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One of the best selling games of the year is undoubtedly Activision's Pitfall. Not surprising therefore that copies of the successful formula should start to appear.

The first was Imagic's Tropical Trouble for Intellivision and now we have Jungle Hunt from Atari. The idea of this latest VCS cartridge is to capture the Beautiful Maiden (Yawn).

You play the part of Safari Sam who has to overcome four screens of danger. Using the joystick controller, Sam swings through the trees - from rope to rope Tarzan-style - pressing the Fire button to jump.

Once through the Deadly Forest, Sam finds himself in the crocodile-infested Reptile River. Armed with a spear, he must impale the cros on the end of it to score points and stay alive.

The next screen brings out hero safely back to terra firma. Well, not that safe really, as he is being bombarded with boulders that he has to hop over, Donkey Kong fashion.

The final hurdle is to avoid the spears being hurled by the vicious native who guards the Cannibal Camp where the maiden is held captive.

This game is really intended for the younger games player and does not offer a strong enough challenge to the serious games player.

Graphics can't hold a coconut to Pitfall and the gameplay quickly became tedious. Jungle Hunt is in the shops now at £24.99.

If you are looking for a safari partner for your VCS we would suggest you take Pitfall Harry and leave Safari Sam in the shops.