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You have fought them in the arcades. You have fought them on the Atari VCS. Now you can fight them on your Vic.

Imagic has now released its award-winning Demon Attack game for the Vic 20 and, unlike most Vic software, it's on cartridge so it will run on a 3.5K machine.

Comparing this game to the Atari VCS version, as people will probably do, I actually prefer the Vic one.

In case you've been locked in the loo for the past two years, you won't know that Demon Attack is a shoot-'em-up which originated in the arcades. Each wave has only about half a dozen aliens which appear almost simultaneously. They move much faster than space invaders, and travel anywhere on the screen. Each wave is slightly harder than the one before and later ones have aliens which split into two parts on the first hit. The total number of waves is enormous.

The graphics are as good as the Atari version, and movement is very smooth. The way the larger aliens are formed by swooping from both sides of the screen is very impressive. This version also ran slightly faster than I expected.

Control is via a joystick, and sound is also put to good use, showing the machine to its full advantage. Overall, a great version of a classic game.

Demon Attack from Imagic comes on cartridge for the Vic and costs £32.50.