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Survive the ride or zoom to your doom. We're talking Teladon here, a terribly tasty teaser from new boys Destiny.

Starting out on your space bike you zoom off down a tunnel, ultimately hoping to penetrate the lower levels. But this ain't no tunnel of love. Those pesky pains in their space crafts have hate in their hearts.

As you race down the tunnel, you must avoid the edges and the boulders that litter your path. So steer clear and stay sharp. Don't forget to grab any keys, lazers, to replenish supplies, and drive through oxygen bubbles to top air supplies.

And you'll need those lazers to teach those alien whatsits what's what and where to get off!

Watch out for the ones that zig-zag from side to side. They fire heat-seeking missiles. But you can knock these out with your lazer beam. The other type of alien craft lurking around is one shaped like a spinning top. These move at high speed in straight lines. Your only tactic is to dodge these demons.

The zig-zagging craft can also generate lazer beam fences between them and boulders. Destroy the craft and the beam vanishes.

There are also gates to be negotiated and this is where you need keys.

Exists to lower levels are through holes. But these can be very difficult to enter. I kept zooming straight past.

Speed is the vital factor to master for success in the tunnels. Go too fast and you can get into trouble without being able to react quick enough. Too slowly and you just bump into things.

Hopefully, once through the hole you're down to a lower level. If you're unlucky, you could find yourself zipping up an airchute to the level you've just left. The next section of the game is known as the complex. This is basically a maze problem, with the bad guys zapping at you as you try to solve it. Complete this and it's onto another tunnel, and so forth.

Teladon is one of the first releases Destiny and a good start it is. Let's hope the standard keeps up.