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Stand on the threshold of a dream. Take one step over... and try to discover the "enigma as yet unsolved".

That's the perplexing lure of Gates Of Dawn, the 64 screen challenge from Virgin Games.

It's set in the shadowy world between sleep and waking - a world of pleasant dreams or of ghastly nightmares.

Your quest, as an armour-clad knight for a bygone age, is to travel through these endless, timeless passages in search of what Virgin calls "the subliminal experience".

Progress through this arcade-style game is charted on a chess board map. Objects encountered may be collected and an inventory is displayed below the map.

Another column shows lives and strength left plus current score.

But what is encountered in this surreal world of dreams? ... bats and giant spiders, bottomless pits, an army of knights, ghostly visions and lots more!

Gates Of Dawn, with superb graphics, animation and sound, combines joystick action with strategy, enabling you to pit your wits in an effort to solve the mystery of the dream and the "mystery of the mind".

And just what is that central mystery? Ah, that would be telling!