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If you've always believed that there was someone living inside your computer, this game will confirm all of your hopes or fears.

iD, the new inhabitant, has crept inside your Spectrum casing and taken up residence. He has a bad case of split personality; in fact, he has seven of them which you must persuade him to reveal.

Winning iD's trust is a major battle and his impatience lurks just under the surface. If you fail to keep his attention he will veer off into pages of rambling text. If you run out of questions to ask iD, he will come back at you with some of his own - many of them quite personal but, as we are told that iD has been around since the beginning of time, he's probably heard all the answers.

Your answers to iD's questions are stored and thrown back into the dialogue in surprising ways. A neat touch.

iD's moods are very changeable but he likes compliments and these are often rewarded by iD's revelation that he is feeling scrungy or dribbly (at least I think that means he's pleased).

In order to get anywhere near one of iD's identities you have to build up the trust rating to near 70 per cent which can be a long process if iD's having a bad day. Any clues you may get may be red herrings. At different points in one game I was convinced he was Hitler then Einstein before plumping (wrongly) for Mussolini.

This game by Mel Croucher will either seem like a fascinating mystery or a complete waste of time. Either way be warned - iD knows how to swear back!