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Penultimately, we come to Hyperblaster, which is another asteroids-type game. For many people this will obviously be an instant turn-off as the number of invader/asteroid type games on the market is innumerable, and when you have seen one, you have seen then all. *But* - this game is different. This game seemed to have an unknown addictability force surrounding it and, once sitting in the pilot set of the G.P.4.U. hi-tech galaxy surveillance craft, it is very difficult to get off.

Unfortunately, there was not a joystick option, which would have helped, but as the controls are simple to use - 1 for clockwise, 2 for anti-clockwise, 6 for thrust, 7 for fire and any key on the bottom row for Hyperblast there should be no problems.

Hyperblast is just a posh name for Hyperspace, with effective sound and graphics as your G.P.4.U. is beamed to another position in the galaxy.

Having selected the skill level and either one or two players, the action begins. You have got 99 seconds to completely clear the first screen of aliens. There are seventeen screens in total and each screen has got its own detailed shapes to be destroyed, from rotating balls to discs to diamonds to barrels, etc, and each shape is peculiar to where it can be shot to be blown up.

There is not much more that I can say about this game; apart from its detailed graphics and arcade quality sound make it up into an exciting and addictive game. Great fun.