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Remember Killer Gorilla? Well, Ghouls is better. In fact, it's probably the best game I've seen for the BBC. The graphics are superb, the sound marvellous and above all it made me laugh. It's full of nice touches that give it a real professional feel. You even have the option of music while the game is loaded and the screen change between levels has to be seen to be believed.

Ghouls is set in a haunted mansion and you have to run through four rooms in the house, avoiding poisonous spikes, bouncing spiders and contracting floorboards to rescue the power jewels. All this is accompanied by spooky background noises and if you lose a life something suspiciously like ghostly laughter floats from the loudspeaker.

There are four rooms in all and each one is packed with features. You can bounce off springs, travel along moving platforms and leap onto sliding floors. There's so much going on it's unlikely you will lose interest for some time.

An original idea beautifully implemented and an absolute must for any games shelf!