Scrolling games are pretty thin on the ground for the Intellivision, so the arrival of Parker's Super Cobra was greeted with considerable excitement by the ladies and gentlemen of Joystick Jury.

The Scramble-type game from Konami was a significant hit in the arcades despite being slightly overshadowed by Scramble.

Now the game has been licensed by Parker Brothers and converted for home use on the Intellivision.

Four levels of scrolling, bombing, shooting action have been incorporated in the game for one or two players.

Piloting your chopper through enemy terrain you are attacked by ground-to-air missiles, and bouncing bombs.

You'll need all the skill you can muster as the enemy barrage intensifies and the caverns and cityscape through which you must negotiate your chopper get narrower and narrower. Needless to say, the Intel disc controller doesn't make this any easier.

After 7,000 miles, a squadron of alien flying saucers attack you with missile fire. Fuel dumps are now few and far between so you can't afford to miss hitting them to boost your supplies each and every time they appear.

At the end of the caverns and city skyline are three enormous skyscrapers with the words Konami and Parker Brothers written on them.

You are now near the end of your long flight and have to bomb one last ground installation to complete your mission.

It will take the most skilled video ace several attempts to crack this one.

Another good game for Parker Brothers - filling a gap in this type of scrolling shoot-'em-up for the Intellivision. Available now for £29.95.