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First impression: Revolution is a great game. Second impression: it's definitely a great game. Lasting impression: it looks good, it sounds good and, by golly, it is good.

Revolution is very much in the tradition of past Vortex games with excellent graphics presented in exciting 3D.

Both the Amstrad and Spectrum versions are very similar and for the purposes of this review, will be treated as one. The main differences are the Amstrad's better colour and sound. The Spectrum's monochrome graphics - due to the good old attribute problems - look a little drab in comparison.

The idea is to control a bouncing ball - it has four levels of bounce - through eight levels of play, solving four puzzles per level. Simple maths tell you that there are 32 puzzles in all to be solved.

It's also possible to pause the game and consult a map to show you where each puzzle is on the playing grid.

Revolution has been around nine months in the making and the effort certainly shows.