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Stuck in a draughty cave with nothing to eat but rocks, Bignose the Caveman is looking forward to a really terrible Thanksgiving. The only way to fill his rumbling gut is to trawl through his dinosaur-infested island and catch himself a pterodactyl roast.

Bignose The Caveman is a cutesy arcade adventure that's reminiscent of all those Dizzy games. You have to guide your hero along a series of themed levels, collecting bonuses and rocks and clubbing anything that gets in your way. The baddies include spiders, snakes and a host of small dinosaurs. At the end of every level you meet a major baddieosaurus who can be killed by throwing rocks at it, but for difficult cases you can always turn to your faithful friend and secret weapon - your nose.

If you like Dizzy games you're bound to love this - it's great fun, it's cute and it's dead easy to play. The graphics and sprites have a real cartoon feel and the game has a brilliant sense of humour - even if it is limited to one joke. There are also plenty of quirks to keep the gameplay interesting. For example, hit a certain rock and your joystick swaps orientation - left becomes right and vice versa.

A great afternoon's entertainment, but it's addictive enough for you to want to play again for the sheer hell of it. Bignose is hardly original, but what do you expect for the money? Codemasters obviously know they're onto a winning formula with Dizzy and his pals - Bignose is just another member of the gang.

Fun, cartoon graphics with a cutesy sense of humour. Brilliant gameplay. You can't help liking it.

You could finish the whole thing in a couple of hours.