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Take to the water in an ultra-powered speedboat and, with the assistance of an allied cargo chopper, regain control of four of the world's busiest ports. Every thirty seconds or so, the 'copter attempts to dock with you, passing on more powerful weapons with successful docking. At the end of each level is an enormous tanker which, after many direct hits, explodes, allowing you to go on to the next harbour.

Poor Mastertronic. They started the craze for £4.99 budget 16-bit software, yet they are the ones who are churning out the most abysmal stuff. Speedboat Assassin is, I'm afraid, one such example of dross.

Much of the game can be completed by simply travelling along one straight line, but when it's time to dock with the helicopter there's a whacking great mine in front of you, just itching to blow you to kingdom come. Graphics are awful - the boat looks ready to take off when you open the throttle - and objects look like they're going backwards when you're at top speed.

Speedboat Assassin is an extremely poor attempt at a Roadblasters/Live And Let Die type game which isn't even worth its minuscule price tag.

A very naff Roadblasters-type game based on water. It looks colourful, but the 3D doesn't work very well and the gameplay is very poor indeed.