game is controlled by the shift key which acts as a throttle, the return key which acts as the brake and the space bar which is used for jumping - very simplistic controls and a game better suited to the younger age groups.

Dare Devil Dennis is available from London-based Visions for the BBC Model B at £7.95.