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Captain Planet is a be-tighted cartoon superhero with a legion of well-meaning but horrible children swarming after him, whose sole objective is to save the world from itself. In this six level platform game, you take the part of various of the 'teers as they try to stop the ozone layer being depleted, save the rainforest and so on. Mostly this is achieved by collecting certain good objects (ozone, for instance) and getting rid of the nasty bits (industrial waste, for one).

The graphics are nothing to shout about, but the main characters are usually well-animated, showing a little more thought than usual in the animation department. Audio-wise, it's the usual rubbish - nowt but a sound chip stuff to ruin your earholes.

Yes, all right, so everyone knows the world's being ruined by all the silly people who live on it, but do we really need eco-friendly computer characters to bang on about it? ST games are supposed to be about violent death, not weedy ideals. An irresponsible attitude it may be, but a game loaded with such sanctimonious righteousness as this really gets up some people's noses. As a game, it's nothing special - a simple six-stage collection of platform and shoot-'em-up styles. If this has a less holier-than-thou attitude, most people wouldn't give it a second glance. Don't be fooled by the trendy ideas; underneath them, there's a bad game waiting to get out.

1. Derivative of almost any other platform game you might care to mention: Magic Pockets, Verminator, Elf, and so on and so on...
2. Like MicroProse's Rainbow Warrior, the game's distinct jumped-on-the-bandwagon appearance may put you off.
3. Character graphics like those in Tom And The Ghost, but better animated.