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He's here, he's there, he's bloody everywhere, Emlyn Hughes, bon viveur, chum to the royals and professional jumper wearer, grins his way into yet another computer game. This time it's Emlyn Hughes' Arcade Quiz, a wild bout of pub trivia machine type fun for all that has you winning money that you can't buy beer with.

Traversing a lolly laden block map with your quiz cursor, the idea is to make your way from left to right answering questions in order to make it across to the win bar on the left hand side of the screen with enough money to enter the next level. And that would be just as easy as it's sounds if it wasn't for map constantly scrolling and pushing you towards the lose bar on the left.

Different looking blocks do different things (see the block stock), some helpful and other hateful, but the most common block to contend with is the question mark block which can only be passed once you've the correct answer to a 3 way multiple choice. You know the sort of thing:

Once you've got to the win bar your collected cash can be banked in quick fire question round. Nerves of steel and brains of Bob Holness will get you money enough for the next level. Those of you with nerves of blancmange quickly end up in a Game over situation. Win loads of money Emlyn's bribable into letting you skip a level.

Despite the fact that any moolah you end up with at the end of game won't make your piggy bank fatter in the real world, it really is fun. More fun than selloptaping breadcrumbs to a window and watching birds bash their brains in.

Totality tip-top trivia. Fiendish, thoughtful and fun, fun, fun!