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The D/Generation is an advanced form of the Neogen organism developed by a scientist from the Genoq Corporation. It's a particularly advanced stage of artificial evolution, and it just so happens that this vicious organism is loose in Genoq's Singapore lab.

As an intercontinental courier you fly all the way from Finland to Singapore to deliver a package to Genoq's head scientist, Derrida. When you get there, you narrowly miss getting killed by the building's security system and quickly realise that the package you're carrying is more important than you thought. So, in a burst of courage you decide that you're the only one who can rescue the trapped workers and bring the package safely to Derrida.

D/Generation is an addictive and frustrating platform game with adventure-style undertones. Not only do you have to find Derrida and give him the package, but you also need to gather information from the surviving workers so that you can solve the mystery and destroy the D/Generation - there are over 120 rooms filled with traps and nasty surprises.

Graphically, D/Generation isn't brilliant, but there are some humorous touches which make the game enjoyable to play - when the A/Generation blobs swallow you for example, they turn into space hoppers and when the B/Generation cylinders spot you they jump on you and hammer your character into the ground.

The most frustrating part of the game is the joystick controls - it takes a while to work out the relationship between your joystick's eight directions and those on-screen. Once you've sussed that out though, you can really get into the game as you dodge, shoot, rescue and devise your way to the 90th floor where Derrida is waiting for you.

D/Generation is an amusing and frustrating journey into adventure and platform land. When you turn on your ST though, just make sure you haven't anything planned, 'cos the chances are you're still going to be playing with it in the early hours of the morning.

Be warned, you won't want to put D/Generation down until you've solved it.

Humorous animations and addictive gameplay make this an excellent budget release.

The controls are confusing - and you're bound to hurl loads of abuse at your joystick.