A one-armed bandit leering at you from your TV screen. Isn't that just what you always wanted?

I know software for the Genie is hard to find, but this Basic program is better off lost. Gumboot Software haven't even tried to prevent you LISTing the program, but then I expect they don't think there's anything there to interest anyone. They're right.

First let's say what's good about the game. It lets you enter your name so that high scores can be identified. It also lets you save high scores to tape. There are some pleasant musical effects.

Now the bad news. Some of the graphics that appear on the wheels are pretty odd, with the emphasis on odd rather than pretty. There is no information within the program on the values of the winning combinations (or even what the winning combinations are) so you have to go back to the instructions.

When you're offered the chance to 'nudge', you don't really know which reel would be most likely to give you a high win because only one symbol is visible on each reel at a time. And of course, even if you do get a high win, you're not going to get any money, are you? No, Algernon, there aren't lots of little 10p bits inside your Colour Genie - you got rid of them when you bought the machine.

You start with 29 units of pocket money. When I finished playing I had 47 units. For the first time in my life I didn't get a kick out of coming out on top.