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This is not just a rehash of a popular arcade game; it's something original!

Marauding swagmen are after stealing the baby kangaroos in 'Hoppy Valley' somewhere in the Australian outback. You must shoot them as they drift down on helium balloons, throwing boomerangs as they attack.

Every one that lands loses you a baby roo.

You score for every swagman's balloon popped and for the number of roos left after each wave of swagmen.

Subsequent waves get quicker and more boomerang-happy, of course. But even the addition of a randomly appearing bonus object which you pop up to the top of the screen to collect doesn't add much to a rather run-of-the-mill game.

The graphics are fair, within the limitation of the Vic's capabilities. Use of colour and sound is good, and the accompanying instructions give all the necessary information.

It is limited to joystick users only; there are no equivalent keyboard controls.

However, it is not limited to an unexpanded Vic and will load into a machine with any expansion - why don't more programmers do that?

B.J.