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Watch out for the stampede at your local software stop - there's a new game out for the C16 and Plus 4.

Game-starved owners of these machines should certainly take a look at Timeslip from English Software.

The most impressive thing about the game is how much action and detail has been packed into 16K.

The game design is also unique with three-way split-screen scrolling sections. Each section is fifteen screens wide.

The Timeslip task is fairly simple. A time disturbance has been traced to a distant planet. Thirty-six time orbs have been placed within the three time zones. Destruction of the planet is imminent.

Your mission is to destroy all the orbs and synchronise the time to 0000hrs in all three zones.

Zone 1 is the planet's surface and you control a starfighter, Zone 2 is set in underground caverns and in Zone 3 you control a mini-sub.

In each of the time zones there are various hazards to overcome. It's possible to freeze the action when you're in difficulties in one time zone and move to another to continue play.

Timeslip's designer and programmer Jon Williams, has come up with a nifty and exciting little game. C16 owners should raise three cheers for him.