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This is an upgraded version of Llamasoft's Gridrunner, in which you pilot a spaceship on a grid and try to destroy invading nasties.

These take the form of segmented droids and cosmic cameloids (Freud would have something to say about that!). A collision with a nasty results in death and they occasionally bomb you.

There are all softs of other things going on and other ways of dying. On the whole, the scenario is nicely complex and each screen offers new variants.

The use of sound and colour are good and the animation and graphic effects brilliant. The program offers some unusual extras such as screen centreing, a pause option, and the ability to omit any of the first six screens if they are too easy.

On the whole I have mixed feelings about this offering. On one hand it is the best arcade game I have had the pleasure of reviewing. It is however, a bit hard on owners of Gridrunner to bring out an updated version. Perhaps an exchange deal could be offered to owners of the Mark I game.

Anyhow, if your Vic has enough memory, pawn your soul and get this game... I don't think you'll regret it.