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This is a straightforward maze chase. A 'find and kill' game but with the unusual option of allowing two simultaneous players. The plot is that Corrine, wife of Storm the Warrior, is a helpless prisoner in Una Cum's laboratory fair. Una Cum has left his castle to search for a box called the Fear.

Meanwhile, Storm and his comrade the wizard Agravain Undead venture into the lair and have to deal with the traps and minions on Una Cum to collect the three snakes brooches needed to effect the rescue of Corrine. A single player is unepectedly cast as Agravain and two players choose between the two.

Apart from the rather inconsistent fact that Agravain seems to be the main character, there is no joystick option and that the title implies that the letters are initials rather than a name, there is not a lot wrong with this game.

Instructions are offered on screen and are well written in a redesigned character font. The game screen itself is an aerial view of the action and is colourful and clearly designed, movement is smooth and there appear to be no colour clashes though animation is minimal.

Screens have covered areas which your character and your opponents walk under and are partly obscured making life a little bit more difficult. Control keys are NMLP and ENTER for Storm (representing LRUD and fire), and XCAZ for Agravain plus CAPS and U for using a scroll or mask.

A joystick option would have made playing much easier and if the Sinclair or RAM turbo interface had been catered for then you could still have kept the two player option.

Although this is not a classic game, there is enough gameplay and atmosphere to provide a few hours of happy wandering around the make-like rooms. Attackers are many and varied and need constant fending off, fighting is a bit disappointing and an attack seems to consist of an enemy standing in front of you blocking your path. Death seems to come quickly and unexpectedly (at least for me it did), and this was probably due to my not finding and consuming the food and drink provided in some rooms.

Fair value at this price for arcade game lovers.