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Operation Hijack... latest bulletin... classified... ten V.I.P.'s amongst the passengers... Chopper to the rescue... Safety in the rear security carriage... Chopper to rescue each V.I.P... Avoid gunfire... Dodge cannon on hills... Watch out for trees... Last V.I.P. to pull communication cord to stop train... Take cover and await further help...

That is the introduction to the game and apart from telling you that the fire button lowers the rope to rescue the V.I.P.'s. They are the instructions as well.

The train with lots of very important people on board has been hijacked. Your mission is to rescue and lower them to the last carriage which is secure from the hijackers. However, you have to watch out for trees which have to be flown over or else you crash into them. Also for some reason you are being shot at from up on high by cannons on the hill tops.

The game has three levels and each time you rescue ten V.I.P.'s you go up a level. On level two the hijackers' guns peering through the top of the carriages start shooting as well. With level two, it's just the right hand guns but level three it's both left and right as well as the cannons and lots of trees. One useful tip I learned is, if you face the chopper towards you and move it by pushing the stick up then left or right, it reduces the area to be shot at by one third.

The game is good in as much as it keeps you trying until you finish, but after that I don't know, it depends on what you like. Altogether though, I feel it could have been a bit more spectacular. It's definitely worth having a look and then you can make up your own mind.

I don't believe that the machine has been used to its full capabilities, even though the crashes are quite good.