Run the gauntlet - the plans must get through

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In Dune Rider by Micro Power, the planet Zennon is besieged by hostile aliens and you. a galactic courier, are entrusted with plans vital to the planet's defences.

Climbing aboard your powerful dune rider, your task is to outwit the intruders during a perilous journey.

You and your trusty laser cannon run the gauntlet of aliens which whirl overhead and make bomb attacks.

To add to your troubles lava-pits are scattered across the desert appearing at random at the most inopportune moments.

If you run into one you and the dune rider are spread across the desert in an eyecatching explosion.

The only way to avoid the pits is to hop your vehicle over them and that's not as simple as it sounds.

In addition there are outcrops of rocks which are also targets for your vehicle's athletic jumping ability. If you can't jump them you must blast them.

Throughout the game your fuel supply slowly diminishes.

Your only means of replenishing it is to shoot an alien tanker and catch the fuel cannister as it tumbles from the sky.

The graphics are simple but effective and the sound is used quite cleverly. Movement keys are user definable and there is a joystick option.

I found the game extremely addictive and fun to play.

David Mac