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This is a shoot-'em-up game without aliens. Fiona is supposedly the most evil witch ever. She is so wicked that the rest of her coven have taken away her spell book and tools. Your task is to help Fiona retrieve her tools of the trade by working your way through twelve screens. The first, and every alternative screen, has Fiona flying through the sky avoiding adversaries. These come in many guises - witches on broomsticks, thunderbolts, ghosts and ghoulies - and all can sap her powers, thus stopping her from proceeding.

The even-numbered screens all provide Fiona with a means of gaining one of her tools by shooting objects down and using their energy in her cauldron. Should your energy reach zero, you are sent to hell. You must escape from there by avoiding lava bubbles, the devil and the red hot walls. Should you fail, you forfeit a life.

Graphically, the game is well thought out, though in places it is quite gory. There is very little sound apart from the occasional thunderbolt, or exploding witch and the title music. Control is joystick only and quite easy, though at times collecting the energy and getting it back to the cauldron can be frantic. The reverse of the cassette has Visions' Dare Devil Dennis - the tale of a film stunt rider trying to find his Oscar; so for the price you actually get two games.

M.W.