Joysticks allow an arcade style game to be played fast and furious without the keyboard being bashed about too much.

This interface allows the familiar Atari joysticks to be used with the Oric. The interface comes in the form of a small box with a connector to the printer port and sockets for one or two joysticks.

The interface comes with full instructions, including the listing and dissassernbly of the machine code necessary for its use. A cassette containing a demonstration game is also included. The game is a variation of Surround, and suffers greatly from the fact that it requires two players rather than one player against the computer.

There are several games around at present using the Pase interface, but not enough to warrant the price. If Oric do not bring out their own interface, however, then many more games will be brought out using this system and the price will not seem so high.

Apart from this, the system appears perfectly adequate, while the instructions should prove very useful to anyone wishing to find out more about the workings of the V.I.A. or the Oric printer port.

G.P.