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Invaders is now available on the Oric in a colourful, but uninspired, translation from the arcade original. It has to be said that this, the simplest and most ancient of games, still holds a certain compulsive attraction for those with nothing better to do.

Although the action is not particularly fast (neither was the original!), the game is made a lot harder by the size of your spaceship, which is almost as wide as the houses you hide behind, and by the fact that you can't move and fire at the same time.

When the invaders get really close, these restrictions assume fatal dimensions, and you lose one of your three lives. As the blurb on the cassette points out, this is one game you just can't win. But if I'm going to end up losing every time, I want to have fun while doing it.

This version is a little too awkward, and the firing a little too sedate, to be really enjoyable.