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No prizes for guessing what this game is about. Call it Hubert or Cubert, it's bounce around the pyramid time again.

This time your man is supposed to be painting the pyramid steps and the standard selection of nasties come bouncing around to splat him. One touch and a step is painted; I wish my home decorating was that easy.

There are eighteen pyramids to paint; then, rather like the Forth Bridge, you go back to the beginning and start again in a never-ending frenzy. Mind you, unless you're an expert, you won't get halfway. It's a very harsh version; if you get squashed about to paint the twenty-eighth step, you have to repaint the other twenty-seven all over again.

With new versions of much imitated arcade games I expect a new twist somewhere. But although it has the expected high-score tables, pause, mute and keyboard or joystick options, there's nothing to make this version outstanding.

The cassette insert offers big money for original game ideas and programs. Andrew Derodra, the author of this one, won't be qualifying for any of it.

B.J.