There is a considerable range of graphics programs now available for the Dragon, so any new ones need to have some pretty special facilities - or small price-tags - to make any impression.

This is a competent program, which allows you to draw pictures in any of the Dragon's hi-res modes with keys or a joystick, to draw circules, ellipses and rectangles, to add text of various sizes - in PMODE4 only - and to save your completed masterpiece on tape or on a video recorder. I couldn't test the video option, as I don't have the necessary equipment, but the rest all worked well. It is also possible to call up a grid pattern to assist you in designing a picture; this can be removed when the picture is complete.

An A4-sized manual clearly describes all the facilities. The program is very user-friendly, and my seven-year-old daughter enjoyed playing with it.

If you don't yet have a graphics program then this is worth considering, but it really doesn't have enough extra facilities to justify buying if you've already got something similar.

M.N.