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Ever had a nightmare where evil monsters are chasing you, you just cannot get away from them, and the only safety is waking up? Well, Nightmare Maze has brought it to life.

You are Sleepy Joe, who must collect 10 keys from a maze while avoiding the monsters. Because of its colour scheme the maze appears to be in three dimensions. Moving around adds to the difficulty of the game. To execute a smooth sideways 'move you must align your man exactly with the part of the maze through which you want to pass. This is not very easy when you have a springy monster hard on your heels.

The task of collecting keys is not easy either as they appear only one at a time. Every so often a cup of coffee appears in the maze; if you drink this it will wake you up and the monsters will disappear for a while. This gives you extra time to collect the keys.

The only thing which annoyed me was that if you lose a life you also lose all the keys and you have to start all over again. If you manage to collect all the keys then the door of the maze will open and you can escape only to find yourself in an even harder maze with a new set of monsters.

The graphics are good and although this game is a clone of an old classic, it is excellent value for money. This game takes over where nightmares end.

M.B.