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Who says the BBC only has a small memory? This faithful conversion of the Spectrum classic not only succeeds in squeezing in all 256 screens, it's also, if anything, prettier to look at than the original.

Numerous jungle plants, beautiful purple and white mountains, a stack of Ultimate nasties, and Sabreman himself in a smartened up uniform - they're all here.

Even the layout of the jungle appears to be identical, so BBC owners who get frustrated will be able to refer to our Sabre Wulf map in the August issue.

The idea of the game is to scour the jungle for four parts of an amulet which you need in order to escape. Aided only by a sword (which makes a tedious plinking sound in this version) and a few orchids which offer temporary invulnerability, you face a wide range of creatures, including the indestructible Wulf.

There haven't been many of these multi-screen exploration games yet on the Beeb, so this one's bound to do well. But strangely enough, despite the quality of the conversion, I didn't find the game half so enjoyable second time round.