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Around a year go, a game stormed the Amstrad market and went straight to the top of the charts and stayed there for some time. That particular game was Spindizzy, and now it has been converted to the Atari. The Atari market has been revitalised recently with Ocean, Alligata and Electric Dreams producing software for the machine.

For those of you who own an Atari and do not read the reviews for other machines to see what you are missing, then here is a quick run-down for you. You take control of GERALD (Geographic Environmental Reconnaisance Land-Mapping Device). Your job is to map the various locations which include different hazards. Some of the hazards are ice (awkward to stop on), steep sloped (lots of speed), and holes (tricky diagonal movement needed). To complete the game, all the screens have to be mapped and all the jewels collected.

To reach some of the jewels it is necessary to use the lifts which require a pass to use them. Some pass can even produce a way out that was never there before, or a bridge to a lonely jewel. To map your progress during the game a map screen is provided which will explain all the necessary information.

Spindizzy uses the Atari to the fullest extent with excellent graphics and adequate sound effects. This game has got to be the number one on the hit list if they own an Atari computer, rush out and buy it today.