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We've never really understood wizards. All that growing long pointy beards, wearing long pointy hats and cloaks with stars on, and doing magic. It's no substitute for getting spiky haircuts, wearing combat trousers and Sensless Things T-shirts, and going to nightclubs.

Oh well, it's a free world though (in so much as you don't have to pay for it). And Bigwiz certainly seems to enjoy being a wizard, even if he has just left the castle in a hurry to go to a Ned's Atomic Dustbin concert, leaving behind his spare wand in the process. And forgetting to lock his lab door. And forgetting to take his nephew Slightly (stupid name for a nephew) with him. What an absent-minded old so-and-so, eh?

Slightly Magic is one of the games on the upcoming Cartoon Collection compilation, but it's also being released as a separate game at the standard budget price...

You take the role of Slightly (surprise, surprise), and your first mission is to get hold of a spellbook and wand, so you can start casting spells. These are both located on the starting screen, but unfortunately aren't accessible without having to wander through loads of other rooms, dealing with the various hazards that await you. 'Damn' and 'blast', as the Wonderstuff would no doubt say if they were here.

The first hazard you'll encounter is a bunch of fire-breathing dragons. Buckets of water come in useful here. Your main mission is to rescue a gnarly princess from a particularly large dragon. So polish up your chivalry and get on down.

Standard Codies' graphics. Standard Codies' gameplay. What do you reckon then, Jim Bob out of Carter USM? "Could you get out of my bathroom, please?" Oh, okay.

Overall 73%
Run-of-the-mill arcade adventure from the Darling posse.