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Terrorism has been growing steadily more widespread and daring over the past decade. Bombs, assassinations and other such unsavoury practices have become an unfortunate fact of life. But never before has the world been in such a grip as now. One of the organisations most active in the international violence game is reported to have stolen a nuclear warhead from a US bomber which crashed while on a routine spying mission over Iran.

It was only a matter of time before they would put their terrifying new toy to use, and that time is now. The terrorists have overrun the newest oil platform in the Persian Gulf and are threatening to detonate the warhead, killing themselves, their half-dozen hostages and a quarter of the population of the southern hemisphere in the process.

And guess who has just received a phone call from an anxious President asking for a one man army to go in, rescue the hostages and defuse the bomb? With just an eight-shot revolver for company, you have to race around the multi-level platform, searching rooms for weapons, explosive charges, door passes and, of course, captive rig workers. Once you've released the hostages it's time to go and find that nuclear warhead. But be careful, one wrong snipped wire will spell more than a bad headache!

Crikey, what a spiffing little game this is! Persian Gulf Inferno is packed with shoot-'em-up action aplenty, as you storm around the oil platform, killing terrorists and collecting new guns with which to perform your massacre antics.

The character sprites are small, but well animated and, when you choose to use a new weapon such as the shotgun or Uzi, the respective gun can be clearly seen in your sprite's hands. All of the sound effects in the game are sampled, and they work really well too, especially the shouts of the terrorists as they appear on-screen.

But this isn't just a lesson in international liaising - there's a job to do, and with only five lives and thirty-five minutes to complete your assigned task, you'll find time very tight indeed.

Persian Gulf Inferno isn't the sort of game which you'll be playing well into the night for weeks on end - in fact, its long-term qualities are very questionable indeed.

However, I've enjoyed playing it because it's fast-moving and fun, so if you're got a bit of spare dosh left over from Easter, you could do worse than take a butchers at Persian Gulf Inferno.