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It's a funny old life, y'know. One minute, you're sitting there, twirling your katanas (ouch!), the next, you're hunting down a load of kidnapped kids. Worse than that, you've been lumbered with a name like Lee Wong! (What's wong with that? - Garth)

It seems this bloke Ryu Ken Oh (oh?) has brainwashed the lot of 'em, to turn into his private army. So off you go like the mad fool you are, to defeat Ken Oh's many minions, grab loadsa goodies, and kill a few people (ha ha, what fun). This involves running around a horizontally scrolling landscape, jumping over obstacles and basically hammering like mad on ye olde fire button.

Much-needed energy can be found along the way, as well as additional weapons (which all seem to be about as useful as a chocolate kettle!). It's all aganst the clock, and if the timer hits zero, or your energy runs out, one of your three lives is history.

And that about it. Honest, there's not really that much to Tiger Road, except leaping around, hitting things, picking things up and throwing the joystick out of the window - the coin-op it was converted from wasn't exactly the most awe-inspiring thing ever and its unfortunate Spectrum little brother has spartan graphics, jerky, odd-looking sprites and sound that consists of a few bleeps and bloops. The worst point is the gameplay, nothing really happens to get the old ninja magic flowing and is as interesting to watch as Paul Daniels (You may like it. but not a lot!)

Overall, pretty naff stuff, even for £2.99. If you're desperate for a hack 'em up, take a look at the excellent Rastan instead.

A poor game from a poor coin-op. Don't even touch it with someone else's computer!