As the leader of a band of freedom fighters, you are trying to deliver a set of plans. To help you on your mission, you are equipped with the Desert Burner - a high performance motorbike.

Driving along the road, you encounter several hazards such as cars, lorries, holes in the road and mutant Pac-men. Obviously the steering has gone on your bike as all these obstacles have to be jumped over. How far and how hgh you jump is determined by how fast you are going at the time (up to 220mph). The combination of correct speed and timing is nicely done though why you have to jump trees at the side of the road I am not too sure about.

To add to your troubles, you are being hunted by enemy helicopters. You should shoot these down as soon as possible as they get in the way whilst jumping, causing you to crash. You get bonus points for shooting them down, otherwise points are gained depending on how far you travel.

There are two different tracks to choose from and you are able to preview either by going into a cheat mode which allows you to collide with objects without losing a life. The screen changes through night and day although this does not seem to affect the way the game plays at all.

I found this quite a skillful little game to play, not least because of the joystick controls of up to accelerate and down to jump (right to accelerate, more logical). It has a certain addictiveness to it and is the sort of game you would play for the odd half hour, trying to drive those few extra miles.