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You take the role of a treasure hunter who has discovered the wreck of a Spanish galleon.

To recover the treasure, you must hire divers for $1,000 each (why dollars from a Welsh company?). You begin with $2,000 and initially the treasure is worth $1,000 apiece.

The divers start at the top of the screen and you must get them to the sea-bed at the bottom of the screen, collect the treasure and then guide them back up. Sounds easy, doesn't it?

There are however a few complications. Large sharks are patrolling the waters and your divers are very likely to get eaten by them.

The divers carry some limited protection in the form of flash grenades which can temporarily disorientate the sharks. The shark graphics are really superb, and caused the occasional roar of laughter.

Progressive levels of difficulty mean that more and more sharks appear each time a diver manages to get back with the gold or jewels.

After all that, there is one big disappointment with Shark Treasure - the price. Come on, Dragon, don't you know that the price of software is a major factor when the consumer decides on a home computer?

D.W.J.