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Thunderstruck is an arcade adventure game with puzzles. Spreco, the Space Refuse Collector, has fallen foul of a freak timestorm and wound up in a weirdo medieval castle, complete with suits of armour, assorted weaponry on the walls, and a lift. A lift? Well, maybe it's not so medieval.

There are 100 screens to be explored and various puzzles to be solved before he can get out, not to mention assorted objects to be picked up and used, and a selection of nasties to dodge.

There are also eight characters, including a King, a Queen, a Wizard and a Revolting Hag, who may or may not help you out. Depends if you can offer them something they want. Wonder who needs the skin cream? Must be the Hag...

The objects tend to be the familiar kind - unlit candles, various keys, you know the sort of thing. But the scenario is more atmospheric than most, problems are reasonably demanding. How to light that unlit candle, for instance.

There seem to be occasional glitches in the program - if you jump high enough by the well, another location appears briefly on the screen.

There's enough here to keep you amused indefinitely, and the graphics are smoother than most.