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You can just imagine it, can't you: "Hello. Ocean Software? This is Wimpy International. We think too many people are staying at home playing with their micros and not out buying tons of our burgers. Run off a quick game, would you, starring our lovable mascot, and sell it to them. They're bound to hall for our subtle advertising ploy and come flooding back!"

Thus, we have Mr. Wimpy, an eating experience over two screens that could put you off burgers for life. Your first task is to guide Mr. Wimpy through the job of collecting the ingredients needed to make a burger, frustrated by a maniacal blob called Waldo who keeps stealing them from you.

Successfully evade Waldo and you move onto screen two which is, naturally enough, a version of the Burger Time arcade game. Mr. W dashes up and down ladders and across buns, meat, lettuce, etc, which drop down to make up complete burger below.

Antagonists in this section are Sid Sos, Pam Pickle and friends. Screen two makes a great game on its own and should have been accessed directly rather than having to go through the lacklustre screen one. Other features include: Joystick options, demo mode, high score and bonus time score. Machine code graphics are smooth and very good, sound is fine also.

There are eight levels of difficulty in all. I think I'd prefer a double cheeseburger and a bag of soggy chips.