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This is a very simple and yet surprisingly addictive package and should sell well as it is excellent value for money. The game itself is simple and well thought out, and the packaging fits the same description.

The task in hand is to paint the screen (excluding border) with a bright yellow paint, using a few units of paint (which tick away as you play and act as a timer) as possible. If the player uses 1000 units or more to paint one screen a life is lost, only three being given. The paint is applied with a roller which moves continuously and can be steered using a joystick or keyboard. The speed of play is fast, and the controls are very responsive, so arcade addicts can exercise their reactions to the full.

The skill of the game comes in soon after starting, when Freddie Flies, Bertie Bugs and Sammy Snails arrive on the scene and begin to attack your finish. Freddie Flies are encountered on sheet one, and destroy small patches of paint, which then require repainting. If the player paints all of screen one, he must travel to the bottom right hand corner of the screen, from where he automatically moves to the next screen which is infested with Sid Spiders which destroy entire columns of paintwork. The player must cover this screen before moving to the next, and so on through the screens with increasingly awkward beasties, until three lives are exhausted, and the game finishes.

This is an excellent package at the price and I found myself playing it over and over again.