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This is a Poo-Yan type game. Know what I mean?

Okay, so you don't. How many arcades did you get into last year?? Poo-Yan was the game where a pig went up and down in a basket, shooting wolves. In Outback, a kangaroo goes in the basket, and it's swagmen instead of wolves.

Boss Roo (as he's called) must protect the nine baby 'roos from being bagged by swagmen. These social drop-outs drop down from above, hanging on to balloons.

Boss Roo pops the balloons with his trusty bow and arrow, and the swagmen plummet to their deaths. They will attempt to retaliate with boomerangs and deadly apples.

If he misses them while they're in the air, they run along the ground and swag a baby 'roo.

When all the baby 'roos have been nabbed, Buss Roo, rather than collect on the life insurance, commits suicide. That's the end of the game as far as you're concerned.

Paramount's game is excellently presented, with numerous playing options and very fast action at the higher levels. There are three screens, up to five Boss Roos, and you can select guided or straight-flying arrows. The game is for one or two players.

In the second screen, the swagmen descend by parachute, and in the third they float upwards and rush along a cliff to push a rock on to old Boss Roo. By that time I expect they think he deserves it.

Competent sound, good graphics, and fast action make this the best Poo-Yan around.