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The instructions describe Shadowfax as a 'real time adventure' game, but the game controls are more appropriate to an arcade offering.

But on loading it turned out to be a sort of mad Donkey Derby. You are riding in one direction while about six horses ride towards you.

The object of the game is to avoid touching another horse. To score points you must zap the enemy horses by firing a thunderbolt at them.

You move up and down the screen while the background and enemy scroll from left to right. The graphics give a 3D effect with you moving both under and over the background. The galloping sounds used are very realistic and complement the screen display.

Either the joystick or the keyboard can be used to control your movements. The controls are fairly easy to handle and should cause no difficulties.

The program does have one fault - it gets boring and repetitive quite quickly.

K.I.