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Oh Zoot! The Mankins win again! But I'll finish them off next time. Bug Byte bounces back onto the software scene as a budget label with Zoot - an entertaining pick-up-the-objects platform style game. Our hero, Zoot, a cartoon-style character has lost his marbles. Well, we all do from time to time, don't we?

Zoot's marbles have rolled down into the caverns inhabited by the Mankins - Goopa, Bodkin, Spike, Grimbo, Jekyll, Bogie, Uggy and Nevil - all with their own characters. Zoot has to deal with each of these Mankins in different ways. He can bash them or trap them. Or he can wait for his mysterious mate Zip to come to his aid.

Zoot is an entertaining and addictive game - above standard for budget products.

The graphics are simple but really nice and the sound is great too. There's a really nice end-of-game speech synthesis. You hear your Spectrum shout "Oh Zoot!" when you fail to beat the Mankins.

Get your parents to buy you a new Zoot for Christmas - you might even want to miss the Queen's Speech.