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For some inexplicable reason, it has taken three years to release a tape version of the smash hit game that was the one that really made US Gold what it is today, especially strange when you consider that the game was originally written for that machine.

Also amusing to note is that now the fuss has died down about the mame and all the large, femail, CND protesters have packed up their primus stoves and stopped their vigil outside US Gold's offices, it has gone back to its original controversial, amusing, and highly apt, title. Gorbachev look out!

The game is identical to the Commodore version in most details. You still have to perform the near-impossible task of extracting your attack planes from the space station, then guiding them through the almost impenetrable Soviet defences and then the attack on the Kremlin itself - all good jingoistic stuff. However, this piece of American hysteria has actually provided a varied and interesting game.

The plot and game will be so familiar to you now that I shan't waste space by rehashing it all over again. However, it is good to see that the Atari is getting some games at last.