Those despairing over the dearth of decent software for the unexpanded, underbrained VIC would do well to check out this salty seadog from Cap'n Micro. In it you must sail a beleaguered battleship through a positive storm of oceanic hostility. Shoals of missile-belching subs and low flying bombers do their best to scupper your tub and only some spirited manoeuvring will keep you afloat. It's no good relying on the ship's depth charges as you've only a score to drop.

Three speed levels add a bit of variety and the graphics are neat 'n tidy. I quickly gravitated towards the fastest level - not, I hasten to add, because I was much cop, but because I found the wildly whizzing boat to be exceptionally comical. The thing would hurtle back and forth, totally out of control, spewing tiny black depth charges and promptly exploding at the first enemy salvo.

The scores were as low as my grin was toothy.