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Programs enabling computer owners to create their own masterpieces are becoming more common. This package enables you to create arcade games of the maze or scrolling type.

The program loads using the ubiquitous Turboload and on running presents you with a menu. There are editors enabling you to define sprites, scenery, music and sound effects. The sprite and music editor are good enough to warrant release in their own right. Once you've designed the protagonists, there are options for defining the rules of movement, collisions, speed of animation and movement and other parameters.

The games you can write are limited. You can only have one screen and there can only be up to five aliens on screen at once. In spite of these limitations, the three demonstration games are playable. I see the market for this package as the younger owners of 64s wbo want to write good games without learning machine code. Real games fanatics may prefer an alternative programming language.

This program won't turn you into Jeff Minter but it's great fun to use and well worth a close look.

A.W.