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Yet another celebrity lending his name to computer games - in this case the late Bruce Lee - the most famous exponent of the Martial Arts of all time.

Bruce finds himself in ancient Japan - his mission, a small matter of discovering the secret of eternal life.

The man who holds this secret lives high up on the summit of Mount Fuji in a fortified palace.

Determined to stop Lee from seeking an audience with the wizard are the Ninja and the particularly nasty giant green Yamo.

Bruce will need all of his agility, kicks and punches to defeat these foes. The toughest of his opponents are the Ninja who can dodge and kick back. The giant green Yamo can be taken out with three swift kicks.

Both the Yamo and the Ninja track you throughout the twenty screens of the game.

To move from one level to the next, you must first collect all the hanging lanterns in that level.

As well as punching and kicking the enemy. Bruce can also be made to leap, jump and duck.

One great strength of this game is the options - there are lots of them. You can play against the computer, or an opponent, or two of you can team up to take on the computer.

Points are awarded for various achievements. Kicking the Ninja earns 75 points, a kick is worth 100, taking a lantern earns 125, knocking out a Ninja is worth 200, and knocking out a Yamo earns 400. Every time you enter a new room, you get two thousand points bonus.

The largest bonus of all is awarded for killing the wizard - a massive 300 points. An extra Bruce is awarded when you reach 40,000 points and, for every subsequenty 30,000 points after that.

Bruce Lee was the first of US Gold's really big hints when it was launched on the Atari earlier this year. Now C64 owners can get in on the action.