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Remember the theme to "The Fall Guy"? "I've been on fire with Sally Fields, I've made love to a girl named Bo, yes I've had Farrah in the sack, I've been in love with Kim Basinger. Oh I'm the unknown stuntman, la de da da da"? What a great life, eh? All the danger, excitement, and women you could want. Excitement yes, women yes (or no depending on sex and/or sexuality) but danger? What sort of person thrives on danger?

The Danger Freaks, an elite band of stuntmen and women, that's who! The idea behind this game is to carry out all the stunts in a certain movie without killing yourself and without going over budget. Flash tricks and breakages of any equipment are expensive. Smashing into anything or falling off or over things is damaging.

You are given three attempts to complete each of the stunts, which are composed of three sections. The "racing forward very fast" section, the "run to the getaway vehicle" section and the "clamber aboard the helicopter" section.

The racing forward bit consists of you moving at top speed, weaving in and out of obstacles such as violent policemen, holes and rampant sharks. Certain obstacles take different approaches to get around. Barricades need to be ducked under, potholes need to be wheelied over. Sharks need to be avoided, etc.

Graphics aren't very good unfortunately. Sound isn't that much better: the intro tune is poor and the in-game FX aren't really anything in the way of a step up.

Now Rainbow Arts' finest. A surprisingly sub-standard quality product from a company famed for raising standards.

There's little to separate this from the 8-bit version for the usual minor improvements in sound and graphics. The gameplay is the same, which makes this even less of a good buy than the C64.