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There I was, peacefully cruising through space, when all of a sudden these flying saucers came screaming down at me from out of the stars! Well, what could I do? I just had to blast them.

Probe 3 is one of the new releases from IJK Software for the Oric-1 and the new Oric Atmos. Really it's a fairly basic space shoot-out - but with some nice graphics and game features.

You control a space ship - which looks a bit like a bunch of cheeseburgers stuck together - not one of the best features of this game! The alien saucers are great though. They come flashing out of the furthest reaches of your screen and zoom over your cheeseburger - sorry, spacecraft! - dropping bombs before they zap off into the stars again. Your job is simply to shoot them down and avoid the bombs.

Each wave will retreat once you've blasted 20 of their number and another wave attacks in greater numbers, with those missile launchers in action on the planet's surface. The more saucers you let past, the more frequent the missile attacks from the ground. Those saucers land and help the missile crews out, you see! You get a bonus score after each wave is destroyed.

Overall, it's a pretty good game for the underprivileged Oric and would make a good addition to the Oric owner's game library. Probe 3 comes from IJK Software of Blackpool and costs £7.50.