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Odd little game this with some good addictive touches and a high originality factor. It takes place on a randomly scrolling screen where you control a four-legged crawling thing called Zippy.

He appears in the middle of the screen (you can choose several background colours) surrounded by black patches of ground and little sprigs of green grass. The screen will start to scroll left, right, up or down, and if you run off the edge you are splatted. It will also change the direction periodically, so you have to keep your wits about you.

While avoiding this nasty end, you have to run over the patches of grass until you have enough to move onto the next, and of course harder, level. Your job is made difficult by the black areas which can delay you or trap you so that the scroll will get you. Water and other objects will also splat you so you have to be careful where you tread.

P. Original idea and gameplay.
P. Great character set.
P. You're on the go 100% of the time.

N. Graphics and sound are simple.
N. When you lose a life, you always have to start from square one.