New from Minerva comes a two game compilation that seems to be slightly less than the sum of its parts. In exchange for your hard-earned cash you get the amusing Bug Hunter and the not-so-stunning Moon Dash. The former is a sort of arcade adventure and revolves around the efforts of the small but deadly 'Hysteron-Proteron' to rid the universe of insects. I defy anyone to suppress a chuckle after loading it, when our hero begins to jive endearingly! He is the result of a botched genetic experiment, in which the scientists, instead of creating an eight foot killing machine, end up with a six inch bipedal invertebrate with a silly face.

This is the character you play, in his exterminatory excursions around a house, a school and a factory.

Each of the thirty locations is pleasantly illustrated in sixteen colours and some nice background touches such as a poster depicting the latest Arnie Schwarzenegger film - Decorator - add to its charm. It is possible to skip levels by means of a password-entry system.

Hysteron, or HP for short, has no weaponry of his own, and so has to rely on whatever comes to hand; milk bottles, cogs, helium balloons and even a vase.

What he does have, though, is sucker feet, which allow him to walk up walls and under table-tops. Among his adversaries are spiders, cockroaches, bees, beetles and an unidentifiable slimy creature, all of which relentlessly follow him wherever he hides. If he does well, he gets a medal which is pinned to his snout, if not, he is dropped down a chute in a great bit of animation. The game's hi-score table is saved to disc with each new entry, and apart from the grating music, Bug Hunter is light-hearted and enjoyable. Nice to see a game with a sense of humour.

Pity it's forced to share a disc with Moon Dash though. This is the black sheep in the BMX On The Moon dynasty, and consists of sixteen levels of nicely drawn but poorly animated graphics in the familiar 'jump the rocks, and blast the green guys' mould.

To be fair, Moon Dash can become quite frantic and exciting in its later screens, and the background changes as you progress, but the dreaded system sound-effects are here again in force and that sealed the fate of the game in my opinion.

In all, I'd say £17.95 was a bit steep for a package of such patchy quality, but it's probably worth it just for the Schwarzenegger gag!