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The fiendish Alfonso Schwarz has found the ideal place to hide his plundered gold. He's stashing it in an underground dungeon, a labyrinth of connecting passageways.

Then one day our hero Desmond - that's you - out for a walk, stumbles across Alfonso's hiding place. Realising that the vast fortune could be his, he descends into the depths to seek out all the loot.

The gold is scattered around the dungeon in bags which you collect one at a time before returning to the surface with it. As usual there are a multitude of nasties lurking around the corner waiting to do you no end of harm.

Large, furry spiders want to tear your throat out and deadly plungers will stun you if you get stuck underneath one.

Each time Desmond is stunned, his strength is reduced. If it reaches zero, he will automatically be given another recharge unit. You start with three and when they have all gone the game is over.

Occasionally Alfonso flies overhead to drop off some more loot. If he sees you he will attempt to dive bomb you and drop a bag of gold on your head. This also will reduce your energy level.

The game is split into two sections - the dungeon and the vault. In the dungeon you must collect bags of gold from the floor. When you reach the vault you have to catch the bags when they are dropped. Then you have to throw them back into a grab which passes overhead.

On later levels, some gold is hidden behind locked doors and you have to find the key before you can get to it.

You control Desmond using a joystick plugged into port one. Pressing the Select key will pause the game and you just move the joystick to restart. If you get tired of the music press Return to switch it off.

The sound and graphics are superb. Coupled with the overall addictiveness, this budget game is a definite winner in my book - buy it.