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Unless you're an Asteroids expert, Megawarz will pose you a mega-challenge. As in the arcade classic, you control a spaceship by using two keys to rotate it and a third to move forward. This takes plenty of practice in Asteroids, but here it's even more difficult.

The spaceship accelerates rapidly, and once moving is almost impossible to stop - a reverse thrust simply moves it in the opposite direction. Also the ship is large and actually bounces off the edge of the screen. By the time you've added a few aliens, there's not much space to manoeuvre.

There is a joystick option, but that's even harder - joystick right doesn't mean move right but rotate clockwise.

On the other hand you are equipped with a shield. This can only he used a few times, but it comes in very handy.

The scenario of Megawarz is that you're progressing through a series of planets from Pluto to Earth. As you go, you must rescue astronauts who drift across the screen - and at the same time try to wipe out a wave of alien craft.

The craft number between three and six, depending on what skill level you're on, and destroying them isn't easy. Each craft has to undergo a rapid and prolonged burst of fire before it conks out, so you must manoeuvre skilfully to keep it in your sights.

Success will treat you to further waves of aliens of different shape but similar movement.

The game is nicely presented with different skill options and a series of simple tunes. But if you want easy entertainment, steer clear.