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Legend have a habit of making pretty-looking games which don't live up to their promises. After the disaster of The Great Space Race - probably the most horribly hyped game of all time - Legend made a comeback bid with Komplex.

Komplex is a giant meteorite which just happens to be making a passing visit to earth. It is said to contain evidence of an alien culture - and the boffins want someone to pilot a probe to discover its secrets. Just a slight similarity to Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama here, eh, guys?

Your probe can stop Komplex zapping out into the galaxy again by getting hold of seven modules hidden in the many different levels of the alien meteorite. Well, I think that's the case - but the instruction sheet is so badly written that it's hard to tell.

Once you are on the surface of the meteorite, you find yourself in a landscape consisting of alien telephone boxes and telegraph poles which fire at you. The telephone boxes lead to other levels of the meteorite via service tubes.

There are guardians of the meteorite called Monitors and Wardens which you can zap with your laser.

The game also features an "editor" which enables you to disable lasers and change features of the game to suit your mood. You can also change the map of the Komplex system at will should you wish.

Legend have done it again - or rather they haven't. They will soon end up with the title of producer of the world's greatest one hit wonders.

It's a game that just doesn't quite make it - too "komplex" you could say!