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Having managed to overthrow the Empress Gremla's reign, Arkos has landed himself right back in a cowpat full of trouble: he's being held on Phantis. Only one man, Major Locke, knows the planet well enough to attempt a rescue.

He's got to be hard enough to beat two sections: a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up through caverns, jungles and all that plus six more code-accessed landscapes which lead you to Arkos. Make it to the heliport and you take to the air to enter the final prison level in style.

This is the sort of game my mother would like, not because it's any good, but because you get a lot for your money.

There's a nice box, with two illustrated manuals, a big poster and two two-part games - both of which are pretty mediocre. The graphics are smooth and neat, but not terribly attractive, and the use of sound seems very old-fashioned, extending only to weak laser effects and a few non-descript tunes.

Dinamic have obviously listened to their critics, who always complained about their games being too difficult, but Game Over 2 has gone too far the other way, and neither of the two sections will have you breaking into a sweat.

I was close to finishing both after only a few goes, and if I can manage that, it won't last long for the real joystick junkies out there.

I thought Game Over was a tad-ette too difficult, but in this follow-up I completed the first section on my second go! When I got there, I found that there wasn't really much to it - you just go around picking up things, shooting people and getting bored. If the graphics were fantastic or the sound amazing, this might be excusable - but they're both reaaaaally dull. So what we've got here is an ininteresting game with fairly tacky visual effects that's a bit too easy. However, it could be worth a look if you haven't got the original game. Try before ye buy.

Presentation 89%
Nicely packaged with large poster and a free copy of Game Over.

Graphics 60%
Competent in both section but nothing wonderful.

Sound 56%
Not overly impressive on either the music or spot effects fronts.

Hookability 65%
The blasting and arcade adventuring are easy enough to get into and even fun for a while.

Lastability 54%
Not much of a lasting challenge to keep you hooked.

Overall 58%
A nice package, but the game itself hasn't got anything outstanding going for it.