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If your idea of sandy, palm tree-ed lands involves a pool, sunbathing, and a pint of draught pinacolada, this is not the game for you. You must be sober and have all your wits about you to stand any chance of lasting more than 30 seconds in this fast moving aerial combat game.

The moment the software has finished loading, you will be struck by the very high quality of the 3D effect graphics and the imaginative use of background sound effects.

As the pilot of an interceptor fighter, you must defend your city from straffing fighter bombers, which fly past at a tremendous rate with a very impressive roar. To give you some chance of scrambling in time, you have a radar plot in the bottom of the screen, which shows the targets as bright dancing dots, similar to the arcade game Defender.

With limited fuel and ammunition, you must use your skill to clear the skies of hostile craft before landing (a tricky manoeuvre) to refuel and re-arm. Should you hang around for any longer than is necessary, you get a practical demonstration of the big bang theory, as your craft is reduced to its component parts by a passing fighter.

For the really excellent use of graphics, I would award this game full marks, and it is by far the best Virgin has produced yet.