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The 3D graphics in this Buck Rogers-type game are spectacular.

You begin with coloured bands moving smoothly to the edges of the screen, giving you the perfect illusion of hurtling down a tunnel (or, as it's supposed to be, a time-warp).

Your megahawk is an impressive beast, but even more impressive are the deadly bat-like creatures which rush toward you complete with flapping wings and fearsome shadows.

If you survive for a minute or so, you emerge into open space where your enemies become a series of coloured spacecraft. These start as small dots before rushing unnervingly toward you.

Survive these and you emerge onto a plain populated by more winged creatures, spacecraft and what Jeff Minter would call mutant kangaroos.

More adventure still lies beyond, but few ever come back to tell the tale.

This game (which is similar, but slightly superior, to Quasar) provides yet another example of the high quality programs now available to Commodore 64 owners. Believe me, nothing like this is possible on a Spectrum.

But despite the excellent 3D effect, some of the nasties are less than convincing.

Also, the sound doesn't fully exploit the machine's potential. But quibbles apart, Megahawk offers mega-excitement and it'll turn your local Spectrum owner green.