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This is a rather different development of the general ideas of the Pacman games.

You are in a maze, which moves about the screen, carrying you with it. If you are carried to the edge, you are splatted, and have to try again. Meanwhile, you need to pick up points by collecting grass and other things.

There are seven levels to explore, and you can opt for four different control formats. The maze is well-defined, but a little cramped, and sometimes offers no possibility of escape as it carries you towards the surrounding brick wall. The grass is nicely done.

If this sounds like limited enthusiasm, it is not entirely fair. But it must be suspected that games of this sort have a limited durability, in the sense that they will emerge from their boxes after increasingly longer intervals, especially as their owners find more interesting things to do with their computers.

Nevertheless, the game is well done, with some very good graphics, and for those who have pride in the flexibility of their fingers it will present a useful challenge.

There was no loading problem, though the process took rather a long time, and this must be partly due to the creation of a rather fancy display while loading proceeded.

D.T.