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Galaxians is, of course, a vesion of the arcade game of the same name. Although not really the same, the basic idea of Galaxians is there.

The game itself is excellent. I can't really complain about anything except that it doesn't work with my Oric. Now I know that I've got a dodgy Oric, so I would have been surprised if it had worked. The thing is it doesn't work on anybody's Oric that I know of, except Softek's, of course, because I've seen it at computer shows around the country.

The problem is with the hardware. Following the program through logically, it should work, but for some reason certain parts of the keyboard won't "read". My friend and I must be exceptions, probably because we both have very, very early Orics.

Anyway, back to the game. Aliens of varying colours swoop down from the pack firing bombs, etc, while you blast them out of the sky. Not particularly original perhaps, but it was entertaining enough to keep me going for over an hour.

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