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Carrier Command was released in 1988. Last month it was rated number 15 in our own list of the Top 100 Amiga Games Of All Time. This should really tell you all you need to know, but in case you missed the Top 100, or suffer from terminal dimness, here's a quick recap.

The first game of its type, and indeed arguably the only game of its type, Carrier Command defies pigeon-holing, but in essence it's a strategy wargame shoot-'em-up with elements of flight sim. You control a huge carrier, attack aircraft, and amphibious tanks in a battle to win control of a number of fictitious islands.

The game is vast and totally absorbing, and the filled-vector graphics stand comparison with any more recent games in similar vein. There's enough flying and zapping to keep action fans in seventh heaven, but enough thinking to keep strategists scratching their heads for weeks too.

Everything about Carrier Command is fab, and now it'll only cost you a tenner. I really shouldn't be having to tell you this, you know. Get out there and buy it.

Are you still here? I said *get out there and buy it*!