Another version of the popular arcade game Krazy Kong. To start, you have a man at the bottom right hand corner of the screen who you control with the joystick. You have to get him to the top.

To do that, you first totter along a girder (picking up small umbrellas as you go); then come the wooden planks which tend to disappear as you pass over them. Scattered throughout are ladders - and yes you have to climb up them. Points are gained on your way to the top of the construction via the various objects you manage to clutch hold of.

The major obstacles are barrels which come hurtling down towards you (jump or die!) - hence the name. Oh, you gain points if you manage to avoid the barrels too.

The graphics and sound are quite good and the little man is quite clearly defined (better than some I've seen). The program does have a few problems on the loading side though; I had to ring the suppliers - they were very helpful with their suggestions. Another drawback of presumably greater prevalence: the slightest backward movement of the joystick causes your man to fall off the girder. Very frustratin; this always happened to me as I got close to the top of the construction.

Apart from these few minor hiccups I thought Barrel Jumper a good game, a very reasonable example of the genre.