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A group of scorpions have crushed your army of ants. As the last remaining ant, it is your mission to rescue the Queen Ant who is being held hostage in the scorpions' lair.

You must travel through eight different levels of the scorpions' home before you can find your Queen. On your way you will have to avoid contact with the inhabitants of the city or be killed.

Scattered around the city are a number of objects which will help you in your task. Keys are obviously for opening doors but the uses of the other objects are left for you to find out, usually at the expense of a life. Objects range from bridge-building materials to supports that hold up the ceiling.

You have probably gathered that Fire Ant is a type of adventure. Unlike the traditional types of adventure the action takes place in real time in the form of an arcade game. No text needs to be entered; all you have to do is guide your ant around the maze picking up objects by passing over them.

Fire Ant is a simple game to play, all input being via the joystick. Even though it is simple, the most hardened arcade player will still find moving on from one layer to another very challenging.

Graphics are well up to standard and there are a couple of nice touches to the sound. For example, there's a superb rumbling sound whenever you cause a rockfall, although it doesn't quite compare with what some programmers are getting from the C64.

Mogul have produced one of those 'let's have another go' type of games. Being chased around a maze/city isn't original but Mogul have done an excellent job in making it appear so. Personally, I find it compulsive: so excuse me - I'm off to rescue a Queen Ant...