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Perhaps the greatest compliment I could pay to this superb game is that it ranks alongside Jetpac and Penetrator in my collection. Like many of the best programs, it is beautifully simple in concept, yet delightfully difficult in practice.

After an entertaining loading sequence, the program autoruns to a distant planet and reveals the hero in the most unlikely guise of a flea! This flea, the introductory animation, leaps around on the surface of the planet and then falls down a deep shaft to a rocky base. The simplicity of the program is that you have to guide our itchy friend back to the surface.

However (there's always a "however"!) there are two main problems; one being to avoid the superbly-animated monster which prowls around the screen and which appears to be very hungry. The other main problem is in finding a successful exit so that the flea actually lands safely on each ledge, rock or grass clump. There is an excellent scrolling facility which allows a glimpse of what lies above, below or to the side.

The speed, colour and animation of this program are superb, and I thoroughly recommend it for anyone's collection. It's delightful not to be zapping anything!