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If your trigger finger's getting a little rusty, here's an excellent new shoot'-em-up game to give it exercise.

The concept is simple - if it moves, shoot it, before it bombs, burns or crushes you. You start with a couple of screens of bomb-laden vultures, which at higher levels have a nasty habit of splitting into two when hit, then move on to trigger-happy robots. And, if you've been quick enough on the draw, the final delight is Microdeal's answer to Zebedee, the Sproings. Oh, and there's the Devil himself, armed with a cauldron of flaming oil.

Graphics and sound are very good, joystick control excellent and instructions clear and comprehensive, though a magnifying glass would be handy for the small print. You have a choice of three screen colours and six levels of difficulty, the lowest of which was quite hard enough for me.

The one slight bug I found was that the high-score has a habit of disappearing, but that's a very minor fault. If you enjoy this kind of game then I can thoroughly recommend this one.

M.N.